Exactly 710 of Illinois' 27,230 social workers work in Peoria. There has been a 5% decline in the number of social workers in Peoria between the years 2006 and 2010. Overall employment in Peoria has increased.

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As the number of social workers in Peoria has shrunk, salaries for social workers have increased. Peoria social workers made $42,503 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, social workers in Peoria made an average salary of $41,398 per year. The growth in the salary of social workers in Peoria is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Social workers in Peoria make a median yearly salary of $40,758. The 10% of social workers in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $25,192 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 146% higher salaries.

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

There is only one accredited social work school in the city. Many of Peoria's social workers are graduates of this school.

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

In 2010 approximately 18 students completed social work courses.