Exactly 34,350 of New Jersey's 13,130 social workers work in Jersey City. The number of social workers in Jersey City has grown by 4% from 2006 to 2010. Overall employment in Jersey City has also increased.

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As the number of social workers in Jersey City has grown, salaries for social workers have also increased. In 2010 social workers in Jersey City reportedly earned an average salary of $54,275 per year. The average salary for social workers in Jersey City was $48,575 per year, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of social workers in Jersey City is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Social workers in Jersey City earn a median salary of $52,585 per year. The difference in pay between the social workers in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 132%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $33,692 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $78,322 per year.

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

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

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

In 2010 approximately 12 students graduated from social work courses.