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Family Social Workers

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

Across the US there are 282,000 family social workers. This occupation has an unemployment level that is very low.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Employees may end up working less than full time; 9% of those in the career did so in 2008. 3% of the time family social workers are self employed.

Training and Education

Finding jobs is easier for workers with a bachelor's degree. Recent government surveys (2008) show that 77% of employees have received at least a 4 year degree. Family social workers who attended college, but do not have a degree make up 16% of the total. A high school diploma was all the education obtained by 7% of workers. 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

The fewest jobs (per capita) are found in Santa Ana (California), Orlando (Florida), and Bakersfield (California), and the most jobs are found in Johnstown (Pennsylvania), Morgantown (West Virginia), and Las Cruces (New Mexico).

The earnings potential (not adjusted for cost of living) is highest in Waterbury (Connecticut), Norwich (Connecticut), and Hartford (Connecticut). However, the potential is lowest in State College (Pennsylvania), Santa Fe (New Mexico), and Corvallis (Oregon).

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Family Social Workers: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

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

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston130$36,3501.6
AlabamaAuburn70$39,5100.9
AlabamaBirmingham1,050$40,5101
AlabamaDecatur100$41,1401.1
AlabamaDothan140$36,2401.3
AlabamaFlorence80$37,5500.9
AlabamaGadsden110$37,5902
AlabamaHuntsville400$38,3401
AlabamaMobile330$39,8301
AlabamaMontgomery500$46,0501.6
AlabamaTuscaloosa150$39,2900.9
AlaskaAnchorage340$44,6101.1
AlaskaFairbanks180$42,440 3.4
ArizonaFlagstaff120$34,6601.3
ArizonaKingman60$38,1600.7
ArizonaPhoenix2,020$36,5700.6
ArizonaPrescott100$38,7700.9
ArizonaTucson780$39,5801.1
ArizonaYuma140$38,2401.3
ArkansasFayetteville160$32,6900.4
ArkansasFort Smith160$31,0700.7
ArkansasHot Springs100$34,9801.6
ArkansasJonesboro120$42,5101.4
ArkansasLittle Rock580$32,4800.9
ArkansasPine Bluff80$34,8101.5
CaliforniaBakersfield60$49,7200.1
CaliforniaChico220$43,6701.8
CaliforniaEl Centro120$40,8501.4
CaliforniaFresno360$40,8500.6
CaliforniaMerced50$35,0300.5
CaliforniaModesto310$42,3201
CaliforniaNapa80$38,7300.7
CaliforniaOakland1,080$55,9600.5
CaliforniaRedding130$44,0101.1
CaliforniaRiverside1,880$49,1500.7
CaliforniaSacramento1,490$43,4400.9
CaliforniaSan Diego1,980$50,9800.8
CaliforniaSan Francisco880$47,7300.4
CaliforniaSan Jose830$52,8900.5
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo240$47,5101.3
CaliforniaSanta Ana930$40,0400.3
CaliforniaSanta Barbara260$34,9900.8
CaliforniaSanta Cruz300$47,8501.9
CaliforniaSanta Rosa120$44,3500.3
CaliforniaStockton610$51,3901.5
CaliforniaVallejo180$42,6900.8
CaliforniaYuba City90$45,1101.4
ColoradoBoulder210$54,0500.7
ColoradoDenver2,250$47,7700.9
ColoradoFort Collins230$42,4101
ColoradoGrand Junction150$31,4001.5
ColoradoGreeley170$43,5701.3
