Of the 3,660 social workers employed in Kansas, 760 work in Hillsboro. Between 2006 and 2010, in Hillsboro, there has been a 51% decline in the number of social workers. As the employment for social workers in Hillsboro has decreased, overall employment in Hillsboro has increased.

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As the number of social workers in Hillsboro has shrunk, salaries for social workers have also decreased. In 2010 social workers in Hillsboro reportedly earned an average salary of $36,107 per year. The average salary for social workers in Hillsboro was $36,670 per year, four years earlier in 2006. This decline is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Hillsboro.

Social workers make a median salary of $33,810 per year in Hillsboro. The 10% of social workers in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $25,713 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $51,337 per year.

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

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

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

Approximately 1 students graduated from social work courses in 2010.