Public And Private Social Workers: Job, Salary, and School Information from The Riley Guide

Job Numbers and Growth

Approximately 66,000 people work as public and private social workers. For this occupation, the unemployment is considered to be very low.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Employees that work part-time represent 9% of the total in 2008. Public and private social workers who work for themselves represent about 3% of the total.

Training and Education

A bachelor's degree is useful when pursuing this career. Among employees, 77% graduated from college with 4 year degrees. 16% of people working as public and private social workers went to college but did not obtain a degree. 7% of workers completed high school but did not pursue a college education. 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

Finding jobs for employees may be easier in Danville (Illinois), Madera (California), and Springfield (Illinois), and the most challenging in Hartford (Connecticut), Allentown (Pennsylvania), and Charlotte (North Carolina).

The pay for these jobs is highest in Salinas (California), Vallejo (California), and Newark (New Jersey) and lowest in Wheeling (West Virginia), Worcester (Massachusetts), and Albany (Georgia).

Public And Private Social Workers: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Public And Private Social Workers, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Public And Private 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 Public And Private Social Workers are starred .

State	Area	Positions	Typical Pay	Popularity in Area
Alabama	Birmingham	180	$47,500	0.8
Alabama	Gadsden	30		2.3
Alabama	Mobile	90	$36,330	1.1
Alabama	Montgomery	50	$44,530	0.7
Alabama	Tuscaloosa	50	$54,560	1.3
Alaska	Anchorage	260	$50,770	3.7
Arizona	Phoenix	350	$55,690	0.4
Arizona	Tucson	100	$45,550	0.6
Arkansas	Fayetteville	40	$50,210	0.5
Arkansas	Fort Smith	30	$30,690	0.6
Arkansas	Jonesboro	40	$30,870	2
Arkansas	Little Rock	290	$48,370	1.9
California	Bakersfield	70	$55,180	0.6
California	Fresno	480	$50,840	3.2
California	Madera	100	$54,420	7.1
California	Modesto	240		3.3
California	Oakland	500	$52,550	1.1
California	Sacramento	1,450	$52,000	3.6
California	Salinas	30	$67,370	0.4
California	San Diego	680	$47,270	1.1
California	San Francisco	750	$51,750	1.6
California	San Luis Obispo	70	$41,260	1.7
California	Santa Ana	1,160	$48,670	1.7
California	Santa Barbara	60		0.8
California	Santa Cruz	40	$47,570	1.1
California	Stockton	130	$42,010	1.4
California	Vallejo	130	$60,440	2.5
California	Visalia	60	$38,290	1
Colorado	Boulder	40	$37,150	0.6
Colorado	Colorado Springs	260	$39,610	2.3
Colorado	Denver	730	$43,010	1.3
Colorado	Fort Collins	60	$39,190	1.2
Colorado	Pueblo	40	$56,570	1.9
Connecticut	Bridgeport	90	$58,810	0.5
Connecticut	Hartford	60	$61,170	0.2
Connecticut	New Haven	90	$47,820	0.7
Connecticut	Norwich	50	$52,500	0.9
Delaware	Wilmington	100	$57,260	0.7
District of Columbia	Washington	670	$49,990	0.6
Florida	Cape Coral	70	$36,300	0.8
Florida	Deltona	80	$43,180	1.2
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	190	$43,980	0.6
Florida	Jacksonville	230	$46,980	0.8
Florida	Miami	280	$38,730	0.6
Florida	Orlando	270	$43,720	0.6
Florida	Palm Bay	140	$40,420	1.6
Florida	Pensacola	90	$45,410	1.4
Florida	Sarasota	40	$42,680	0.3
Florida	Tallahassee	30	$42,100	0.4
Florida	Tampa	260	$49,080	0.5
Florida	West Palm Beach	110	$46,020	0.5
Georgia	Albany	40	$21,180	1.6
Georgia	Atlanta	420	$52,510	0.4
Georgia	Columbus	50	$55,620	1.1
Georgia	Savannah	90	$54,020	1.4
Hawaii	Honolulu	160	$62,940	0.8
Idaho	Boise	60	$61,040	0.5
Illinois	Champaign	100	$43,850	2.5
Illinois	Chicago	3,570	$53,690	2
Illinois	Danville	80	$49,840	8.4
Illinois	Decatur	40	$46,790	2.2
Illinois	Kankakee	50	$47,570	3.4
Illinois	Peoria	140	$46,860	1.9
Illinois	Rockford	300	$59,370	4.5
Illinois	Springfield	310	$49,400	7.1
Indiana	Evansville	110	$37,370	1.4
Indiana	Fort Wayne	60	$41,510	0.6
Indiana	Gary	200	$38,600	1.6
