Exactly 1,330 of the 11,020 social workers employed in Kentucky, work in Hazard. Between 2006 and 2010, in Hazard, there has been a 316% growth in the number of social workers. Overall employment in Hazard has also increased.

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In Hazard, salaries for social workers have increased. In 2010 an average salary of $36,153 per year was earned by social workers in Hazard. Four years earlier in 2006, social workers in Hazard made an average salary of $30,370 per year. The growth in the salary of social workers in Hazard is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Social workers in Hazard make a median yearly salary of $36,245. The difference in pay between the social workers in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 85%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $25,090 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $46,360 per year.

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

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

Approximately 9 students graduated from social work courses in 2010.