Exactly 730 of Mississippi's 5,600 social workers work in Clarksdale. Between 2006 and 2010, in Clarksdale, there has been a 3% growth in the number of social workers. As the employment for social workers in Clarksdale has increased, overall employment in Clarksdale has decreased.

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As the number of social workers in Clarksdale has grown, salaries for social workers have decreased. In 2010 social workers in Clarksdale reportedly earned an average salary of $30,767 per year. Four years earlier in 2006, social workers in Clarksdale made an average salary of $31,327 per year. The decline in the salary of social workers in Clarksdale is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Social workers make a median salary of $29,193 per year in Clarksdale. The 10% of social workers in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $21,450 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 100% higher salaries.

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

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

Clarksdale's social work school offers one social work degree and certificate program.

Approximately 9 students graduated from social work courses in 2010.