Exactly 1,200 of the 10,490 social workers employed in Wisconsin, work in Kenosha. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of social workers in Kenosha has shrunk by 21%. Overall employment in Kenosha has increased.

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As the number of social workers in Kenosha has shrunk, salaries for social workers have increased. In 2010 an average salary of $53,980 per year was earned by social workers in Kenosha. Four years earlier in 2006, social workers in Kenosha made an average salary of $46,090 per year. The growth in the salary of social workers in Kenosha is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Social workers make a median salary of $53,512 per year in Kenosha. The 10% of social workers in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $32,582 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 140% higher salaries.

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

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

There is one degree and certificate program in social work offered by Kenosha's social work school.

In 2010 approximately 16 students graduated from social work courses.