Exactly 510 of Mississippi's 5,600 social workers work in Decatur. There has been a 13% growth in the number of social workers in Decatur between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of social workers in Decatur has increased, overall employment in Decatur has decreased.

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In Decatur, salaries for social workers have increased. In 2010 Decatur social workers earned an average yearly salary of $35,537. Social workers in Decatur made a yearly average salary of $30,755, four years earlier in 2006. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Decatur.

Social workers make a median salary of $34,377 per year in Decatur. The 10% of social workers in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $25,240 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $48,373 per year.

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

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

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

Approximately 2 students graduated from social work courses in 2010.