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Medical Social Workers
Career and Education Info
Job Numbers and Growth
There are about 124,000 for medical social workers in the US. For this occupation the level of unemployment is relatively very low.
Part-Time Work and Self-Employment
Of those surveyed, 9% of employees work part-time. Approximately 3% of medical social workers work for themselves.
Training and Education
Prior to starting this profession, consider obtaining a bachelor's degree. Government data shows that 77% of employees have a bachelor's degree or higher. Those who have gone to college, but don't have a degree make up 16% of medical social workers. For 7% of workers a high-school education was all they required. 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 cities with the most employees jobs, compared to the population, are Santa Fe (New Mexico), Detroit (Michigan), and New Bedford (Massachusetts). Fewer are found in Nashua (New Hampshire), Shreveport (Louisiana), and Elkhart (Indiana).
Medical social workers earn higher incomes in Fresno (California), San Francisco (California), and Madera (California), and lower incomes in Tallahassee (Florida), Jefferson City (Missouri), and Albuquerque (New Mexico).
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Medical Social Workers: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area
The table below shows data for Medical Social Workers, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Medical 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 Medical Social Workers are starred .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Anniston 50 $38,890 1.2 Alabama Auburn 40 $43,340 1 Alabama Birmingham 540 $44,730 1 Alabama Decatur 50 $42,080 1 Alabama Dothan 120 $36,920 2.2Alabama Florence 80 $37,860 1.8 Alabama Gadsden 40 $42,630 1.4 Alabama Huntsville 140 $44,020 0.7 Alabama Mobile 200 $39,070 1.1 Alabama Montgomery 220 $43,650 1.3 Alabama Tuscaloosa 110 $39,760 1.3 Alaska Anchorage 80 $53,260 0.5 Arizona Kingman 60 $40,790 1.3 Arizona Phoenix 1,480 $37,500 0.8 Arizona Prescott 30 $49,530 0.5 Arizona Tucson 500 $47,080 1.4 Arizona Yuma 60 $46,040 1.1 Arkansas Fayetteville 140 $38,720 0.7 Arkansas Fort Smith 80 $38,280 0.7 Arkansas Hot Springs 50 $42,420 1.6 Arkansas Little Rock 340 $49,090 1 California Bakersfield 110 $45,820 0.4 California Chico 50 $47,780 0.8 California Fresno 230 $63,680 0.7 California Madera 50 $64,580 1.6 California Modesto 220 $43,840 1.4 California Napa 100 $61,300 1.7 California Oakland 1,410 $61,260 1.4 California Oxnard 170 $58,210 0.6 California Redding 50 $44,860 0.8 California Riverside 1,000 $57,000 0.8 California Sacramento 780 $63,520 0.9 California Salinas 90 $56,190 0.6 California San Diego 890 $58,830 0.7 California San Francisco 770 $65,390 0.8 California San Jose 610 $63,680 0.7 California San Luis Obispo 140 $64,190 1.5 California Santa Ana 1,020 $63,570 0.7 California Santa Cruz 90 $50,010 1.1 California Santa Rosa 140 $60,060 0.8 California Stockton 180 $59,460 0.9 California Vallejo 90 $64,050 0.8 California Visalia 90 $48,960 0.7 Colorado Boulder 130 $42,600 0.8 Colorado Colorado Springs 490 $41,210 2 Colorado Denver 1,280 $46,250 1 Colorado Fort Collins 100 $37,460 0.9 Colorado Grand