Of the 2,020 social workers employed in Alaska, 930 work in Anchorage. There has been a 16% growth in the number of social workers in Anchorage between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of social workers in Anchorage has increased, overall employment in Anchorage has also increased.

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As the number of social workers in Anchorage has grown, salaries for social workers have also increased. In 2010 an average salary of $47,857 per year was earned by social workers in Anchorage. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for social workers in Anchorage was $40,007 per year. The growth in the salary of social workers in Anchorage is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Social workers in Anchorage make a median yearly salary of $45,660. The 10% of social workers in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $31,517 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 121% higher salaries.

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

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

There are a total of 3 degree and certificate programs in social work offered by Anchorage's social work schools.

Approximately 37 students completed social work courses in 2010.