Of the 7,670 social workers employed in Oklahoma, 290 work in Ada. Between 2006 and 2010, in Ada, there has been a 61% growth in the number of social workers. Overall employment in Ada has decreased.

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As the number of social workers in Ada has grown, salaries for social workers have also increased. Ada social workers made $39,260 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for social workers in Ada was $26,350 per year. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Ada.

Social workers in Ada earn a median salary of $35,690 per year. The difference in pay between the social workers in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 122%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $25,575 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $56,780 per year.

Ada social workers have earnings that are lower than the salaries earned by others in related fields, on average.

Many of Ada's social workers are graduates of the only accredited social work school in the city.

Ada's social work school offers one social work degree and certificate program.

In 2010 approximately 29 students graduated from social work courses.