Exactly 960 of the 14,460 social workers employed in Virginia, work in Ferrum. There has been a 50% growth in the number of social workers in Ferrum between the years 2006 and 2010. As the employment for social workers in Ferrum has increased, overall employment in Ferrum has also increased.

• Grey: Virginia
• Dark Yellow: Ferrum

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

As the number of social workers in Ferrum has grown, salaries for social workers have also increased. In 2010 Ferrum social workers earned an average yearly salary of $47,058. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for social workers in Ferrum was $41,463 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Ferrum.

Social workers in Ferrum make a median yearly salary of $45,008. The difference in pay between the social workers in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 129%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $29,762 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $68,268 per year.

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

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

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

In 2010 approximately 7 students graduated from social work courses.