Exactly 6,690 of Pennsylvania's 36,260 social workers work in Pittsburgh. Between 2006 and 2010, in Pittsburgh, there has been a 8% decline in the number of social workers. As the employment for social workers in Pittsburgh has decreased, overall employment in Pittsburgh has increased.

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As the number of social workers in Pittsburgh has shrunk, salaries for social workers have increased. Pittsburgh social workers made $43,935 per year, on average, in 2010. Social workers in Pittsburgh made a yearly average salary of $40,410, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of social workers in Pittsburgh is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Social workers in Pittsburgh make a median yearly salary of $43,640. The difference in pay between the social workers in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 141%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $26,525 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $63,872 per year.

Social worker salaries in Pittsburgh are, on average, lower than salaries earned for professionals in related fields.

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

Pittsburgh's social work schools offer 9 social work degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 342 students graduated from social work courses.