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Human Services Assistants
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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 .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Anniston 80 $19,710 0.8 Alabama Auburn 100 $23,520 1.1 Alabama Birmingham 540 $23,440 0.4 Alabama Decatur 50 $26,310 0.4 Alabama Dothan 80 $23,730 0.6 Alabama Gadsden 80 $23,690 1.2 Alabama Huntsville 160 $22,190 0.3 Alabama Mobile 240 $25,600 0.6 Alabama Montgomery 350 $24,920 0.9 Alaska Anchorage 820 $33,170 2.3Arizona Flagstaff 130 $26,560 1.1 Arizona Kingman 70 $32,010 0.7 Arizona Phoenix 1,970 $28,870 0.4 Arizona Prescott 130 $32,210 1 Arizona Tucson 1,020 $32,330 1.2 Arizona Yuma 50 $30,830 0.4 Arkansas Fayetteville 620 $24,080 1.4 Arkansas Fort Smith 190 $24,720 0.7 Arkansas Hot Springs 100 $29,520 1.4 Arkansas Jonesboro 250 $22,200 2.5Arkansas Little Rock 1,910 $23,900 2.4Arkansas Pine Bluff 80 $24,450 1.2 California Bakersfield 350 $28,710 0.6 California Chico 370 $26,250 2.5California Fresno 1,100 $30,810 1.4 California Madera 110 $34,180 1.5 California Merced 120 $24,520 1 California Modesto 690 $39,160 1.9 California Napa 80 $33,510 0.6 California Oakland 3,010 $42,660 1.2 California Oxnard 470 $34,120 0.7 California Redding 150 $30,550 1.1 California Riverside 1,980 $28,790 0.7 California Sacramento 2,860 $34,680 1.4 California Salinas 400 $36,540 1.2 California San Diego 2,640 $30,650 0.8 California San Francisco 1,870 $34,550 0.8 California San Jose 1,820 $34,800 0.8 California San Luis Obispo 120 $28,270 0.6 California Santa Ana 1,710 $34,770 0.5 California Santa Barbara 580 $31,970 1.5 California Santa Cruz 280 $33,860 1.5 California Santa Rosa 390 $33,670 0.9 California Stockton 530 $39,260 1.1 California Vallejo 220 $36,390 0.8 California Visalia 280 $29,560 0.9 California Yuba City 120 $27,630 1.5 Colorado Boulder 370 $31,620 1 Colorado Colorado Springs 430 $29,990 0.7 Colorado Denver 1,710 $33,140 0.6 Colorado Fort Collins 170 $28,480 0.6 Colorado Grand Junction 160 $23,540 1.4 Colorado Greeley 350 $23,590 2.2Colorado Pueblo 170 $26,770 1.5 Connecticut Bridgeport 1,760 $41,870 1.7 Connecticut Danbury 170 $53,780 1.1 Connecticut Hartford 2,470 $41,060 1.8 Connecticut New Haven 1,280 $37,730 2 Connecticut Norwich 490 $37,400 1.8 Connecticut Waterbury 280 $34,860 1.9 Delaware Dover 180 $28,310 1.6 Delaware Wilmington 680 $29,850 0.9 District of Columbia Washington 5,020 $33,320 0.9 Florida Cape Coral 200 $31,060 0.4 Florida Deltona 210 $26,840 0.6 Florida Fort Lauderdale 1,050 $34,630 0.6 Florida Fort Walton Beach 40 $31,610 0.2 Florida Gainesville 210 $27,600 0.8 Florida Jacksonville 600 $30,340 0.4 Florida Lakeland 180 $29,880 0.4 Florida Miami 1,550 $29,910 0.7 Florida Naples 70 $31,820 0.3 Florida Ocala 110 $28,340 0.5 Florida Orlando 510 $30,290 0.2 Florida Palm Bay 280 $30,110 0.6 Florida Panama City 90 $26,780 0.6 Florida Pensacola 610 $23,060 1.8 Florida Port St Lucie 180 $23,880 0.6 Florida Sarasota 300 $30,220 0.5 Florida Tallahassee 360 $24,330 1 Florida Tampa 1,740 $27,520 0.6 Florida West Palm Beach 500 $33,890 0.4 Georgia Albany 130 $25,420 1 Georgia Athens 120 $23,820 0.8 Georgia Atlanta 4,550 $29,190 0.8 Georgia Augusta 710 $25,020 1.5 Georgia Brunswick 90 $24,730 1.1 Georgia Columbus 270 $28,510 1.1 Georgia Dalton 130 $23,780 0.8 Georgia Gainesville 100 $28,790 0.7 Georgia Hinesville 50 $28,280 2.2Georgia Macon 440 $20,620 2Georgia Rome 70 $28,190 1 Georgia Savannah 260 $23,900 0.8 Georgia Valdosta 70 $24,130 0.6 Georgia Warner Robins 90 $24,610 0.9 Hawaii Honolulu 1,370 $34,210 1.3 Idaho Boise 1,700 $25,020 2.8Idaho Idaho Falls 220 $20,280 2.3Idaho Lewiston 60 $33,260 1.4 Idaho Pocatello 110 $29,500 1.9 Illinois Bloomington 80 $27,100 0.5 Illinois Champaign 110 $25,140 0.5 Illinois Chicago 6,900 $29,170 0.8 Illinois Decatur 100 $23,040 1.1 Illinois Kankakee 90 $32,250 1.2 Illinois Peoria 540 $30,210 1.4 Illinois Rockford 380 $27,280 1.1 Indiana Columbus 50 $26,330 0.6 Indiana Elkhart 130 $28,500 0.5 Indiana Evansville 250 $26,550 0.6 Indiana Fort Wayne 1,140 $25,190 2.4Indiana Gary 320 $27,370 0.5 Indiana Indianapolis 1,290 $28,850 0.6 Indiana Muncie 50 $26,130 0.5 Indiana South Bend 270 $21,780 0.9 Indiana Terre Haute 170 $24,390 1.2 Iowa Ames 110 $23,690 1.5 Iowa Davenport 360 $26,630 0.9 Iowa Des Moines 1,050 $29,530 1.4 Iowa Dubuque 150 $23,120 1.4 Iowa Iowa City 140 $23,990 0.9 Iowa Sioux City 80 $22,310 0.5 Iowa Waterloo 290 $20,690 1.6 Kansas Topeka 330 $29,620 1.4 Kansas Wichita 780 $26,490 1.1 Kentucky Bowling Green 170 $26,280 1.4 Kentucky Lexington 260 $28,330 0.5 Kentucky Louisville 820 $26,750 0.6 Kentucky Owensboro 140 $24,390 1.4 Louisiana Alexandria 240 $31,580 1.9 Louisiana Baton Rouge 1,070 $31,820 1.3 Louisiana Houma 210 $30,420 1 Louisiana Lafayette 270 $31,060 0.8 Louisiana Lake Charles 200 $31,730 1.1 Louisiana Monroe 200 $32,600 1.2 Louisiana New Orleans 1,040 $30,740 0.9 Louisiana Shreveport 550 $31,210 1.4 Maine Bangor 680 $24,760 5.1Maine Lewiston 460 $25,360 4.6Maine Portland 1,240 $25,130 2.7Maryland Baltimore 3,960 $36,190 1.3 Maryland Bethesda 1,200 $37,460 0.9 Maryland Cumberland 80 $25,460 1.1 Maryland Hagerstown 180 $24,290 0.8 Maryland Salisbury 150 $29,780 1.4 Massachusetts Barnstable Town 260 $36,250 1.2 Massachusetts Boston 8,670 $31,730 2.1Massachusetts Brockton 480 $35,990 2.5Massachusetts Haverhill 240 $30,070 1.5 Massachusetts Lawrence 290 $32,640 2.5Massachusetts Leominster 320 $32,650 3.1Massachusetts Lowell 400 $34,780 1.5 Massachusetts New Bedford 530 $27,760 3.9Massachusetts Pittsfield 150 $31,210 2.3Massachusetts Springfield 1,700 $33,480 2.5Massachusetts Taunton 240 $32,890 2.6Massachusetts Worcester 2,170 $30,230 3.8Michigan Ann Arbor 370 $37,290 1 Michigan Battle Creek 140 $32,830 1.4 Michigan Bay City 100 $31,690 1.5 Michigan Flint 510 $30,270 1.7 Michigan Grand Rapids 550 $35,940 0.6 Michigan Kalamazoo 330 $28,520 1.1 Michigan Lansing 780 $32,150 1.8 Michigan Monroe 60 $29,900 0.8 Michigan Niles 120 $31,250 0.9 Michigan Saginaw 210 $28,730 1.3 Michigan Warren 3,190 $27,900 1.2 Minnesota Duluth 2,370 $26,930 8.4Minnesota Minneapolis 10,130 $29,520 2.4Minnesota Rochester 350 $28,000 1.7 Minnesota St Cloud 520 $24,310 