Exactly 810 of West Virginia's 4,800 social workers work in Huntington. The number of social workers in Huntington has shrunk by 1% from 2006 to 2010. As the employment for social workers in Huntington has decreased, overall employment in Huntington has increased.

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In Huntington, salaries for social workers have increased. Huntington social workers made $43,133 per year, on average, in 2010. The average salary for social workers in Huntington was $29,917 per year, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of social workers in Huntington is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Social workers in Huntington earn a median salary of $42,278 per year. The difference in pay between the social workers in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 120%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $26,648 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $58,560 per year.

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

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

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

In 2010 approximately 9 students graduated from social work courses.