Exactly 560 of the 14,460 social workers employed in Virginia, work in Emory. Between 2006 and 2010, in Emory, there has been a 65% growth in the number of social workers. As the employment for social workers in Emory has increased, overall employment in Emory has also increased.

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Salaries for social workers in Emory have increased. Emory social workers made $35,687 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, social workers in Emory made an average salary of $33,337 per year. The growth in the salary of social workers in Emory is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Social workers make a median salary of $33,673 per year in Emory. The 10% of social workers in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $26,287 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $49,187 per year.

On average social worker salaries in Emory 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 Emory's social workers are graduates of this school.

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

In 2010 approximately 5 students graduated from social work courses.