Exactly 790 of Indiana's 10,230 social workers work in Marion. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of social workers in Marion has grown by 193%. As the employment for social workers in Marion has increased, overall employment in Marion has also increased.

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In Marion, salaries for social workers have increased. Marion social workers made $38,510 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, social workers in Marion made an average salary of $36,403 per year. The growth in the salary of social workers in Marion is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Social workers in Marion earn a median salary of $36,222 per year. The difference in pay between the social workers in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 110%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $25,230 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $53,105 per year.

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

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

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

Approximately 23 students completed social work courses in 2010.