Human Services Assistant Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Job Numbers and Growth

There are about 339,000 jobs for human services assistants in the US. The unemployment ranking for this career was low, compared to other occupations. About 4% of employees were without employment in 2008.

Area Job Conditions

Employees are most common in Duluth (Minnesota), Greenville (North Carolina), and St. George (Utah), and least common in Dallas (Texas), Nashua (New Hampshire), and Orlando (Florida).

Human services assistants are paid the most in Bridgeport (Connecticut), Danbury (Connecticut), and Sheboygan (Wisconsin), and the least in Anniston (Alabama), Sumter (South Carolina), and Weirton (West Virginia).

Training and Education

Most workers have moderate-term on-the-job training. Approximately 58% of employees have a bachelor's degree. About 26% of human services assistants have been to college without getting a degree. About 16% of workers obtain jobs with only a high-school diploma or GED. 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.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Among human services assistants, 12% work less than full-time.

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Human Services Assistants Around the Country

In the list below, each metro area is rated for the relative popularity of human services assistants compared to other locations (that is, jobs per population). Single or double up or down arrows indicate the relative popularity in that location. Within each state listing, metro areas are sorted by the actual number of jobs for human services assistants.

Alabama

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Birmingham	$23,000	540
Montgomery	$25,000	350
Mobile	$26,000	240
Huntsville	$22,000	160
Auburn	$24,000	100
Anniston	$20,000	80
Gadsden	$24,000	80
Dothan	$24,000	80
Decatur	$26,000	50

Alaska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Anchorage	$33,000	820

Arizona

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Phoenix	$29,000	1,970
Tucson	$32,000	1,020
Flagstaff	$27,000	130
Prescott	$32,000	130
Kingman	$32,000	70
Yuma	$31,000	50

Arkansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Little Rock	$24,000	1,910
Fayetteville	$24,000	620
Jonesboro	$22,000	250
Fort Smith	$25,000	190
Hot Springs	$30,000	100
Pine Bluff	$24,000	80

California

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Oakland	$43,000	3,010
Sacramento	$35,000	2,860
San Diego	$31,000	2,640
Riverside	$29,000	1,980
San Francisco	$35,000	1,870
San Jose	$35,000	1,820
Santa Ana	$35,000	1,710
Fresno	$31,000	1,100
Modesto	$39,000	690
Santa Barbara	$32,000	580
Stockton	$39,000	530
Oxnard	$34,000	470
Salinas	$37,000	400
Santa Rosa	$34,000	390
Chico	$26,000	370
Bakersfield	$29,000	350
Santa Cruz	$34,000	280
Visalia	$30,000	280
Vallejo	$36,000	220
Redding	$31,000	150
Yuba City	$28,000	120
Merced	$25,000	120
San Luis Obispo	$28,000	120
Madera	$34,000	110
Napa	$34,000	80

Colorado

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Denver	$33,000	1,710
Colorado Springs	$30,000	430
Boulder	$32,000	370
Greeley	$24,000	350
Pueblo	$27,000	170
Fort Collins	$28,000	170
Grand Junction	$24,000	160

Connecticut

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Hartford	$41,000	2,470
Bridgeport	$42,000	1,760
New Haven	$38,000	1,280
Norwich	$37,000	490
Waterbury	$35,000	280
Danbury	$54,000	170

Delaware

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wilmington	$30,000	680
Dover	$28,000	180

District of Columbia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Washington	$33,000	5,020

Florida

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Tampa	$28,000	1,740
Miami	$30,000	1,550
Fort Lauderdale	$35,000	1,050
Pensacola	$23,000	610
Jacksonville	$30,000	600
Orlando	$30,000	510
West Palm Beach	$34,000	500
Tallahassee	$24,000	360
Sarasota	$30,000	300
Palm Bay	$30,000	280
Deltona	$27,000	210
Gainesville	$28,000	210
Cape Coral	$31,000	200
Port St Lucie	$24,000	180
Lakeland	$30,000	180
Ocala	$28,000	110
Panama City	$27,000	90
Naples	$32,000	70
Fort Walton Beach	$32,000	40

Georgia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Atlanta	$29,000	4,550
Augusta	$25,000	710
Macon	$21,000	440
Columbus	$29,000	270
Savannah	$24,000	260
Dalton	$24,000	130
Albany	$25,000	130
Athens	$24,000	120
Gainesville	$29,000	100
Brunswick	$25,000	90
Warner Robins	$25,000	90
Rome	$28,000	70
Valdosta	$24,000	70
Hinesville	$28,000	50

