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There is a push from the Seattle City Council to increase the pay of nonprofit human services workers.
A draft resolution was discussed this week in the Public Safety and Human Services Committee that lays out goals of taking steps to increase wages for those workers. This comes as a University of Washington study, funded by the City of Seattle, shows many human services workers get paid 30-37% less than jobs in other industries with similar skill sets and duties.
Human services jobs include people who work with senior citizens, people who work to help food insecurity, and many other jobs that serve people in our communities
Read more: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-increase-pay-nonprofit-human-services-workers-proposal/281-93be1b16-0fb5-48ff-b40b-63d5605f649f