Junction 50 $40,010 1 Colorado Greeley 110 $43,980 1.6 Colorado Pueblo 110 $44,240 2.3Connecticut Bridgeport 340 $60,560 0.8 Connecticut Danbury 70 $62,120 1.1 Connecticut Hartford 590 $56,130 1 Connecticut New Haven 270 $59,570 1 Connecticut Norwich 130 $55,380 1.1 Connecticut Waterbury 160 $57,630 2.6Delaware Dover 50 $45,180 1 Delaware Wilmington 200 $49,560 0.6 District of Columbia Washington 2,000 $59,070 0.9 Florida Cape Coral 150 $41,390 0.7 Florida Deltona 170 $39,820 1.1 Florida Fort Lauderdale 520 $46,910 0.7 Florida Gainesville 90 $47,490 0.8 Florida Jacksonville 430 $46,490 0.7 Florida Lakeland 120 $41,020 0.6 Florida Miami 910 $49,020 0.9 Florida Naples 60 $36,900 0.5 Florida Ocala 100 $46,520 1.1 Florida Orlando 690 $40,170 0.7 Florida Palm Bay 170 $42,970 0.9 Florida Pensacola 140 $39,660 1 Florida Port St Lucie 70 $48,720 0.6 Florida Sarasota 210 $45,560 0.8 Florida Sebastian 60 $43,630 1.4 Florida Tallahassee 170 $29,860 1.1 Florida Tampa 890 $41,390 0.7 Florida West Palm Beach 510 $49,370 0.9 Georgia Athens 90 $43,610 1.3 Georgia Atlanta 1,540 $48,430 0.6 Georgia Augusta 280 $39,030 1.4 Georgia Columbus 130 $39,460 1.3 Georgia Gainesville 60 $39,120 0.9 Georgia Macon 180 $38,800 1.9 Georgia Savannah 170 $52,110 1.2 Georgia Valdosta 80 $41,690 1.6 Hawaii Honolulu 360 $61,340 0.8 Idaho Boise 330 $44,420 1.2 Idaho Coeur Dalene 50 $42,000 1 Idaho Idaho Falls 80 $48,320 1.9 Illinois Champaign 50 $49,090 0.6 Illinois Chicago 2,310 $55,590 0.6 Illinois Kankakee 30 0.9 Illinois Peoria 210 $51,890 1.3 Illinois Rockford 120 $54,320 0.8 Illinois Springfield 40 $48,630 0.4 Indiana Anderson 50 $44,990 1.5 Indiana Elkhart 40 $45,100 0.3 Indiana Evansville 160 $40,630 1 Indiana Fort Wayne 260 $42,940 1.3 Indiana Gary 240 $53,280 0.9 Indiana Indianapolis 680 $47,940 0.8 Indiana Muncie 70 $38,610 1.8 Indiana South Bend 130 $39,070 1 Indiana Terre Haute 50 $42,020 0.8 Iowa Cedar Rapids 70 $44,570 0.5 Iowa Davenport 80 $41,380 0.4 Iowa Des Moines 320 $41,680 1 Iowa Dubuque 40 $40,840 0.9 Iowa Iowa City 120 $49,550 1.8 Iowa Sioux City 100 $42,260 1.5 Iowa Waterloo 50 $40,780 0.6 Kansas Topeka 120 $40,640 1.2 Kansas Wichita 240 $43,810 0.8 Kentucky Bowling Green 30 $39,310 0.6 Kentucky Elizabethtown 50 $40,640 1.3 Kentucky Lexington 210 $44,300 0.9 Kentucky Louisville 460 $43,480 0.7 Louisiana Alexandria 60 $35,540 1.1 Louisiana Baton Rouge 300 $42,990 0.8 Louisiana Lafayette 150 $46,310 1.1 Louisiana Lake Charles 80 $43,090 1 Louisiana Monroe 30 $45,480 0.4 Louisiana New Orleans 340 $45,820 0.7 Louisiana Shreveport 60 $52,600 0.4 Maine Bangor 50 $40,460 0.9 Maine Lewiston 80 $43,500 1.9 Maine Portland 220 $42,440 1.1 Maryland Baltimore 2,030 $55,220 1.5 Maryland Bethesda 610 $57,130 1.1 Maryland Cumberland 40 $38,850 1.3 Maryland Hagerstown 60 $39,160 0.6 Maryland Salisbury 110 $46,480 2.4Massachusetts Barnstable Town 220 $55,430 2.3Massachusetts Boston 3,200 $52,340 1.8 Massachusetts Brockton 230 $49,710 2.8Massachusetts Framingham 110 $51,430 0.7 Massachusetts Haverhill 90 $47,780 1.3 Massachusetts Lawrence 80 $52,520 1.6 Massachusetts Lowell 120 $59,330 1 Massachusetts New Bedford 220 $45,170 3.8Massachusetts Pittsfield 60 $42,560 2.2Massachusetts Springfield 550 $45,220 1.9 Massachusetts Taunton 80 $47,240 2 Massachusetts