Exactly 480 of the 10,490 social workers employed in Wisconsin, work in Whitewater. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of social workers in Whitewater has grown by 17%. Overall employment in Whitewater has also increased.

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In Whitewater, salaries for social workers have increased. In 2010 an average salary of $48,113 per year was earned by social workers in Whitewater. Four years earlier in 2006, social workers in Whitewater made an average salary of $45,190 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Whitewater.

Social workers make a median salary of $49,513 per year in Whitewater. The 10% of social workers in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $33,283 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $61,923 per year.

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

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

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

Approximately 109 students completed social work courses in 2010.