Hawaii

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Honolulu	$34,000	1,370

Idaho

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boise	$25,000	1,700
Idaho Falls	$20,000	220
Pocatello	$30,000	110
Lewiston	$33,000	60

Illinois

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Chicago	$29,000	6,900
Peoria	$30,000	540
Rockford	$27,000	380
Champaign	$25,000	110
Decatur	$23,000	100
Kankakee	$32,000	90
Bloomington	$27,000	80

Indiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Indianapolis	$29,000	1,290
Fort Wayne	$25,000	1,140
Gary	$27,000	320
South Bend	$22,000	270
Evansville	$27,000	250
Terre Haute	$24,000	170
Elkhart	$29,000	130
Muncie	$26,000	50
Columbus	$26,000	50

Iowa

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Des Moines	$30,000	1,050
Davenport	$27,000	360
Waterloo	$21,000	290
Dubuque	$23,000	150
Iowa City	$24,000	140
Ames	$24,000	110
Sioux City	$22,000	80

Kansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wichita	$26,000	780
Topeka	$30,000	330

Kentucky

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Louisville	$27,000	820
Lexington	$28,000	260
Bowling Green	$26,000	170
Owensboro	$24,000	140

Louisiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Baton Rouge	$32,000	1,070
New Orleans	$31,000	1,040
Shreveport	$31,000	550
Lafayette	$31,000	270
Alexandria	$32,000	240
Houma	$30,000	210
Lake Charles	$32,000	200
Monroe	$33,000	200

Maine

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$25,000	1,240
Bangor	$25,000	680
Lewiston	$25,000	460

Maryland

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Baltimore	$36,000	3,960
Bethesda	$37,000	1,200
Hagerstown	$24,000	180
Salisbury	$30,000	150
Cumberland	$25,000	80

Massachusetts

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boston	$32,000	8,670
Worcester	$30,000	2,170
Springfield	$33,000	1,700
New Bedford	$28,000	530
Brockton	$36,000	480
Lowell	$35,000	400
Leominster	$33,000	320
Lawrence	$33,000	290
Barnstable Town	$36,000	260
Taunton	$33,000	240
Haverhill	$30,000	240
Pittsfield	$31,000	150

Michigan

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Warren	$28,000	3,190
Lansing	$32,000	780
Grand Rapids	$36,000	550
Flint	$30,000	510
Ann Arbor	$37,000	370
Kalamazoo	$29,000	330
Saginaw	$29,000	210
Battle Creek	$33,000	140
Niles	$31,000	120
Bay City	$32,000	100
Monroe	$30,000	60

Minnesota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Minneapolis	$30,000	10,130
Duluth	$27,000	2,370
St Cloud	$24,000	520
Rochester	$28,000	350

Mississippi

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Jackson	$26,000	500
Hattiesburg	$28,000	270
Gulfport	$33,000	80

Missouri

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
St Louis	$27,000	1,240
Kansas City	$28,000	1,220
Springfield	$25,000	160
Columbia	$28,000	140
Jefferson City	$25,000	80
Joplin	$29,000	50
St Joseph	$26,000	30

Montana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Billings	$27,000	420
Missoula	$22,000	230
Great Falls	$25,000	170

Nebraska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Omaha	$30,000	2,210
Lincoln	$24,000	710

Nevada

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Las Vegas	$27,000	960
Reno	$32,000	370

New Hampshire

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Manchester	$29,000	310
Rochester		70
Nashua	$28,000	70
Portsmouth	$29,000	50

New Jersey

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Newark	$30,000	2,050
Camden	$31,000	1,960
Edison	$32,000	1,350
Trenton	$34,000	710
Atlantic City	$31,000	610
Ocean City	$28,000	40

New Mexico

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Santa Fe	$26,000	640
Albuquerque	$27,000	610
Las Cruces	$27,000	110
Farmington	$25,000	60

New York

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New York	$30,000	17,000
Nassau	$29,000	3,900
Rochester	$28,000	1,960
Albany	$30,000	1,590
Syracuse		1,360
Buffalo	$27,000	1,180
Poughkeepsie	$34,000	1,010
Utica	$33,000	570
Ithaca	$32,000	440
Binghamton	$28,000	430
Kingston	$39,000	250
Elmira	$32,000	200
Glens Falls	$29,000	110

North Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Charlotte	$28,000	2,420
Raleigh	$26,000	2,110
Asheville	$31,000	1,020
Greenville	$28,000	1,020
Durham	$29,000	980
Winston Salem	$28,000	800
Greensboro	$27,000	630
Hickory	$29,000	540
Fayetteville	$28,000	410
Wilmington	$27,000	330
Goldsboro	$26,000	230
Jacksonville	$28,000	150
Rocky Mount	$28,000	120
Burlington	$25,000	70

North Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Grand Forks	$24,000	320
Bismarck	$24,000	270

Ohio

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cleveland	$25,000	1,840
Columbus	$28,000	1,570
Cincinnati	$29,000	1,290
Dayton	$31,000	790
Youngstown	$25,000	650
Toledo	$30,000	540
Akron	$24,000	520
Canton	$23,000	210
Springfield	$30,000	140
Mansfield	$24,000	50
Sandusky	$28,000	40

Oklahoma

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Oklahoma City	$30,000	790
Tulsa	$30,000	500
Lawton	$27,000	80

Oregon

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$28,000	2,810
Salem	$30,000	590
Eugene	$28,000	580
Medford	$26,000	320
Bend	$29,000	200

Pennsylvania

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Philadelphia	$28,000	5,050
Pittsburgh	$25,000	3,900
Harrisburg	$37,000	1,220
Allentown	$25,000	840
Lancaster	$27,000	750
Scranton	$25,000	710
Erie	$27,000	620
Johnstown	$23,000	360
York	$28,000	310
Williamsport	$27,000	250
State College	$29,000	170
Altoona	$23,000	160

Rhode Island

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Providence	$28,000	3,260

South Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Columbia	$26,000	850
Charleston	$23,000	780
Greenville	$31,000	360
Florence	$22,000	320
Anderson	$26,000	190
Spartanburg	$27,000	150
Myrtle Beach	$33,000	100
Sumter	$23,000	60

South Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Sioux Falls	$21,000	240
Rapid City	$22,000	150

Tennessee

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Nashville	$29,000	850
Memphis	$25,000	550
Knoxville	$23,000	450
Chattanooga	$30,000	310
Kingsport	$25,000	180
Johnson City	$26,000	90
Clarksville	$24,000	80
Morristown	$23,000	70
Jackson	$25,000	60

Texas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Houston	$29,000	1,550
Dallas	$26,000	1,210
San Antonio	$25,000	670
Fort Worth	$25,000	600
Austin	$30,000	450
Killeen	$36,000	250
Brownsville	$22,000	230
Mcallen	$22,000	190
Beaumont	$25,000	150
Longview	$28,000	140
Corpus Christi	$22,000	140
Midland	$21,000	110
Texarkana	$23,000	80
Laredo	$26,000	50
Abilene	$23,000	50
Victoria	$30,000	50
Wichita Falls	$23,000	40

Utah

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Salt Lake City	$26,000	1,970
Provo	$23,000	1,660
Ogden	$25,000	1,200
St George	$21,000	640
Logan	$28,000	150

Vermont

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Burlington	$33,000	350

Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Richmond	$28,000	1,400
Virginia Beach	$28,000	970
Lynchburg	$27,000	260
Charlottesville	$26,000	190
Roanoke	$25,000	180
Blacksburg	$28,000	150
Winchester	$25,000	80
Harrisonburg	$29,000	60
Danville	$29,000	30

Washington

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Seattle	$31,000	2,560
Tacoma	$35,000	1,040
Spokane	$26,000	950
Yakima	$28,000	380
Olympia	$29,000	360
Bremerton	$28,000	300
Kennewick	$31,000	250
Bellingham	$25,000	200
Wenatchee	$27,000	110
Longview	$29,000	100
Mount Vernon	$35,000	60

West Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Huntington	$18,000	630
Charleston	$19,000	530
Morgantown	$18,000	310
Parkersburg	$21,000	300
Wheeling	$18,000	260
Weirton	$19,000	60

Wisconsin

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Milwaukee	$31,000	1,670
Madison	$31,000	1,030
Green Bay	$29,000	490
La Crosse	$29,000	360
Racine	$32,000	360
Oshkosh	$32,000	260
Appleton	$35,000	150
Janesville	$30,000	140
Fond		140
Eau Claire	$37,000	130
Sheboygan	$40,000	40

Wyoming

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Casper	$24,000	80
Cheyenne	$28,000	60

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