Exactly 1,080 of Missouri's 16,640 social workers work in Warrensburg. There has been a 93% growth in the number of social workers in Warrensburg between the years 2006 and 2010. Overall employment in Warrensburg has also increased.

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In Warrensburg, salaries for social workers have increased. Warrensburg social workers made $35,460 per year, on average, in 2010. The average salary for social workers in Warrensburg was $31,797 per year, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of social workers in Warrensburg is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Social workers make a median salary of $32,910 per year in Warrensburg. The difference in pay between the social workers in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 132%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $22,208 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $51,555 per year.

Social worker salaries in Warrensburg are, on average, lower than salaries earned for professionals in related fields.

There is only one accredited social work school in the city. Many of Warrensburg's social workers are graduates of this school.

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

Approximately 29 students graduated from social work courses in 2010.