Worcester 450 $47,700 1.8 Michigan Ann Arbor 230 $50,340 1.4 Michigan Battle Creek 50 $55,890 1.2 Michigan Bay City 40 $46,100 1.4 Michigan Detroit 4,430 $45,660 6.2Michigan Flint 160 $50,710 1.2 Michigan Grand Rapids 300 $48,390 0.8 Michigan Holland 90 $44,950 0.9 Michigan Jackson 80 $46,530 1.7 Michigan Kalamazoo 110 $51,160 0.8 Michigan Lansing 160 $44,890 0.9 Michigan Muskegon 70 $46,220 1.3 Michigan Niles 50 $42,320 0.9 Michigan Saginaw 130 $50,620 1.9 Michigan Warren 3,220 $53,080 2.8Minnesota Duluth 100 $44,810 0.8 Minnesota Minneapolis 1,330 $51,510 0.7 Minnesota St Cloud 60 $46,760 0.6 Mississippi Gulfport 100 $46,210 1 Mississippi Hattiesburg 60 $38,520 1.2 Mississippi Jackson 560 $34,460 2.2Mississippi Pascagoula 80 $36,350 2 Missouri Columbia 110 $41,170 1.5 Missouri Jefferson City 70 $28,090 1.1 Missouri Joplin 80 $43,130 1.1 Missouri Kansas City 950 $40,970 0.9 Missouri Springfield 270 $31,400 1.4 Missouri St Joseph 40 0.9 Missouri St Louis 1,650 $44,490 1.2 Montana Billings 70 $50,740 0.9 Montana Missoula 80 $32,790 1.8 Nebraska Lincoln 220 $37,280 1.4 Nebraska Omaha 420 $41,630 0.9 Nevada Las Vegas 540 $61,620 0.6 Nevada Reno 220 $52,190 1.1 New Hampshire Manchester 50 $59,810 0.5 New Hampshire Nashua 50 $58,330 0.4 New Hampshire Portsmouth 30 $48,970 0.6 New Hampshire Rochester 40 $51,890 0.8 New Jersey Atlantic City 90 $49,140 0.6 New Jersey Camden 480 $50,520 0.9 New Jersey Edison 810 $53,440 0.8 New Jersey Newark 610 $54,920 0.6 New Jersey Trenton 190 $56,660 0.9 New Jersey Vineland 60 $56,190 1.2 New Mexico Albuquerque 340 $33,280 0.9 New Mexico Las Cruces 90 $38,830 1.6 New Mexico Santa Fe 540 $30,760 9.5New York Albany 590 $46,550 1.3 New York Binghamton 170 $49,020 1.7 New York Buffalo 670 $43,920 1.2 New York Elmira 60 $50,890 2New York Glens Falls 70 $41,540 1.5 New York Kingston 70 $50,790 1.3 New York Nassau 1,210 $56,740 1 New York New York 5,800 $56,200 1.1 New York Poughkeepsie 190 $51,040 0.8 New York Rochester 540 $42,330 1.1 New York Syracuse 280 $41,620 0.9 New York Utica 190 $42,240 1.6 North Carolina Asheville 290 $43,150 1.7 North Carolina Burlington 40 $44,720 0.8 North Carolina Charlotte 530 $43,130 0.6 North Carolina Durham 290 $48,480 1.1 North Carolina Fayetteville 100 $38,670 0.9 North Carolina Greensboro 240 $43,010 0.6 North Carolina Greenville 120 $51,630 1.9 North Carolina Hickory 100 $43,640 0.6 North Carolina Raleigh 420 $42,650 0.8 North Carolina Rocky Mount 50 $43,180 1 North Carolina Wilmington 100 $41,390 0.7 North Carolina Winston Salem 210 $43,870 1 North Dakota Bismarck 80 $36,970 1.6 North Dakota Fargo 90 $40,940 0.8 North Dakota Grand Forks 80 $38,170 1.9 Ohio Akron 290 $48,010 0.9 Ohio Canton 130 $45,020 0.8 Ohio Cincinnati 880 $46,430 0.8 Ohio Cleveland 1,570 $46,680 1.5 Ohio Columbus 740 $46,000 0.8 Ohio Dayton 760 $43,670 2 Ohio Lima 80 $43,630 1.7 Ohio Mansfield 50 $45,490 1.1 Ohio Sandusky 30 $46,980 1 Ohio Springfield 60 $41,220 1.5 Ohio Toledo 300 $43,560 1 Ohio Youngstown 670 $31,210 2.9Oklahoma Lawton 40 $32,560 1.3 Oklahoma Oklahoma City 600 $37,720 1.1 Oklahoma Tulsa 210 $39,320 0.5 Oregon Bend 50 $56,240 0.8 Oregon Eugene 220 $45,680 1.5 Oregon Medford 40 $52,090 0.5 Oregon Portland 760 $54,680 0.7 Oregon Salem 70 $54,590 0.5 Pennsylvania Allentown 