Exactly 4,220 of the 59,550 social workers employed in California, work in Hayward. The number of social workers in Hayward has grown by 12% from 2006 to 2010. Overall employment in Hayward has also increased.

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Salaries for social workers in Hayward have increased. In 2010 an average salary of $61,890 per year was earned by social workers in Hayward. The average salary for social workers in Hayward was $51,600 per year, four years earlier in 2006. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Hayward.

Social workers in Hayward earn a median salary of $61,802 per year. The difference in pay between the social workers in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 155%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $34,962 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $89,222 per year.

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

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

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

Approximately 106 students graduated from social work courses in 2010.