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.
These social workers earned an average annual wage of $44,410, or $21.35 an hour. However, starting social workers might earn a salary closer to the lowest-paid quarter of these workers, who made $32,520 or less, or even the bottom 10 percent, who made $26,190 or less.