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Human Services Assistants

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

There are about 339,000 for human services assistants in the US. For this occupation the level of unemployment is relatively low.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Of those surveyed, 12% of employees work part-time.

Training and Education

Prior to starting this profession, consider obtaining moderate-term on-the-job training. Government data shows that 58% of workers have a bachelor's degree or higher. Those who have gone to college, but don't have a degree make up 26% of employees. For 16% of human services assistants a high-school education was all they required. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

The cities with the most workers jobs, compared to the population, are Duluth (Minnesota), Greenville (North Carolina), and St. George (Utah). Fewer are found in Dallas (Texas), Nashua (New Hampshire), and Orlando (Florida).

Employees earn higher incomes in Bridgeport (Connecticut), Danbury (Connecticut), and Sheboygan (Wisconsin), and lower incomes in Anniston (Alabama), Sumter (South Carolina), and Weirton (West Virginia).

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Human Services Assistants: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Human Services Assistants, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Human Services Assistants are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Human Services Assistants are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston80$19,7100.8
AlabamaAuburn100$23,5201.1
AlabamaBirmingham540$23,4400.4
AlabamaDecatur50$26,3100.4
AlabamaDothan80$23,7300.6
AlabamaGadsden80$23,6901.2
AlabamaHuntsville160$22,1900.3
AlabamaMobile240$25,6000.6
AlabamaMontgomery350$24,9200.9
AlaskaAnchorage820$33,170 2.3
ArizonaFlagstaff130$26,5601.1
ArizonaKingman70$32,0100.7
ArizonaPhoenix1,970$28,8700.4
ArizonaPrescott130$32,2101
ArizonaTucson1,020$32,3301.2
ArizonaYuma50$30,8300.4
ArkansasFayetteville620$24,0801.4
ArkansasFort Smith190$24,7200.7
ArkansasHot Springs100$29,5201.4
ArkansasJonesboro250$22,200 2.5
ArkansasLittle Rock1,910$23,900 2.4
ArkansasPine Bluff80$24,4501.2
CaliforniaBakersfield350$28,7100.6
CaliforniaChico370$26,250 2.5
CaliforniaFresno1,100$30,8101.4
CaliforniaMadera110$34,1801.5
CaliforniaMerced120$24,5201
CaliforniaModesto690$39,1601.9
CaliforniaNapa80$33,5100.6
CaliforniaOakland3,010$42,6601.2
CaliforniaOxnard470$34,1200.7
CaliforniaRedding150$30,5501.1
CaliforniaRiverside1,980$28,7900.7
CaliforniaSacramento2,860$34,6801.4
CaliforniaSalinas400$36,5401.2
CaliforniaSan Diego2,640$30,6500.8
CaliforniaSan Francisco1,870$34,5500.8
CaliforniaSan Jose1,820$34,8000.8
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo120$28,2700.6
CaliforniaSanta Ana1,710$34,7700.5
CaliforniaSanta Barbara580$31,9701.5
CaliforniaSanta Cruz280$33,8601.5
CaliforniaSanta Rosa390$33,6700.9
CaliforniaStockton530$39,2601.1
CaliforniaVallejo220$36,3900.8
CaliforniaVisalia280$29,5600.9
CaliforniaYuba City120$27,6301.5
ColoradoBoulder370$31,6201
ColoradoColorado Springs430$29,9900.7
ColoradoDenver1,710$33,1400.6