ConnecticutBridgeport830$62,0701
ConnecticutDanbury210$50,5901.7
ConnecticutHartford2,110$60,2301.9
ConnecticutNew Haven1,000$58,6101.9
ConnecticutNorwich350$58,4701.5
ConnecticutWaterbury260$64,830 2.2
DelawareDover330$39,760 3.5
DelawareWilmington1,180$42,4401.9
District of ColumbiaWashington3,780$52,2800.8
FloridaCape Coral230$42,5300.6
FloridaDeltona450$33,1201.6
FloridaFort Lauderdale1,110$43,6300.8
FloridaGainesville170$37,3300.8
FloridaJacksonville620$36,7700.5
FloridaLakeland150$34,1000.4
FloridaMiami1,610$44,7300.8
FloridaNaples90$34,5500.4
FloridaOcala80$42,9500.5
FloridaOrlando590$40,7500.3
FloridaPalm Bay170$30,4400.5
FloridaPanama City70$32,6900.6
FloridaPensacola210$30,9100.8
FloridaPort St Lucie320$37,9101.4
FloridaPunta Gorda40$49,0400.6
FloridaSarasota350$34,0200.7
FloridaTallahassee150$41,5600.5
FloridaTampa2,110$40,8600.9
FloridaWest Palm Beach460$38,6000.4
GeorgiaAlbany130$34,3101.2
GeorgiaAthens130$34,2601
GeorgiaAtlanta3,350$35,4400.7
GeorgiaAugusta340$36,4900.9
GeorgiaBrunswick110$36,3701.5
GeorgiaColumbus200$31,5501
GeorgiaDalton120$33,5700.9
GeorgiaHinesville50$33,640 2.6
GeorgiaMacon380$32,210 2.1
GeorgiaRome130$28,610 2.2
GeorgiaSavannah200$40,1700.7
GeorgiaValdosta130$31,2401.4
GeorgiaWarner Robins80$34,8600.9
HawaiiHonolulu760$48,0100.9
IdahoBoise510$39,2101
IdahoLewiston40$46,3701.1
IdahoPocatello100$34,100 2
IllinoisBloomington150$43,3701.2
IllinoisChampaign220$43,8401.3
IllinoisChicago7,270$57,7901
IllinoisDanville70$38,7301.7
IllinoisDecatur170$34,870 2.1
IllinoisKankakee70$53,2601.1
IllinoisPeoria350$42,7101.1
IllinoisRockford280$45,2601
IllinoisSpringfield400$44,000 2.1
IndianaAnderson120$33,3801.8
IndianaBloomington120$36,0501
IndianaColumbus40$33,6300.6
IndianaElkhart100$36,6400.4
IndianaEvansville330$34,8801
IndianaFort Wayne480$33,2401.2
IndianaGary550$35,2201
IndianaIndianapolis1,130$37,6000.6
IndianaKokomo50$36,8400.9
IndianaLafayette140$33,0001
IndianaMichigan City50$35,9600.7
IndianaMuncie50$35,9800.7
IndianaSouth Bend340$34,8001.3
IndianaTerre Haute270$34,730 2.2
IowaCedar Rapids410$38,8901.6
IowaDavenport440$47,9901.3
IowaDes Moines970$39,2301.5
IowaDubuque180$35,970 2.1
IowaIowa City150$49,5801.2
IowaSioux City210$34,9001.7
IowaWaterloo390$32,870 2.5
KansasTopeka120$43,6700.6
KansasWichita510$42,0300.9
KentuckyElizabethtown260$36,090 3.6
KentuckyLexington830$40,1201.8
KentuckyLouisville1,890$37,3201.6
KentuckyOwensboro230$39,940 2.8
LouisianaAlexandria90$42,0800.9
LouisianaBaton Rouge560$45,9700.8
LouisianaHouma110$41,7800.6
LouisianaLafayette170$45,2300.6
LouisianaLake Charles110$44,8000.7
LouisianaMonroe130$43,2100.9
LouisianaNew Orleans720$42,3100.7
LouisianaShreveport190$43,9600.6
MaineBangor260$39,660 2.3
MaineLewiston140$37,5101.7
MainePortland590$44,2201.5
MarylandBaltimore2,430$48,1600.9
MarylandBethesda710$52,8900.6
MarylandCumberland110$31,3701.9
MarylandHagerstown150$32,3100.8
MarylandSalisbury60$41,9100.7
MassachusettsBarnstable Town340$46,5001.9
MassachusettsBoston4,210$48,6601.2
MassachusettsBrockton370$47,540 2.3
MassachusettsFramingham360$42,1301.2
MassachusettsHaverhill100$51,5500.7
MassachusettsLawrence260$52,010 2.6
MassachusettsLeominster100$47,1501.2
MassachusettsLowell330$54,7101.5