Indiana	Indianapolis	310	$49,770	0.8
Indiana	South Bend	60	$33,430	1
Indiana	Terre Haute	40	$30,350	1.4
Iowa	Davenport	100	$45,500	1.2
Iowa	Des Moines	210	$43,070	1.4
Iowa	Iowa City	50	$50,320	1.7
Kansas	Topeka	80	$50,810	1.7
Kentucky	Lexington	50	$55,190	0.5
Kentucky	Louisville	170	$39,380	0.6
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	290	$45,700	1.7
Louisiana	Lafayette	40	$45,050	0.6
Louisiana	New Orleans	310	$44,140	1.3
Louisiana	Shreveport	70	$55,160	0.9
Maine	Portland	70	$50,730	0.8
Maryland	Baltimore	410	$54,800	0.7
Maryland	Bethesda	160	$45,840	0.6
Maryland	Hagerstown	50	$62,480	1.2
Maryland	Salisbury	50	$35,870	2.4
Massachusetts	Boston	350	$55,480	0.4
Massachusetts	Brockton	50	$61,810	1.3
Massachusetts	Haverhill	30	$46,560	0.9
Massachusetts	Lowell	30	$46,530	0.6
Massachusetts	Springfield	40		0.3
Massachusetts	Worcester	70	$30,310	0.6
Michigan	Ann Arbor	150	$49,880	2.1
Michigan	Detroit	310	$56,330	1
Michigan	Grand Rapids	100	$47,010	0.6
Michigan	Warren	130	$50,500	0.2
Minnesota	Minneapolis	320	$48,190	0.4
Missouri	Kansas City	250	$51,550	0.5
Missouri	St Louis	350	$51,840	0.6
Montana	Great Falls	70	$35,380	5.3
Nebraska	Omaha	130	$47,870	0.6
Nevada	Las Vegas	230	$43,110	0.5
New Hampshire	Manchester	50	$56,690	1.1
New Jersey	Camden	350	$48,350	1.5
New Jersey	Edison	330	$58,670	0.7
New Jersey	Newark	430	$78,420	0.9
New Jersey	Trenton	120	$67,760	1.3
New Mexico	Albuquerque	140	$39,740	0.8
New York	Albany	630	$48,110	3.2
New York	Buffalo	930	$47,100	3.8
New York	Elmira	40	$42,180	3
New York	Glens Falls	90	$41,790	4.3
New York	Ithaca	80	$44,350	4.8
New York	Kingston	150	$46,630	6.2
New York	Nassau	1,770	$52,150	3.1
New York	New York	6,430	$52,520	2.7
New York	Poughkeepsie	490	$51,630	4.6
New York	Rochester	1,020	$48,650	4.5
New York	Syracuse	660	$44,750	4.7
New York	Utica	310	$51,780	5.7
North Carolina	Charlotte	30	$47,220	0.1
North Carolina	Durham	80	$51,760	0.7
North Carolina	Fayetteville	200	$40,930	3.8
North Carolina	Wilmington	40	$43,370	0.6
North Dakota	Grand Forks	50	$30,370	2.6
Ohio	Akron	290	$45,900	1.9
Ohio	Cincinnati	510	$43,900	1.1
Ohio	Cleveland	1,850	$57,960	3.8
Ohio	Columbus	840	$41,550	2
Ohio	Dayton	280	$44,820	1.6
Ohio	Mansfield	140	$46,990	6.8
Ohio	Toledo	490	$35,190	3.5
Ohio	Youngstown	250	$37,910	2.4
Oklahoma	Lawton	60	$55,170	4.2
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	330	$40,130	1.3
Oklahoma	Tulsa	110	$37,730	0.6
Oregon	Eugene	140	$36,980	2.2
Oregon	Medford	70	$49,650	2
Oregon	Portland	950	$44,070	2
Oregon	Salem	100	$42,450	1.5
Pennsylvania	Allentown	30	$53,060	0.2
Pennsylvania	Lebanon	30	$58,320	1.6
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	250	$54,910	0.3
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	240	$53,060	0.5
Rhode Island	Providence	120	$55,360	0.5
South Carolina	Anderson	140	$32,160	5.7
South Carolina	Charleston	490	$38,920	3.7
South Carolina	Columbia	290	$43,040	1.8
South Carolina	Florence	210	$34,070	6
South Carolina	Greenville	450	$36,170	3.3
Tennessee	Johnson City	50	$58,180	1.6
Tennessee	Knoxville	50	$37,070	0.3
Tennessee	Memphis	110	$53,340	0.4
Tennessee	Nashville	150	$53,330	0.4
Texas	Austin	380	$46,910	1.1
Texas	Beaumont	80	$31,930	1.2
Texas	Brownsville	40	$35,540	0.8
Texas	Dallas	480	$40,350	0.5
Texas	El Paso	130	$50,590	1.1
Texas	Fort Worth	160	$35,640	0.4
Texas	Houston	430	$40,690	0.4
Texas	Killeen	150	$53,960	2.9
Texas	Mcallen	50	$29,810	0.5
Texas	San Antonio	290	$46,390	0.8
Texas	Waco	40	$53,060	1
Virginia	Lynchburg	50	$48,880	1.2
Virginia	Richmond	160	$57,040	0.6
Virginia	Roanoke	60	$56,980	0.9
Virginia	Virginia Beach	190	$51,300	0.6
Washington	Seattle	430	$48,040	0.7
Washington	Spokane	70	$55,400	0.8
Washington	Tacoma	150	$58,050	1.2
West Virginia	Huntington	50	$51,830	1
West Virginia	Wheeling	30	$34,330	1.2
Wisconsin	Madison	150	$58,810	1
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	130	$53,550	0.3
Wyoming	Cheyenne	30	$53,160	1.8

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