but the area it hasn't caught up in is in the area of salary. With social workers making between $35,000 and $75,000, dedication to the reason for social assistance and justice is typically the bigger reward for the person that pursues many years of education and training to enter the field. And anyway, regardless of pay, those entering into approved social work, prove, at any level, they're dedicated to the best of social work by their eagerness to be educated and trained for years and to go through the rigors and expense of achieving their preferred position in their life's work.