Exactly 910 of Oregon's 8,470 social workers work in Pendleton. The number of social workers in Pendleton has grown by 7% from 2006 to 2010. As the number of social workers in Pendleton has increased, overall employment in Pendleton has also increased.

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In Pendleton, salaries for social workers have increased. Pendleton social workers made $40,408 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, social workers in Pendleton made an average salary of $36,868 per year. The growth in the salary of social workers in Pendleton is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Pendleton social workers earn a median yearly salary of $40,290. The 10% of social workers in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $28,750 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $53,440 per year.

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

Many of Pendleton'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 Pendleton's social work school.

In 2010 approximately 1 students completed social work courses.