Exactly 4,580 of the 26,110 social workers employed in Ohio, work in Cleveland. There has been a 4% growth in the number of social workers in Cleveland between the years 2006 and 2010. As the employment for social workers in Cleveland has increased, overall employment in Cleveland has also increased.

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• Light Blue: Social Work in Cleveland
• Dark Yellow: All Professions in Cleveland

As the number of social workers in Cleveland has grown, salaries for social workers have also increased. In 2010 social workers in Cleveland reportedly earned an average salary of $44,430 per year. Social workers in Cleveland made a yearly average salary of $40,160, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of social workers in Cleveland is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Social workers in Cleveland earn a median salary of $43,085 per year. The 10% of social workers in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $30,072 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 103% higher salaries.

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

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

Cleveland's social work schools offer 5 social work degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 337 students completed social work courses.