Exactly 670 of the 7,450 social workers employed in Alabama, work in Tuscaloosa. The number of social workers in Tuscaloosa has grown by 43% from 2006 to 2010. As the employment for social workers in Tuscaloosa has increased, overall employment in Tuscaloosa has decreased.

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As the number of social workers in Tuscaloosa has grown, salaries for social workers have also increased. In 2010 social workers in Tuscaloosa reportedly earned an average salary of $40,563 per year. Social workers in Tuscaloosa made a yearly average salary of $32,363, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of social workers in Tuscaloosa is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Social workers in Tuscaloosa make a median yearly salary of $38,777. The difference in pay between the social workers in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 103%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $27,723 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $56,173 per year.

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

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

Tuscaloosa's social work schools offer 3 social work degree and certificate programs.

Approximately 209 students completed social work courses in 2010.