Exactly 300 of the 16,640 social workers employed in Missouri, work in Point Lookout. There has been a 88% growth in the number of social workers in Point Lookout between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of social workers in Point Lookout has increased, overall employment in Point Lookout has also increased.

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Salaries for social workers in Point Lookout have increased. In 2010 an average salary of $35,523 per year was earned by social workers in Point Lookout. Social workers in Point Lookout made a yearly average salary of $30,550, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of social workers in Point Lookout is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Social workers in Point Lookout make a median yearly salary of $30,457. The 10% of social workers in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $21,010 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 116% higher salaries.

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

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

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

Approximately 8 students completed social work courses in 2010.