Mental Health And Substance Abuse Social Workers: Job, Salary, and School Information from The Riley Guide

Job Numbers and Growth

The count of mental health and substance abuse social workers working in the US is about 122,000. Unemployment for this career is very low compared to other careers.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

A government survey revealed that 9% of employees work only part of the time. Mental health and substance abuse social workers who work as their own boss represent 3% of the total.

Training and Education

Many employers require a master's degree from job applicants. Bachelor's degrees are held by 77% of employees. People with some college experience but no degree make up 16% of mental health and substance abuse social workers. The highest level of education for for 7% of workers was a high school diploma. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

There are comparatively more jobs of this type in San Angelo (Texas), Taunton (Massachusetts), and New Bedford (Massachusetts), and comparatively fewer in Lakeland (Florida), Palm Bay (Florida), and Ogden (Utah).

The earning potential for mental health and substance abuse social workers appears to be highest in Rochester (Minnesota), Edison (New Jersey), and Vallejo (California), and lowest (comparatively speaking) in Danville (Illinois), Columbia (Missouri), and Austin (Texas).

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Mental Health And Substance Abuse Social Workers: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Mental Health And Substance Abuse Social Workers, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Mental Health And Substance Abuse Social Workers are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Mental Health And Substance Abuse Social Workers are starred .