MassachusettsNew Bedford220$52,3101.9
MassachusettsPittsfield170$45,510 3.2
MassachusettsSpringfield1,020$51,1801.8
MassachusettsTaunton170$50,110 2.2
MassachusettsWorcester800$47,9601.7
MichiganAnn Arbor250$53,0400.8
MichiganBattle Creek180$48,160 2.2
MichiganBay City200$39,060 3.5
MichiganDetroit2,880$50,230 2.1
MichiganFlint660$51,370 2.6
MichiganGrand Rapids1,000$44,8101.4
MichiganHolland120$51,4300.7
MichiganJackson190$44,320 2.1
MichiganKalamazoo310$45,1401.2
MichiganLansing630$51,7401.7
MichiganMonroe90$49,6801.4
MichiganMuskegon230$47,050 2.2
MichiganNiles150$44,7201.4
MichiganSaginaw360$44,290 2.7
MichiganWarren1,710$54,4700.8
MinnesotaDuluth340$57,1501.4
MinnesotaMinneapolis3,900$56,5001.1
MinnesotaRochester120$51,1600.7
MinnesotaSt Cloud160$48,4200.9
MississippiGulfport150$32,4300.8
MississippiHattiesburg70$34,9700.7
MississippiJackson610$31,0801.3
MississippiPascagoula90$31,7601.1
MissouriColumbia120$34,6200.8
MissouriJefferson City190$33,6901.6
MissouriJoplin130$31,1600.9
MissouriKansas City1,570$36,5500.8
MissouriSpringfield540$30,1801.5
MissouriSt Joseph120$33,3701.4
MissouriSt Louis2,600$38,8701
MontanaBillings220$35,9601.5
MontanaGreat Falls50$39,7500.9
MontanaMissoula120$34,0601.4
NebraskaLincoln270$37,3900.9
NebraskaOmaha820$36,6000.9
NevadaLas Vegas1,310$50,8900.7
NevadaReno450 1.1
New HampshireManchester90$40,8600.5
New HampshireNashua90$36,4000.4
New HampshireRochester40$42,1500.4
New JerseyAtlantic City250$48,5000.9
New JerseyCamden1,160$51,2501.1
New JerseyEdison1,810$53,5900.9
New JerseyNewark2,480$57,8801.3
New JerseyTrenton600$55,7301.5
New JerseyVineland140$49,0801.4
New MexicoAlbuquerque840$37,3101.1
New MexicoFarmington170$36,7401.9
New MexicoLas Cruces390$36,580 3.7
New MexicoSanta Fe290$30,740 2.6
New YorkAlbany1,400$46,8101.6
New YorkBinghamton230$42,0301.2
New YorkBuffalo1,120$47,2101.1
New YorkElmira90$47,7301.6
New YorkGlens Falls90$38,5301
New YorkIthaca110$43,9201.5
New YorkKingston170$49,3801.7
New YorkNassau1,940$59,9900.8
New YorkNew York15,970$52,3001.6
New YorkPoughkeepsie440$57,2201
New YorkRochester1,140$49,6901.2
New YorkSyracuse750$44,2601.3
New YorkUtica300$41,0301.3
North CarolinaAsheville470$41,5801.4
North CarolinaBurlington120$39,1901.2
North CarolinaCharlotte1,800$44,0601
North CarolinaDurham710$42,5001.4
North CarolinaFayetteville370$42,8401.7
North CarolinaGoldsboro170$40,430 2.7
North CarolinaGreensboro730$44,3801
North CarolinaGreenville120$42,7901
North CarolinaHickory350$43,3301.1
North CarolinaRaleigh1,110$46,5801.1
North CarolinaRocky Mount140$39,7801.4
North CarolinaWilmington360$46,0101.3
North CarolinaWinston Salem340$40,5600.8
North DakotaBismarck90$41,6400.9
North DakotaFargo160$43,4500.8
North DakotaGrand Forks130$39,2301.6
OhioAkron670$33,4501
OhioCanton320$34,9101
OhioCincinnati2,120$36,1601
OhioCleveland1,530$37,4800.7
OhioColumbus1,320$39,1700.7
OhioDayton410$39,6900.5
OhioLima120$38,1101.3
OhioSpringfield200$36,780 2.5
OhioToledo730$31,1601.2
OhioYoungstown490$35,9601.1
OklahomaOklahoma City1,880$32,8501.7
OklahomaTulsa730$31,8400.9
OregonBend110$44,7000.9
OregonCorvallis100$27,1202
OregonEugene300$37,0101.1
OregonMedford280$36,8601.9
OregonPortland1,650$38,6700.8
OregonSalem300$42,4401.1