2.3Mississippi Gulfport 80 $33,180 0.3 Mississippi Hattiesburg 270 $28,090 2.3Mississippi Jackson 500 $25,930 0.9 Missouri Columbia 140 $27,920 0.8 Missouri Jefferson City 80 $24,520 0.6 Missouri Joplin 50 $29,170 0.3 Missouri Kansas City 1,220 $28,410 0.5 Missouri Springfield 160 $25,200 0.4 Missouri St Joseph 30 $25,890 0.3 Missouri St Louis 1,240 $27,450 0.4 Montana Billings 420 $26,880 2.4Montana Great Falls 170 $25,220 2.5Montana Missoula 230 $21,560 2.2Nebraska Lincoln 710 $24,050 1.9 Nebraska Omaha 2,210 $29,760 2Nevada Las Vegas 960 $27,300 0.4 Nevada Reno 370 $31,590 0.8 New Hampshire Manchester 310 $29,370 1.4 New Hampshire Nashua 70 $28,130 0.2 New Hampshire Portsmouth 50 $29,430 0.4 New Hampshire Rochester 70 0.6 New Jersey Atlantic City 610 $30,840 1.8 New Jersey Camden 1,960 $30,910 1.6 New Jersey Edison 1,350 $32,100 0.6 New Jersey Newark 2,050 $30,180 0.9 New Jersey Ocean City 40 $28,030 0.5 New Jersey Trenton 710 $33,720 1.5 New Mexico Albuquerque 610 $27,090 0.7 New Mexico Farmington 60 $24,980 0.6 New Mexico Las Cruces 110 $26,820 0.9 New Mexico Santa Fe 640 $25,630 4.8New York Albany 1,590 $30,330 1.6 New York Binghamton 430 $27,680 1.9 New York Buffalo 1,180 $27,170 0.9 New York Elmira 200 $32,330 2.9New York Glens Falls 110 $28,800 1 New York Ithaca 440 $31,820 5.2New York Kingston 250 $38,870 2New York Nassau 3,900 $28,730 1.3 New York New York 17,000 $30,100 1.4 New York Poughkeepsie 1,010 $34,120 1.9 New York Rochester 1,960 $28,410 1.7 New York Syracuse 1,360 1.9 New York Utica 570 $32,700 2North Carolina Asheville 1,020 $30,730 2.5North Carolina Burlington 70 $24,970 0.6 North Carolina Charlotte 2,420 $27,670 1.2 North Carolina Durham 980 $28,910 1.6 North Carolina Fayetteville 410 $27,920 1.5 North Carolina Goldsboro 230 $25,530 3.1North Carolina Greensboro 630 $26,650 0.7 North Carolina Greenville 1,020 $27,510 6.8North Carolina Hickory 540 $28,720 1.5 North Carolina Jacksonville 150 $28,200 1.9 North Carolina Raleigh 2,110 $26,340 1.8 North Carolina Rocky Mount 120 $28,250 1 North Carolina Wilmington 330 $26,770 1 North Carolina Winston Salem 800 $28,480 1.6 North Dakota Bismarck 270 $24,180 2.3North Dakota Grand Forks 320 $24,370 3.3Ohio Akron 520 $24,110 0.7 Ohio Canton 210 $23,450 0.5 Ohio Cincinnati 1,290 $28,590 0.5 Ohio Cleveland 1,840 $24,940 0.7 Ohio Columbus 1,570 $28,260 0.7 Ohio Dayton 790 $30,710 0.9 Ohio Mansfield 50 $24,310 0.5 Ohio Sandusky 40 $27,980 0.6 Ohio Springfield 140 $30,250 1.5 Ohio Toledo 540 $29,550 0.7 Ohio Youngstown 650 $25,360 1.2 Oklahoma Lawton 80 $27,190 1.1 Oklahoma Oklahoma City 790 $29,970 0.6 Oklahoma Tulsa 500 $30,120 0.5 Oregon Bend 200 $28,660 1.4 Oregon Eugene 580 $28,280 1.7 Oregon Medford 320 $26,170 1.8 Oregon Portland 2,810 $28,040 1.2 Oregon Salem 590 $29,560 1.8 Pennsylvania Allentown 840 $25,460 1.1 Pennsylvania Altoona 160 $22,710 1.3 Pennsylvania Erie 620 $26,970 2.2Pennsylvania Harrisburg 1,220 $36,800 1.7 Pennsylvania Johnstown 360 $22,910 3.1Pennsylvania Lancaster 750 $26,590 1.4 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 5,050 $27,510 1.1 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 