Exactly 1,130 of the 10,230 social workers employed in Indiana, work in Rensselaer. There has been a 223% growth in the number of social workers in Rensselaer between the years 2006 and 2010. As the employment for social workers in Rensselaer has increased, overall employment in Rensselaer has also increased.

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Salaries for social workers in Rensselaer have increased. In 2010 social workers in Rensselaer reportedly earned an average salary of $40,790 per year. Four years earlier in 2006, social workers in Rensselaer made an average salary of $39,070 per year. The growth in the salary of social workers in Rensselaer is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Social workers in Rensselaer earn a median salary of $36,002 per year. The 10% of social workers in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $26,338 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $62,948 per year.

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

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

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

In 2010 approximately 3 students completed social work courses.