PennsylvaniaAllentown890$38,3901.4
PennsylvaniaAltoona120$35,6501.2
PennsylvaniaErie320$32,5801.4
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg960$35,5301.6
PennsylvaniaJohnstown420$30,020 4.3
PennsylvaniaLancaster400$31,8500.9
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia4,560$37,9101.2
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh3,070$33,5501.4
PennsylvaniaReading350$35,8701.1
PennsylvaniaScranton1,090$33,320 2.2
PennsylvaniaState College180$30,2401.9
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport190$33,550 2.2
PennsylvaniaYork450$34,8701.3
Rhode IslandProvidence2,110$54,3801.9
South CarolinaAnderson180$35,6901.7
South CarolinaCharleston670$35,3501.2
South CarolinaColumbia930$33,7901.4
South CarolinaFlorence250$33,1901.7
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach220$31,9801
South CarolinaSpartanburg150$35,3200.7
South CarolinaSumter110$34,1001.9
South DakotaRapid City260$35,470 2.4
South DakotaSioux Falls330$35,6601.3
TennesseeChattanooga500$37,6001.1
TennesseeCleveland70$35,0001.2
TennesseeJackson230$28,080 2.3
TennesseeJohnson City220$33,4901.7
TennesseeKingsport310$34,5601.5
TennesseeKnoxville790$32,2601.2
TennesseeMemphis930$36,3400.8
TennesseeNashville1,430$36,0201
TexasAbilene160$27,8301.5
TexasAmarillo130$33,4400.7
TexasAustin2,080$35,9901.4
TexasBeaumont240$36,0300.8
TexasBrownsville330$35,0001.5
TexasCollege Station70$35,8700.5
TexasCorpus Christi350$31,9101.1
TexasDallas2,290$41,0700.6
TexasEl Paso320$33,7900.6
TexasFort Worth1,210$34,2900.7
TexasHouston3,000$36,0600.6
TexasKilleen250$32,9301.1
TexasLaredo150$36,4301
TexasLongview240$35,7601.4
TexasLubbock240$32,0801.1
TexasMcallen550$37,3301.3
TexasMidland140$31,0301.2
TexasSan Angelo90$35,0701.3
TexasSan Antonio1,890$34,6001.1
TexasSherman60$29,1100.9
TexasTexarkana110$30,5601.2
TexasTyler150$32,5600.9
TexasVictoria100$34,0701.3
TexasWaco120$35,0000.7
TexasWichita Falls130$32,5301.3
UtahOgden250$36,6900.7
UtahProvo210$39,4800.7
UtahSalt Lake City620$38,2500.5
UtahSt George110$35,4601.3
VermontBurlington590$37,050 2.9
VirginiaBlacksburg150$36,6401.4
VirginiaCharlottesville240$43,3101.4
VirginiaDanville140$40,610 2.5
VirginiaHarrisonburg120$31,1801.3
VirginiaLynchburg370$35,980 2
VirginiaRichmond1,380$46,4701.2
VirginiaRoanoke470$37,1401.6
VirginiaVirginia Beach2,270$41,0901.5
VirginiaWinchester170$39,6501.9
WashingtonBellingham110$47,2500.8
WashingtonBremerton160$47,9401.1
WashingtonKennewick70$52,5800.4
WashingtonMount Vernon130$40,5901.7
WashingtonOlympia190$44,1701.1
WashingtonSeattle1,910$45,7000.7
WashingtonSpokane400$46,2601
WashingtonTacoma280$53,9600.5
WashingtonYakima180$50,5601.3
West VirginiaCharleston780$27,930 2.9
West VirginiaHuntington670$31,810 3.2
West VirginiaMorgantown300$30,570 3.8
West VirginiaParkersburg290$28,710 2.4
West VirginiaWeirton90$29,4001.3
WisconsinAppleton140$53,9600.7
WisconsinEau Claire140$47,1101
WisconsinGreen Bay340$48,8301.1
WisconsinJanesville150$47,4201.3
WisconsinLa Crosse220$46,0601.8
WisconsinMadison730$47,4301.1
WisconsinMilwaukee1,320$50,1800.8
WisconsinRacine320$43,100 2.3
WisconsinSheboygan90 0.9
WyomingCasper130$37,660 2.1
WyomingCheyenne100$48,1101.4
 

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