State	Area	Positions	Typical Pay	Popularity in Area
Alabama	Birmingham	120	$31,170	0.3
Alabama	Montgomery	110	$40,430	0.8
Alaska	Anchorage	160	$51,340	1.2
Arizona	Phoenix	1,020	$42,070	0.6
Arizona	Tucson	750	$34,360	2.3
Arkansas	Fayetteville	90	$30,590	0.5
Arkansas	Fort Smith	30	$34,510	0.3
Arkansas	Jonesboro	100	$34,280	2.6
Arkansas	Little Rock	320	$46,810	1.1
California	Bakersfield	180	$36,240	0.8
California	Fresno	180	$56,220	0.6
California	Modesto	140	$38,540	1
California	Oakland	680	$47,060	0.7
California	Oxnard	250	$58,430	1
California	Redding	60	$40,870	1.1
California	Riverside	850	$42,980	0.7
California	Sacramento	800	$44,210	1
California	Salinas	110	$55,840	0.8
California	San Diego	1,090	$40,550	0.9
California	San Francisco	860	$44,880	1
California	San Jose	810	$55,510	1
California	Santa Ana	640	$46,410	0.5
California	Santa Cruz	340	$51,390	4.7
California	Vallejo	200	$60,350	2
Colorado	Boulder	160	$28,800	1.2
Colorado	Colorado Springs	240	$33,780	1.1
Colorado	Denver	1,170	$32,920	1
Colorado	Fort Collins	250	$28,050	2.5
Colorado	Pueblo	110	$47,590	2.6
Connecticut	Bridgeport	520	$49,370	1.3
Connecticut	Danbury	60	$51,460	1.1
Connecticut	Hartford	1,320	$52,030	2.6
Connecticut	New Haven	400	$47,050	1.6
Connecticut	Norwich	250	$43,500	2.4
Connecticut	Waterbury	150	$50,870	2.7
Delaware	Wilmington	540	$43,260	1.9
District of Columbia	Washington	2,780	$54,630	1.3
Florida	Deltona	270	$28,030	2
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	360	$42,350	0.6
Florida	Fort Walton Beach	80	$29,090	1.3
Florida	Jacksonville	770	$34,170	1.4
Florida	Lakeland	40	$40,960	0.2
Florida	Miami	1,110	$41,460	1.3
Florida	Naples	30	$38,390	0.3
Florida	Orlando	590	$36,100	0.6
Florida	Palm Bay	40	$41,780	0.2
Florida	Pensacola	140	$28,450	1.1
Florida	Port St Lucie	110	$29,420	1
Florida	Sarasota	70	$33,400	0.3
Florida	Tallahassee	170	$37,080	1.2
Florida	Tampa	550	$30,460	0.5
Florida	West Palm Beach	980	$32,070	2.1
Georgia	Atlanta	700	$35,640	0.3
Georgia	Augusta	50	$34,970	0.3
Georgia	Columbus	50	$37,920	0.6
Georgia	Macon	40	$41,210	0.5
Georgia	Savannah	50	$33,190	0.4
Hawaii	Honolulu	530	$50,870	1.4
Idaho	Boise	640	$34,520	2.7
Illinois	Champaign	330	$26,540	4.3
Illinois	Chicago	2,610	$40,510	0.8
Illinois	Danville	80	$23,070	4.3
Illinois	Kankakee	50	$38,580	1.8
Illinois	Peoria	240	$32,240	1.7
Illinois	Rockford	200	$35,960	1.6
Illinois	Springfield	100	$36,940	1.2
Indiana	Elkhart	60	$37,090	0.6
Indiana	Evansville	190	$37,550	1.3
Indiana	Fort Wayne	140	$40,430	0.8
Indiana	Gary	320	$33,090	1.3
Indiana	Indianapolis	540	$39,250	0.7
Indiana	Lafayette	50	$49,350	0.8
Indiana	Michigan City	60	$50,210	1.8
Indiana	South Bend	190	$38,380	1.7
Iowa	Cedar Rapids	60	$31,460	0.5
Iowa	Davenport	80	$36,270	0.5
Iowa	Des Moines	350	$50,120	1.2
Iowa	Iowa City	60		1
Iowa	Sioux City	210	$30,320	3.7
Iowa	Waterloo	120	$39,050	1.7
Kansas	Topeka	160	$35,310	1.7
Kansas	Wichita	210	$39,900	0.8
Kentucky	Bowling Green	80	$35,680	1.8
Kentucky	Lexington	210	$37,980	1
Kentucky	Louisville	450	$40,140	0.8
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	260	$42,490	0.8
Louisiana	Houma	30	$33,040	0.4
Louisiana	Lafayette	40	$47,130	0.3
Louisiana	Lake Charles	80	$41,770	1.1
Louisiana	New Orleans	260	$43,850	0.6
Louisiana	Shreveport	170	$41,280	1.1
Maine	Bangor	230	$40,000	4.5
Maine	Lewiston	190	$36,040	5
Maine	Portland	420	$36,670	2.4
Maryland	Baltimore	1,200	$49,230	1
Maryland	Bethesda	210	$46,100	0.4
Maryland	Cumberland	50	$37,630	1.9
Maryland	Hagerstown	150	$33,760	1.8
Massachusetts	Barnstable Town	60	$45,700	0.7
Massachusetts	Boston	2,630	$46,450	1.7
Massachusetts	Brockton	180	$44,700	2.5
Massachusetts	Lowell	380	$35,740	3.7
Massachusetts	New Bedford	350	$42,190	6.8
Massachusetts	Pittsfield	120	$31,760	4.9
Massachusetts	Springfield	400	$46,040	1.5
Massachusetts	Taunton	260	$44,010	7.3
Massachusetts	Worcester	670	$34,430	3.1
Michigan	Bay City	100	$42,160	3.9
Michigan	Detroit	1,110	$34,930	1.8
Michigan	Flint	110	$47,410	1
Michigan	Grand Rapids	350		1
Michigan	Jackson	100		2.5
Michigan	Kalamazoo	110	$44,900	1
Michigan	Lansing	150	$47,460	0.9
Michigan	Muskegon	70	$47,800	1.5
Michigan	Saginaw	50	$50,530	0.8
Michigan	Warren	1,330	$43,030	1.3
Minnesota	Duluth	150	$51,270	1.4
Minnesota	Minneapolis	1,400	$47,630	0.9
Minnesota	Rochester	100	$66,110	1.3
Minnesota	St Cloud	40	$48,800	0.5
Mississippi	Jackson	200	$32,550	0.9
Mississippi	Pascagoula	80	$36,030	2.2
Missouri	Columbia	130	$24,430	2
Missouri	Jefferson City	100	$44,580	1.8
Missouri	Joplin	80	$26,910	1.2
