Exactly 290 of the 11,020 social workers employed in Kentucky, work in Bowling Green. The number of social workers in Bowling Green has grown by 625% from 2006 to 2010. As the employment for social workers in Bowling Green has increased, overall employment in Bowling Green has also increased.

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In Bowling Green, salaries for social workers have increased. In 2010 an average salary of $37,283 per year was earned by social workers in Bowling Green. The average salary for social workers in Bowling Green was $36,020 per year, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of social workers in Bowling Green is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Social workers make a median salary of $37,353 per year in Bowling Green. The 10% of social workers in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $28,180 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 68% higher salaries.

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

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

Bowling Green's social work schools offer 2 social work degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 143 students completed social work courses.