Exactly 570 of Maine's 4,100 social workers work in Orono. There has been a 10% decline in the number of social workers in Orono between the years 2006 and 2010. Overall employment in Orono has increased.

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In Orono, salaries for social workers have increased. In 2010 social workers in Orono reportedly earned an average salary of $43,043 per year. Four years earlier in 2006, social workers in Orono made an average salary of $39,490 per year. The growth in the salary of social workers in Orono is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Social workers make a median salary of $42,373 per year in Orono. The difference in pay between the social workers in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 98%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $29,040 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $57,383 per year.

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

Many of Orono'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 Orono's social work schools.

Approximately 52 students graduated from social work courses in 2010.