Missouri	Kansas City	980	$34,680	1.1
Missouri	Springfield	230	$29,920	1.4
Missouri	St Joseph	70		1.8
Missouri	St Louis	1,190	$34,870	1
Montana	Billings	60	$37,870	0.9
Montana	Great Falls	80	$32,610	3.1
Nebraska	Lincoln	280	$37,220	2
Nebraska	Omaha	300	$36,160	0.7
Nevada	Las Vegas	220	$57,070	0.3
Nevada	Reno	80	$56,230	0.4
New Hampshire	Manchester	130	$44,630	1.5
New Jersey	Camden	360	$55,250	0.8
New Jersey	Edison	430	$65,170	0.5
New Jersey	Newark	340	$56,180	0.4
New Mexico	Albuquerque	950	$36,880	2.8
New York	Albany	640	$43,250	1.7
New York	Binghamton	130	$40,290	1.5
New York	Buffalo	440	$40,040	0.9
New York	Glens Falls	70	$39,760	1.7
New York	Ithaca	30	$48,790	0.9
New York	Kingston	80	$45,570	1.7
New York	Nassau	1,590	$45,060	1.4
New York	New York	7,690	$49,680	1.7
New York	Poughkeepsie	260	$50,060	1.3
New York	Rochester	370	$40,850	0.8
New York	Syracuse	240	$44,300	0.9
New York	Utica	220	$52,720	2.1
North Carolina	Asheville	230	$37,180	1.5
North Carolina	Charlotte	880	$38,010	1.1
North Carolina	Durham	220	$39,130	0.9
North Carolina	Fayetteville	360	$45,520	3.5
North Carolina	Goldsboro	120	$44,330	4.2
North Carolina	Greensboro	190	$43,060	0.6
North Carolina	Greenville	370	$42,160	6.5
North Carolina	Hickory	200	$41,860	1.4
North Carolina	Jacksonville	70	$43,820	2.3
North Carolina	Raleigh	480	$38,030	1.1
North Carolina	Wilmington	240	$35,660	2
North Carolina	Winston Salem	160	$36,720	0.9
North Dakota	Bismarck	40	$35,410	0.9
North Dakota	Grand Forks	100	$37,340	2.7
Ohio	Akron	340	$38,020	1.1
Ohio	Canton	40	$35,590	0.3
Ohio	Cincinnati	990	$33,910	1.1
Ohio	Cleveland	860	$36,620	0.9
Ohio	Columbus	700	$34,740	0.8
Ohio	Dayton	310	$36,540	0.9
Ohio	Lima	40	$33,120	1
Ohio	Springfield	100	$43,800	2.8
Ohio	Toledo	380	$35,430	1.4
Ohio	Youngstown	380	$35,180	1.9
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	520	$32,290	1
Oklahoma	Tulsa	170	$38,570	0.4
Oregon	Eugene	70	$38,630	0.6
Oregon	Medford	80	$38,150	1.2
Oregon	Portland	1,070	$36,560	1.2
Oregon	Salem	210	$40,230	1.6
Pennsylvania	Allentown	450	$37,480	1.5
Pennsylvania	Altoona	120	$29,600	2.6
Pennsylvania	Erie	180	$36,750	1.7
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	370	$38,250	1.3
Pennsylvania	Johnstown	70	$37,950	1.6
Pennsylvania	Lancaster	120	$41,860	0.6
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	2,970	$39,500	1.8
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	1,770	$39,880	1.7
Pennsylvania	Reading	200	$45,390	1.4
Pennsylvania	Scranton	270	$35,610	1.2
Pennsylvania	Williamsport	120	$39,930	3.1
Pennsylvania	York	130	$33,480	0.8
Rhode Island	Providence	1,630	$46,540	3.2
South Carolina	Charleston	80	$33,220	0.3
South Carolina	Columbia	90	$37,030	0.3
South Carolina	Spartanburg	40	$32,950	0.4
South Dakota	Rapid City	40	$29,850	0.8
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	110	$31,070	0.9
Tennessee	Chattanooga	270	$32,430	1.3
Tennessee	Clarksville	110	$36,220	1.8
Tennessee	Jackson	90	$33,990	2
Tennessee	Johnson City	80	$33,430	1.3
Tennessee	Kingsport	110	$34,080	1.2
Tennessee	Knoxville	200	$35,290	0.7
Tennessee	Memphis	240	$37,140	0.4
Tennessee	Nashville	1,180	$30,250	1.7
Texas	Amarillo	150	$35,390	1.8
Texas	Austin	900	$22,300	1.3
Texas	Beaumont	140	$31,840	1
Texas	Corpus Christi	510		3.4
Texas	El Paso	270		1.2
Texas	Fort Worth	350	$31,000	0.5
Texas	Houston	1,690	$27,270	0.7
Texas	Mcallen	60	$31,910	0.3
Texas	San Angelo	380		12.4
Texas	San Antonio	630		0.8
Texas	Tyler	50	$31,500	0.7
Texas	Waco	60	$31,550	0.8
Utah	Ogden	40	$41,230	0.2
Utah	Provo	170	$40,390	1.2
Utah	Salt Lake City	650	$39,600	1.2
Virginia	Blacksburg	100	$39,240	2.1
Virginia	Lynchburg	50	$40,070	0.6
Virginia	Richmond	1,020	$45,890	1.9
Virginia	Roanoke	280		2.1
Virginia	Virginia Beach	370	$37,360	0.5
Washington	Bellingham	60	$35,430	0.9
Washington	Kennewick	30	$43,440	0.4
Washington	Mount Vernon	60	$33,640	1.8
Washington	Seattle	850	$41,600	0.7
Washington	Spokane	180	$37,580	1
Washington	Yakima	70	$32,640	1.1
West Virginia	Charleston	130	$39,290	1.1
West Virginia	Huntington	220	$26,820	2.3
West Virginia	Parkersburg	60	$30,090	1.1
West Virginia	Wheeling	100	$26,620	2
Wisconsin	Appleton	50	$42,140	0.5
Wisconsin	Eau Claire	70	$34,690	1.1
Wisconsin	Green Bay	110	$111,210	0.8
Wisconsin	Janesville	30		0.6
Wisconsin	Madison	910	$30,890	3.1
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	680	$42,460	0.9
Wisconsin	Racine	80	$52,450	1.3
Wyoming	Casper	30	$37,820	1.1
Wyoming	Cheyenne	80	$33,110	2.4

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