ColoradoFort Collins170$28,4800.6
ColoradoGrand Junction160$23,5401.4
ColoradoGreeley350$23,590 2.2
ColoradoPueblo170$26,7701.5
ConnecticutBridgeport1,760$41,8701.7
ConnecticutDanbury170$53,7801.1
ConnecticutHartford2,470$41,0601.8
ConnecticutNew Haven1,280$37,7302
ConnecticutNorwich490$37,4001.8
ConnecticutWaterbury280$34,8601.9
DelawareDover180$28,3101.6
DelawareWilmington680$29,8500.9
District of ColumbiaWashington5,020$33,3200.9
FloridaCape Coral200$31,0600.4
FloridaDeltona210$26,8400.6
FloridaFort Lauderdale1,050$34,6300.6
FloridaFort Walton Beach40$31,6100.2
FloridaGainesville210$27,6000.8
FloridaJacksonville600$30,3400.4
FloridaLakeland180$29,8800.4
FloridaMiami1,550$29,9100.7
FloridaNaples70$31,8200.3
FloridaOcala110$28,3400.5
FloridaOrlando510$30,2900.2
FloridaPalm Bay280$30,1100.6
FloridaPanama City90$26,7800.6
FloridaPensacola610$23,0601.8
FloridaPort St Lucie180$23,8800.6
FloridaSarasota300$30,2200.5
FloridaTallahassee360$24,3301
FloridaTampa1,740$27,5200.6
FloridaWest Palm Beach500$33,8900.4
GeorgiaAlbany130$25,4201
GeorgiaAthens120$23,8200.8
GeorgiaAtlanta4,550$29,1900.8
GeorgiaAugusta710$25,0201.5
GeorgiaBrunswick90$24,7301.1
GeorgiaColumbus270$28,5101.1
GeorgiaDalton130$23,7800.8
GeorgiaGainesville100$28,7900.7
GeorgiaHinesville50$28,280 2.2
GeorgiaMacon440$20,620 2
GeorgiaRome70$28,1901
GeorgiaSavannah260$23,9000.8
GeorgiaValdosta70$24,1300.6
GeorgiaWarner Robins90$24,6100.9
HawaiiHonolulu1,370$34,2101.3
IdahoBoise1,700$25,020 2.8
IdahoIdaho Falls220$20,280 2.3
IdahoLewiston60$33,2601.4
IdahoPocatello110$29,5001.9
IllinoisBloomington80$27,1000.5
IllinoisChampaign110$25,1400.5
IllinoisChicago6,900$29,1700.8
IllinoisDecatur100$23,0401.1
IllinoisKankakee90$32,2501.2
IllinoisPeoria540$30,2101.4
IllinoisRockford380$27,2801.1
IndianaColumbus50$26,3300.6
IndianaElkhart130$28,5000.5
IndianaEvansville250$26,5500.6
IndianaFort Wayne1,140$25,190 2.4
IndianaGary320$27,3700.5
IndianaIndianapolis1,290$28,8500.6
IndianaMuncie50$26,1300.5
IndianaSouth Bend270$21,7800.9
IndianaTerre Haute170$24,3901.2
IowaAmes110$23,6901.5
IowaDavenport360$26,6300.9
IowaDes Moines1,050$29,5301.4
IowaDubuque150$23,1201.4
IowaIowa City140$23,9900.9
IowaSioux City80$22,3100.5
IowaWaterloo290$20,6901.6
KansasTopeka330$29,6201.4
KansasWichita780$26,4901.1
KentuckyBowling Green170$26,2801.4
KentuckyLexington260$28,3300.5
KentuckyLouisville820$26,7500.6
KentuckyOwensboro140$24,3901.4
LouisianaAlexandria240$31,5801.9
LouisianaBaton Rouge1,070$31,8201.3
LouisianaHouma210$30,4201
LouisianaLafayette270$31,0600.8
LouisianaLake Charles200$31,7301.1
LouisianaMonroe200$32,6001.2
LouisianaNew Orleans1,040$30,7400.9
LouisianaShreveport550$31,2101.4
MaineBangor680$24,760 5.1
MaineLewiston460$25,360 4.6
MainePortland1,240$25,130 2.7
MarylandBaltimore3,960$36,1901.3
MarylandBethesda1,200$37,4600.9
MarylandCumberland80$25,4601.1
MarylandHagerstown180$24,2900.8
MarylandSalisbury150$29,7801.4
MassachusettsBarnstable Town260$36,2501.2
MassachusettsBoston8,670$31,730 2.1
MassachusettsBrockton480$35,990 2.5
MassachusettsHaverhill240$30,0701.5
MassachusettsLawrence290$32,640 2.5
MassachusettsLeominster320$32,650 3.1
MassachusettsLowell400$34,7801.5
MassachusettsNew Bedford530$27,760 3.9
