Exactly 2,520 of Massachusetts' 14,010 social workers work in Westfield. There has been a 31% growth in the number of social workers in Westfield between the years 2006 and 2010. Overall employment in Westfield has also increased.

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As the number of social workers in Westfield has grown, salaries for social workers have also increased. In 2010 social workers in Westfield reportedly earned an average salary of $52,535 per year. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for social workers in Westfield was $47,258 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Westfield.

Social workers make a median salary of $51,270 per year in Westfield. The 10% of social workers in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $35,392 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 108% higher salaries.

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

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

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

In 2010 approximately 33 students completed social work courses.