Exactly 190 of Ohio's 37,680 human services professionals work in Lima. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of human services professionals in Lima has grown by 171%. As the number of human services professionals in Lima has increased, overall employment in Lima has decreased.

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Salaries for human services professionals in Lima have increased. In 2010 human services professionals in Lima reportedly earned an average salary of $45,370 per year. The average salary for human services professionals in Lima was $35,283 per year, four years earlier in 2006. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Lima.

Human services professionals in Lima make a median yearly salary of $46,345. The difference in pay between the human services professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 124%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $27,662 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $62,015 per year.

On average human services professional salaries in Lima are lower than salaries earned by their professional counterparts in related professions.

Many of Lima's human services professionals are graduates of the only accredited human services school in the city.

Lima's human services schools offer 2 human services degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 28 students completed human services courses.