MassachusettsPittsfield150$31,210 2.3
MassachusettsSpringfield1,700$33,480 2.5
MassachusettsTaunton240$32,890 2.6
MassachusettsWorcester2,170$30,230 3.8
MichiganAnn Arbor370$37,2901
MichiganBattle Creek140$32,8301.4
MichiganBay City100$31,6901.5
MichiganFlint510$30,2701.7
MichiganGrand Rapids550$35,9400.6
MichiganKalamazoo330$28,5201.1
MichiganLansing780$32,1501.8
MichiganMonroe60$29,9000.8
MichiganNiles120$31,2500.9
MichiganSaginaw210$28,7301.3
MichiganWarren3,190$27,9001.2
MinnesotaDuluth2,370$26,930 8.4
MinnesotaMinneapolis10,130$29,520 2.4
MinnesotaRochester350$28,0001.7
MinnesotaSt Cloud520$24,310 2.3
MississippiGulfport80$33,1800.3
MississippiHattiesburg270$28,090 2.3
MississippiJackson500$25,9300.9
MissouriColumbia140$27,9200.8
MissouriJefferson City80$24,5200.6
MissouriJoplin50$29,1700.3
MissouriKansas City1,220$28,4100.5
MissouriSpringfield160$25,2000.4
MissouriSt Joseph30$25,8900.3
MissouriSt Louis1,240$27,4500.4
MontanaBillings420$26,880 2.4
MontanaGreat Falls170$25,220 2.5
MontanaMissoula230$21,560 2.2
NebraskaLincoln710$24,0501.9
NebraskaOmaha2,210$29,760 2
NevadaLas Vegas960$27,3000.4
NevadaReno370$31,5900.8
New HampshireManchester310$29,3701.4
New HampshireNashua70$28,1300.2
New HampshirePortsmouth50$29,4300.4
New HampshireRochester70 0.6
New JerseyAtlantic City610$30,8401.8
New JerseyCamden1,960$30,9101.6
New JerseyEdison1,350$32,1000.6
New JerseyNewark2,050$30,1800.9
New JerseyOcean City40$28,0300.5
New JerseyTrenton710$33,7201.5
New MexicoAlbuquerque610$27,0900.7
New MexicoFarmington60$24,9800.6
New MexicoLas Cruces110$26,8200.9
New MexicoSanta Fe640$25,630 4.8
New YorkAlbany1,590$30,3301.6
New YorkBinghamton430$27,6801.9
New YorkBuffalo1,180$27,1700.9
New YorkElmira200$32,330 2.9
New YorkGlens Falls110$28,8001
New YorkIthaca440$31,820 5.2
New YorkKingston250$38,870 2
New YorkNassau3,900$28,7301.3
New YorkNew York17,000$30,1001.4
New YorkPoughkeepsie1,010$34,1201.9
New YorkRochester1,960$28,4101.7
New YorkSyracuse1,360 1.9
New YorkUtica570$32,700 2
North CarolinaAsheville1,020$30,730 2.5
North CarolinaBurlington70$24,9700.6
North CarolinaCharlotte2,420$27,6701.2
North CarolinaDurham980$28,9101.6
North CarolinaFayetteville410$27,9201.5
North CarolinaGoldsboro230$25,530 3.1
North CarolinaGreensboro630$26,6500.7
North CarolinaGreenville1,020$27,510 6.8
North CarolinaHickory540$28,7201.5
North CarolinaJacksonville150$28,2001.9
North CarolinaRaleigh2,110$26,3401.8
North CarolinaRocky Mount120$28,2501
North CarolinaWilmington330$26,7701
North CarolinaWinston Salem800$28,4801.6
North DakotaBismarck270$24,180 2.3
North DakotaGrand Forks320$24,370 3.3
OhioAkron520$24,1100.7
OhioCanton210$23,4500.5
OhioCincinnati1,290$28,5900.5
OhioCleveland1,840$24,9400.7
OhioColumbus1,570$28,2600.7
OhioDayton790$30,7100.9
OhioMansfield50$24,3100.5
OhioSandusky40$27,9800.6
OhioSpringfield140$30,2501.5
OhioToledo540$29,5500.7
OhioYoungstown650$25,3601.2
OklahomaLawton80$27,1901.1
OklahomaOklahoma City790$29,9700.6
OklahomaTulsa500$30,1200.5
OregonBend200$28,6601.4
OregonEugene580$28,2801.7
OregonMedford320$26,1701.8
OregonPortland2,810$28,0401.2
OregonSalem590$29,5601.8
PennsylvaniaAllentown840$25,4601.1
