Exactly 580 of the 6,440 social workers employed in Louisiana, work in Shreveport. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of social workers in Shreveport has grown by 26%. Overall employment in Shreveport has also increased.

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In Shreveport, salaries for social workers have increased. In 2010 Shreveport social workers earned an average yearly salary of $42,650. The average salary for social workers in Shreveport was $42,403 per year, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of social workers in Shreveport is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Social workers make a median salary of $41,900 per year in Shreveport. The difference in pay between the social workers in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 124%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $26,870 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $60,197 per year.

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

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

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

Approximately 1 students completed social work courses in 2010.