3,900 $25,480 1.5 Pennsylvania Scranton 710 $25,110 1.2 Pennsylvania State College 170 $29,300 1.5 Pennsylvania Williamsport 250 $27,400 2.4Pennsylvania York 310 $27,920 0.8 Rhode Island Providence 3,260 $28,120 2.5South Carolina Anderson 190 $26,380 1.5 South Carolina Charleston 780 $23,230 1.2 South Carolina Columbia 850 $26,060 1 South Carolina Florence 320 $21,850 1.8 South Carolina Greenville 360 $30,910 0.5 South Carolina Myrtle Beach 100 $33,120 0.4 South Carolina Spartanburg 150 $26,540 0.6 South Carolina Sumter 60 $22,690 0.9 South Dakota Rapid City 150 $22,490 1.2 South Dakota Sioux Falls 240 $21,490 0.8 Tennessee Chattanooga 310 $29,780 0.6 Tennessee Clarksville 80 $24,460 0.5 Tennessee Jackson 60 $24,690 0.5 Tennessee Johnson City 90 $25,780 0.6 Tennessee Kingsport 180 $25,080 0.7 Tennessee Knoxville 450 $23,300 0.6 Tennessee Memphis 550 $25,330 0.4 Tennessee Morristown 70 $23,220 0.7 Tennessee Nashville 850 $28,630 0.5 Texas Abilene 50 $23,060 0.4 Texas Austin 450 $29,540 0.3 Texas Beaumont 150 $25,050 0.4 Texas Brownsville 230 $22,210 0.8 Texas Corpus Christi 140 $21,570 0.4 Texas Dallas 1,210 $26,420 0.2 Texas Fort Worth 600 $25,100 0.3 Texas Houston 1,550 $29,230 0.3 Texas Killeen 250 $36,100 1 Texas Laredo 50 $26,400 0.3 Texas Longview 140 $27,800 0.7 Texas Mcallen 190 $21,810 0.4 Texas Midland 110 $20,930 0.8 Texas San Antonio 670 $25,020 0.3 Texas Texarkana 80 $23,410 0.7 Texas Victoria 50 $29,950 0.5 Texas Wichita Falls 40 $23,120 0.3 Utah Logan 150 $27,960 1.6 Utah Ogden 1,200 $25,280 2.7Utah Provo 1,660 $23,200 4.5Utah Salt Lake City 1,970 $26,480 1.3 Utah St George 640 $21,030 6.5Vermont Burlington 350 $32,680 1.5 Virginia Blacksburg 150 $28,320 1.2 Virginia Charlottesville 190 $25,740 0.9 Virginia Danville 30 $29,310 0.4 Virginia Harrisonburg 60 $28,800 0.5 Virginia Lynchburg 260 $26,750 1.2 Virginia Richmond 1,400 $28,120 1 Virginia Roanoke 180 $25,380 0.5 Virginia Virginia Beach 970 $27,700 0.5 Virginia Winchester 80 $25,430 0.7 Washington Bellingham 200 $25,250 1.2 Washington Bremerton 300 $27,510 1.7 Washington Kennewick 250 $30,720 1.3 Washington Longview 100 $29,310 1.6 Washington Mount Vernon 60 $34,890 0.7 Washington Olympia 360 $28,940 1.8 Washington Seattle 2,560 $31,310 0.8 Washington Spokane 950 $25,690 2Washington Tacoma 1,040 $35,250 1.7 Washington Wenatchee 110 $26,840 1.4 Washington Yakima 380 $27,500 2.2West Virginia Charleston 530 $19,150 1.6 West Virginia Huntington 630 $18,490 2.5West Virginia Morgantown 310 $17,690 3.3West Virginia Parkersburg 300 $21,290 2.1West Virginia Weirton 60 $18,500 0.7 West Virginia Wheeling 260 $18,210 2 Wisconsin Appleton 150 $34,990 0.6 Wisconsin Eau Claire 130 $36,720 0.8 Wisconsin Fond 140 1.6 Wisconsin Green Bay 490 $28,760 1.3 Wisconsin Janesville 140 $30,110 1 Wisconsin La Crosse 360 $28,620 2.5Wisconsin Madison 1,030 $31,080 1.3 Wisconsin Milwaukee 1,670 $31,350 0.8 Wisconsin Oshkosh 260 $32,270 1.4 Wisconsin Racine 360 $31,960 2.2Wisconsin Sheboygan 40 $39,700 0.3 Wyoming Casper 80 $23,630 1.1 Wyoming Cheyenne 60 $28,210 0.7
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