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.
Social workerâs salary in the United States is around $48,302 per annum according to the BLS salary reports. The annual salary for the upper 10 percent social workers is around more than $70,390 per year, while the lower 10 percent of them earn less than $26,710 per year.