Exactly 620 of Michigan's 25,540 social workers work in Kalamazoo. Between 2006 and 2010, in Kalamazoo, there has been a 6% decline in the number of social workers. As the employment for social workers in Kalamazoo has decreased, overall employment in Kalamazoo has also decreased.

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In Kalamazoo, salaries for social workers have decreased. In 2010 social workers in Kalamazoo reportedly earned an average salary of $43,743 per year. The average salary for social workers in Kalamazoo was $43,957 per year, four years earlier in 2006. The decline in the salary of social workers in Kalamazoo is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Kalamazoo social workers earn a median yearly salary of $44,800. The 10% of social workers in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $29,317 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 102% higher salaries.

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

There is only one accredited social work school in the city. Many of Kalamazoo's social workers are graduates of this school.

There are a total of 2 degree and certificate programs in social work offered by Kalamazoo's social work schools.

In 2010 approximately 167 students graduated from social work courses.