Of the 27,230 social workers employed in Illinois, 210 work in Bourbonnais. Between 2006 and 2010, in Bourbonnais, there has been a 24% growth in the number of social workers. As the number of social workers in Bourbonnais has increased, overall employment in Bourbonnais has also increased.

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As the number of social workers in Bourbonnais has grown, salaries for social workers have also increased. In 2010 an average salary of $45,280 per year was earned by social workers in Bourbonnais. Four years earlier in 2006, social workers in Bourbonnais made an average salary of $39,470 per year. The growth in the salary of social workers in Bourbonnais is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Social workers in Bourbonnais earn a median salary of $42,892 per year. The difference in pay between the social workers in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 147%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $27,810 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $68,552 per year.

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

There is only one accredited social work school in the city. Many of Bourbonnais' social workers are graduates of this school.

Bourbonnais' social work school offers one social work degree and certificate program.

In 2010 approximately 35 students completed social work courses.