Exactly 1,330 of the 11,020 social workers employed in Kentucky, work in Prestonsburg. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of social workers in Prestonsburg has grown by 316%. Overall employment in Prestonsburg has also increased.

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Salaries for social workers in Prestonsburg have increased. Prestonsburg social workers made $36,153 per year, on average, in 2010. The average salary for social workers in Prestonsburg was $30,370 per year, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of social workers in Prestonsburg is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Social workers in Prestonsburg make a median yearly salary of $36,245. The difference in pay between the social workers in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 85%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $25,090 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $46,360 per year.

On average social workers in Prestonsburg earn salaries that are lower than the salaries earned by other professionals in Prestonsburg.

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

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

In 2010 approximately 9 students completed social work courses.