Of the 14,010 social workers employed in Massachusetts, 2,520 work in Chicopee. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of social workers in Chicopee has grown by 31%. As the number of social workers in Chicopee has increased, overall employment in Chicopee has also increased.

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Salaries for social workers in Chicopee have increased. In 2010 social workers in Chicopee reportedly earned an average salary of $52,535 per year. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for social workers in Chicopee was $47,258 per year. The growth in the salary of social workers in Chicopee is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Social workers in Chicopee make a median yearly salary of $51,270. The difference in pay between the social workers in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 108%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $35,392 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $73,760 per year.

On average social workers in Chicopee earn salaries that are lower than the salaries earned by other professionals in Chicopee.

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

There is one degree and certificate program in social work offered by Chicopee's social work school.

In 2010 approximately 19 students completed social work courses.