Exactly 1,330 of Louisiana's 6,440 social workers work in Baton Rouge. The number of social workers in Baton Rouge has grown by 21% from 2006 to 2010. As the employment for social workers in Baton Rouge has increased, overall employment in Baton Rouge has also increased.

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As the number of social workers in Baton Rouge has grown, salaries for social workers have also increased. Baton Rouge social workers made $45,698 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for social workers in Baton Rouge was $43,620 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Baton Rouge.

Baton Rouge social workers earn a median yearly salary of $44,542. The 10% of social workers in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $28,442 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $65,798 per year.

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

Many of Baton Rouge's social workers are graduates of one of the 2 accredited social work schools in the city.

Baton Rouge's social work schools offer 3 social work degree and certificate programs.

Approximately 116 students graduated from social work courses in 2010.