Exactly 6,220 of Maryland's 10,240 social workers work in Baltimore. There has been a 3% growth in the number of social workers in Baltimore between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of social workers in Baltimore has increased, overall employment in Baltimore has also increased.

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In Baltimore, salaries for social workers have increased. Baltimore social workers made $55,820 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for social workers in Baltimore was $48,235 per year. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Baltimore.

Social workers make a median salary of $54,960 per year in Baltimore. The difference in pay between the social workers in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 136%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $33,515 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $79,115 per year.

On average social worker salaries in Baltimore are lower than salaries earned by their professional counterparts in related professions.

Many of Baltimore's social workers are graduates of one of the 7 accredited social work schools in the city.

Baltimore's social work schools offer 8 social work degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 566 students completed social work courses.