Exactly 2,130 of the 21,640 social workers employed in Florida, work in Orlando. The number of social workers in Orlando has grown by 5% from 2006 to 2010. Overall employment in Orlando has also increased.

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As the number of social workers in Orlando has grown, salaries for social workers have also increased. In 2010 an average salary of $42,133 per year was earned by social workers in Orlando. Social workers in Orlando made a yearly average salary of $34,563, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of social workers in Orlando is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Social workers in Orlando make a median yearly salary of $39,720. The difference in pay between the social workers in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 136%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $26,075 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $61,528 per year.

Orlando social workers have earnings that are lower than the salaries earned by others in related fields, on average.

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

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

In 2010 approximately 147 students completed social work courses.