360 $42,900 1.1 Pennsylvania Altoona 90 $42,570 1.7 Pennsylvania Erie 130 $41,400 1.1 Pennsylvania Harrisburg 460 $45,940 1.5 Pennsylvania Johnstown 110 $35,460 2.2Pennsylvania Lancaster 430 $41,550 1.9 Pennsylvania Lebanon 30 $39,440 0.7 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 4,500 $44,590 2.4Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 1,520 $41,210 1.3 Pennsylvania Reading 180 $39,040 1.1 Pennsylvania Scranton 320 $39,940 1.3 Pennsylvania State College 30 $46,380 0.6 Pennsylvania Williamsport 90 $39,330 2Pennsylvania York 170 $43,780 1 Rhode Island Providence 660 $50,460 1.2 South Carolina Anderson 70 $33,550 1.3 South Carolina Charleston 320 $42,600 1.1 South Carolina Columbia 410 $43,040 1.2 South Carolina Florence 140 $35,210 1.8 South Carolina Greenville 510 $37,100 1.7 South Carolina Myrtle Beach 60 $39,920 0.5 South Carolina Spartanburg 50 $52,050 0.4 South Dakota Rapid City 30 $44,120 0.5 South Dakota Sioux Falls 170 $45,030 1.3 Tennessee Chattanooga 320 $44,790 1.4 Tennessee Clarksville 60 $30,560 0.9 Tennessee Jackson 70 $33,590 1.4 Tennessee Kingsport 100 $42,040 0.9 Tennessee Knoxville 250 $40,470 0.8 Tennessee Memphis 740 $51,680 1.2 Tennessee Nashville 580 $51,500 0.8 Texas Abilene 80 $43,760 1.4 Texas Amarillo 100 $39,860 1.1 Texas Austin 520 $46,110 0.7 Texas Beaumont 100 $47,300 0.7 Texas College Station 40 $50,590 0.6 Texas Corpus Christi 110 $43,860 0.6 Texas Dallas 1,290 $47,240 0.6 Texas El Paso 220 $43,400 0.8 Texas Fort Worth 630 $47,650 0.7 Texas Houston 1,520 $47,820 0.6 Texas Longview 100 $39,580 1.2 Texas Lubbock 160 $38,920 1.4 Texas Mcallen 140 $54,030 0.7 Texas Midland 70 $43,870 1.2 Texas San Angelo 60 $45,060 1.7 Texas San Antonio 840 $42,620 1 Texas Sherman 40 1.2 Texas Texarkana 60 $42,320 1.3 Texas Victoria 30 $48,870 0.7 Texas Waco 80 $45,750 0.9 Utah Logan 30 $44,370 0.8 Utah Ogden 150 $51,540 0.8 Utah Provo 90 $43,670 0.6 Utah Salt Lake City 560 $49,050 0.9 Utah St George 50 $50,750 1.2 Vermont Burlington 90 $48,920 0.9 Virginia Blacksburg 160 $52,990 2.9Virginia Charlottesville 110 $48,450 1.3 Virginia Lynchburg 60 $40,700 0.6 Virginia Richmond 350 $49,400 0.6 Virginia Roanoke 90 $47,380 0.6 Virginia Virginia Beach 360 $43,300 0.5 Virginia Winchester 80 $51,190 1.7 Washington Bellingham 60 $41,670 0.8 Washington Bremerton 120 $49,310 1.6 Washington Kennewick 50 $39,810 0.6 Washington Olympia 80 $49,500 0.9 Washington Seattle 1,140 $55,390 0.8 Washington Spokane 190 $47,470 0.9 Washington Tacoma 250 $52,370 0.9 Washington Wenatchee 40 $56,410 1.2 Washington Yakima 60 $46,690 0.8 West Virginia Charleston 130 $39,350 0.9 West Virginia Huntington 120 $41,300 1.1 West Virginia Morgantown 80 $42,460 2 West Virginia Parkersburg 120 $43,580 1.9 West Virginia Weirton 70 $40,650 1.9 West Virginia Wheeling 50 $37,200 0.9 Wisconsin Appleton 60 $45,840 0.6 Wisconsin Eau Claire 180 $41,980 2.6Wisconsin Fond 50 $43,160 1.3 Wisconsin Green Bay 240 $43,490 1.5 Wisconsin Janesville 60 $46,490 1 Wisconsin La Crosse 190 $47,260 3.1Wisconsin Madison 250 $40,970 0.8 Wisconsin Milwaukee 900 $46,100 1.1 Wisconsin Racine 50 $43,680 0.7 Wisconsin Sheboygan 30 $48,740 0.6 Wisconsin Wausau 50 $50,320 0.8 Wyoming Casper 40 $39,170 1.2
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