Exactly 10,020 of the 4,880 human services professionals employed in Washington DC, work in Washington. There has been a 4% growth in the number of human services professionals in Washington between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of human services professionals in Washington has increased, overall employment in Washington has also increased.

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In Washington, salaries for human services professionals have increased. In 2010 an average salary of $48,570 per year was earned by human services professionals in Washington. Human services professionals in Washington made a yearly average salary of $46,084, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of human services professionals in Washington is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Washington human services professionals earn a median yearly salary of $47,224. The 10% of human services professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $27,630 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 162% higher salaries.

Human services professional salaries in Washington are, on average, lower than salaries earned for professionals in related fields.

Many of Washington's human services professionals are graduates of one of the 5 accredited human services schools in the city.

There are a total of 8 degree and certificate programs in human services offered by Washington's human services schools.

Approximately 240 students graduated from human services courses in 2010.