Report Abuse. It is a lymphatic system organ. Hormones produced by this organ stimulate the production of certain infection-fighting cells. It is of central importance in the maturation of T cells. Recently advances in immunology have allowed the fine dissection of the function of the thymus in T cell maturation.
In 2011, social workers earned an average of just over $54,000 a year. Because higher salaries paid in psychiatric hospitals, substance abuse settings and other specialized facilities can skew this statistic, median wage is a better predictor of earnings.
Compensation. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the median salary of a social worker was $42,480 a year as of May 2010. The range spanned from under $26,710 for the lowest 10 percent of earners to more than $70,390 for the highest 10 percent of workers.