Exactly 1,450 of the 37,680 human services professionals employed in Ohio, work in Defiance. The number of human services professionals in Defiance has grown by 81% from 2006 to 2010. Overall employment in Defiance has also increased.

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As the number of human services professionals in Defiance has grown, salaries for human services professionals have also increased. In 2010 human services professionals in Defiance reportedly earned an average salary of $39,434 per year. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for human services professionals in Defiance was $31,766 per year. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Defiance.

Human services professionals in Defiance earn a median salary of $37,260 per year. The difference in pay between the human services professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 120%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $25,656 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $56,350 per year.

Defiance human services professionals have earnings that are lower than the salaries earned by others in related fields, on average.

There is only one accredited human services school in the city. Many of Defiance's human services professionals are graduates of this school.

Defiance's human services school offers one human services degree and certificate program.

In 2010 approximately 11 students completed human services courses.