Exactly 3,310 of the 10,490 social workers employed in Wisconsin, work in Milwaukee. Between 2006 and 2010, in Milwaukee, there has been a 1% growth in the number of social workers. Overall employment in Milwaukee has also increased.

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As the number of social workers in Milwaukee has grown, salaries for social workers have also increased. In 2010 an average salary of $49,168 per year was earned by social workers in Milwaukee. The average salary for social workers in Milwaukee was $45,480 per year, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of social workers in Milwaukee is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Social workers make a median salary of $47,518 per year in Milwaukee. The difference in pay between the social workers in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 102%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $34,302 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $69,155 per year.

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

Many of Milwaukee's social workers are graduates of one of the 4 accredited social work schools in the city.

Milwaukee's social work schools offer 5 social work degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 206 students graduated from social work courses.