Of the 19,170 social workers employed in North Carolina, 650 work in Wilmington. The number of social workers in Wilmington has grown by 55% from 2006 to 2010. As the employment for social workers in Wilmington has increased, overall employment in Wilmington has also increased.

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As the number of social workers in Wilmington has grown, salaries for social workers have also increased. In 2010 Wilmington social workers earned an average yearly salary of $42,880. Social workers in Wilmington made a yearly average salary of $40,415, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of social workers in Wilmington is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Social workers in Wilmington make a median yearly salary of $42,157. The 10% of social workers in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $31,237 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $56,933 per year.

On average social worker salaries in Wilmington are lower than salaries earned by their professional counterparts in related professions.

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

Wilmington's social work schools offer 2 social work degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 65 students graduated from social work courses.