PennsylvaniaAltoona160$22,7101.3
PennsylvaniaErie620$26,970 2.2
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg1,220$36,8001.7
PennsylvaniaJohnstown360$22,910 3.1
PennsylvaniaLancaster750$26,5901.4
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia5,050$27,5101.1
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh3,900$25,4801.5
PennsylvaniaScranton710$25,1101.2
PennsylvaniaState College170$29,3001.5
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport250$27,400 2.4
PennsylvaniaYork310$27,9200.8
Rhode IslandProvidence3,260$28,120 2.5
South CarolinaAnderson190$26,3801.5
South CarolinaCharleston780$23,2301.2
South CarolinaColumbia850$26,0601
South CarolinaFlorence320$21,8501.8
South CarolinaGreenville360$30,9100.5
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach100$33,1200.4
South CarolinaSpartanburg150$26,5400.6
South CarolinaSumter60$22,6900.9
South DakotaRapid City150$22,4901.2
South DakotaSioux Falls240$21,4900.8
TennesseeChattanooga310$29,7800.6
TennesseeClarksville80$24,4600.5
TennesseeJackson60$24,6900.5
TennesseeJohnson City90$25,7800.6
TennesseeKingsport180$25,0800.7
TennesseeKnoxville450$23,3000.6
TennesseeMemphis550$25,3300.4
TennesseeMorristown70$23,2200.7
TennesseeNashville850$28,6300.5
TexasAbilene50$23,0600.4
TexasAustin450$29,5400.3
TexasBeaumont150$25,0500.4
TexasBrownsville230$22,2100.8
TexasCorpus Christi140$21,5700.4
TexasDallas1,210$26,4200.2
TexasFort Worth600$25,1000.3
TexasHouston1,550$29,2300.3
TexasKilleen250$36,1001
TexasLaredo50$26,4000.3
TexasLongview140$27,8000.7
TexasMcallen190$21,8100.4
TexasMidland110$20,9300.8
TexasSan Antonio670$25,0200.3
TexasTexarkana80$23,4100.7
TexasVictoria50$29,9500.5
TexasWichita Falls40$23,1200.3
UtahLogan150$27,9601.6
UtahOgden1,200$25,280 2.7
UtahProvo1,660$23,200 4.5
UtahSalt Lake City1,970$26,4801.3
UtahSt George640$21,030 6.5
VermontBurlington350$32,6801.5
VirginiaBlacksburg150$28,3201.2
VirginiaCharlottesville190$25,7400.9
VirginiaDanville30$29,3100.4
VirginiaHarrisonburg60$28,8000.5
VirginiaLynchburg260$26,7501.2
VirginiaRichmond1,400$28,1201
VirginiaRoanoke180$25,3800.5
VirginiaVirginia Beach970$27,7000.5
VirginiaWinchester80$25,4300.7
WashingtonBellingham200$25,2501.2
WashingtonBremerton300$27,5101.7
WashingtonKennewick250$30,7201.3
WashingtonLongview100$29,3101.6
WashingtonMount Vernon60$34,8900.7
WashingtonOlympia360$28,9401.8
WashingtonSeattle2,560$31,3100.8
WashingtonSpokane950$25,690 2
WashingtonTacoma1,040$35,2501.7
WashingtonWenatchee110$26,8401.4
WashingtonYakima380$27,500 2.2
West VirginiaCharleston530$19,1501.6
West VirginiaHuntington630$18,490 2.5
West VirginiaMorgantown310$17,690 3.3
West VirginiaParkersburg300$21,290 2.1
West VirginiaWeirton60$18,5000.7
West VirginiaWheeling260$18,2102
WisconsinAppleton150$34,9900.6
WisconsinEau Claire130$36,7200.8
WisconsinFond140 1.6
WisconsinGreen Bay490$28,7601.3
WisconsinJanesville140$30,1101
WisconsinLa Crosse360$28,620 2.5
WisconsinMadison1,030$31,0801.3
WisconsinMilwaukee1,670$31,3500.8
WisconsinOshkosh260$32,2701.4
WisconsinRacine360$31,960 2.2
WisconsinSheboygan40$39,7000.3
WyomingCasper80$23,6301.1
WyomingCheyenne60$28,2100.7
 

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