Exactly 3,830 of California's 59,550 social workers work in Riverside. Between 2006 and 2010, in Riverside, there has been a 7% growth in the number of social workers. As the number of social workers in Riverside has increased, overall employment in Riverside has also increased.

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In Riverside, salaries for social workers have increased. In 2010 social workers in Riverside reportedly earned an average salary of $50,517 per year. Four years earlier in 2006, social workers in Riverside made an average salary of $47,175 per year. The growth in the salary of social workers in Riverside is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Social workers make a median salary of $47,630 per year in Riverside. The difference in pay between the social workers in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 120%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $33,167 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $73,127 per year.

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

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

There is one degree and certificate program in social work offered by Riverside's social work school.

Approximately 9 students completed social work courses in 2010.