Of the 59,550 social workers employed in California, 1,020 work in Stockton. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of social workers in Stockton has grown by 67%. Overall employment in Stockton has decreased.

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Salaries for social workers in Stockton have increased. In 2010 Stockton social workers earned an average yearly salary of $56,947. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for social workers in Stockton was $49,610 per year. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Stockton.

Social workers make a median salary of $56,440 per year in Stockton. The difference in pay between the social workers in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 145%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $33,360 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $81,603 per year.

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

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

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

In 2010 approximately 2 students graduated from social work courses.