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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 .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston50$38,8901.2
AlabamaAuburn40$43,3401
AlabamaBirmingham540$44,7301
AlabamaDecatur50$42,0801
AlabamaDothan120$36,920 2.2
AlabamaFlorence80$37,8601.8
AlabamaGadsden40$42,6301.4
AlabamaHuntsville140$44,0200.7
AlabamaMobile200$39,0701.1
AlabamaMontgomery220$43,6501.3
AlabamaTuscaloosa110$39,7601.3
AlaskaAnchorage80$53,2600.5
ArizonaKingman60$40,7901.3
ArizonaPhoenix1,480$37,5000.8
ArizonaPrescott30$49,5300.5
ArizonaTucson500$47,0801.4
ArizonaYuma60$46,0401.1
ArkansasFayetteville140$38,7200.7
ArkansasFort Smith80$38,2800.7
ArkansasHot Springs50$42,4201.6
ArkansasLittle Rock340$49,0901
CaliforniaBakersfield110$45,8200.4
CaliforniaChico50$47,7800.8
CaliforniaFresno230$63,6800.7
CaliforniaMadera50$64,5801.6
CaliforniaModesto220$43,8401.4
CaliforniaNapa100$61,3001.7
CaliforniaOakland1,410$61,2601.4
CaliforniaOxnard170$58,2100.6
CaliforniaRedding50$44,8600.8
CaliforniaRiverside1,000$57,0000.8
CaliforniaSacramento780$63,5200.9
CaliforniaSalinas90$56,1900.6
CaliforniaSan Diego890$58,8300.7
CaliforniaSan Francisco770$65,3900.8
CaliforniaSan Jose610$63,6800.7
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo140$64,1901.5
CaliforniaSanta Ana1,020$63,5700.7
CaliforniaSanta Cruz90$50,0101.1
CaliforniaSanta Rosa140$60,0600.8
CaliforniaStockton180$59,4600.9
CaliforniaVallejo90$64,0500.8
CaliforniaVisalia90$48,9600.7
ColoradoBoulder130$42,6000.8
ColoradoColorado Springs490$41,2102
ColoradoDenver1,280$46,2501
ColoradoFort Collins100$37,4600.9
ColoradoGrand Junction50$40,0101
ColoradoGreeley110$43,9801.6
ColoradoPueblo110$44,240 2.3
ConnecticutBridgeport340$60,5600.8
ConnecticutDanbury70$62,1201.1
ConnecticutHartford590$56,1301
ConnecticutNew Haven270$59,5701
ConnecticutNorwich130$55,3801.1
ConnecticutWaterbury160$57,630 2.6
DelawareDover50$45,1801
DelawareWilmington200$49,5600.6
District of ColumbiaWashington2,000$59,0700.9
FloridaCape Coral150$41,3900.7
FloridaDeltona170$39,8201.1
FloridaFort Lauderdale520$46,9100.7
FloridaGainesville90$47,4900.8
FloridaJacksonville430$46,4900.7
FloridaLakeland120$41,0200.6
FloridaMiami910$49,0200.9
FloridaNaples60$36,9000.5
FloridaOcala100$46,5201.1
FloridaOrlando690$40,1700.7
FloridaPalm Bay170$42,9700.9
FloridaPensacola140$39,6601
FloridaPort St Lucie70$48,7200.6
FloridaSarasota210$45,5600.8
FloridaSebastian60$43,6301.4
FloridaTallahassee170$29,8601.1
FloridaTampa890$41,3900.7
FloridaWest Palm Beach510$49,3700.9
GeorgiaAthens90$43,6101.3
GeorgiaAtlanta1,540$48,4300.6
GeorgiaAugusta280$39,0301.4
GeorgiaColumbus130$39,4601.3
GeorgiaGainesville60$39,1200.9
GeorgiaMacon180$38,8001.9
GeorgiaSavannah170$52,1101.2
GeorgiaValdosta80$41,6901.6
HawaiiHonolulu360$61,3400.8
IdahoBoise330$44,4201.2
IdahoCoeur Dalene50$42,0001
IdahoIdaho Falls80$48,3201.9
IllinoisChampaign50$49,0900.6
IllinoisChicago2,310$55,5900.6
IllinoisKankakee30 0.9
IllinoisPeoria210$51,8901.3
IllinoisRockford120$54,3200.8
IllinoisSpringfield40$48,6300.4
IndianaAnderson50$44,9901.5
IndianaElkhart40$45,1000.3
IndianaEvansville160$40,6301
IndianaFort Wayne260$42,9401.3
IndianaGary240$53,2800.9
IndianaIndianapolis680$47,9400.8
IndianaMuncie70$38,6101.8
IndianaSouth Bend130$39,0701
IndianaTerre Haute50$42,0200.8
IowaCedar Rapids70$44,5700.5
IowaDavenport80$41,3800.4
IowaDes Moines320$41,6801
IowaDubuque40$40,8400.9
IowaIowa City120$49,5501.8
IowaSioux City100$42,2601.5
IowaWaterloo50$40,7800.6
KansasTopeka120$40,6401.2
KansasWichita240$43,8100.8
KentuckyBowling Green30$39,3100.6
KentuckyElizabethtown50$40,6401.3
KentuckyLexington210$44,3000.9
KentuckyLouisville460$43,4800.7
LouisianaAlexandria60$35,5401.1
LouisianaBaton Rouge300$42,9900.8
LouisianaLafayette150$46,3101.1
LouisianaLake Charles80$43,0901
LouisianaMonroe30$45,4800.4
LouisianaNew Orleans340$45,8200.7
LouisianaShreveport60$52,6000.4
MaineBangor50$40,4600.9
MaineLewiston80$43,5001.9
MainePortland220$42,4401.1
MarylandBaltimore2,030$55,2201.5
MarylandBethesda610$57,1301.1
MarylandCumberland40$38,8501.3
MarylandHagerstown60$39,1600.6
MarylandSalisbury110$46,480 2.4
MassachusettsBarnstable Town220$55,430 2.3
MassachusettsBoston3,200$52,3401.8
MassachusettsBrockton230$49,710 2.8
MassachusettsFramingham110$51,4300.7
MassachusettsHaverhill90$47,7801.3
MassachusettsLawrence80$52,5201.6
MassachusettsLowell120$59,3301
MassachusettsNew Bedford220$45,170 3.8
MassachusettsPittsfield60$42,560 2.2
MassachusettsSpringfield550$45,2201.9
MassachusettsTaunton80$47,2402
MassachusettsWorcester450$47,7001.8
MichiganAnn Arbor230$50,3401.4
MichiganBattle Creek50$55,8901.2
MichiganBay City40$46,1001.4
MichiganDetroit4,430$45,660 6.2
MichiganFlint160$50,7101.2
MichiganGrand Rapids300$48,3900.8
MichiganHolland90$44,9500.9
MichiganJackson80$46,5301.7
MichiganKalamazoo110$51,1600.8
MichiganLansing160$44,8900.9
MichiganMuskegon70$46,2201.3
MichiganNiles50$42,3200.9
MichiganSaginaw130$50,6201.9
MichiganWarren3,220$53,080 2.8
MinnesotaDuluth100$44,8100.8
MinnesotaMinneapolis1,330$51,5100.7
MinnesotaSt Cloud60$46,7600.6
MississippiGulfport100$46,2101
MississippiHattiesburg60$38,5201.2
MississippiJackson560$34,460 2.2
MississippiPascagoula80$36,3502
MissouriColumbia110$41,1701.5
MissouriJefferson City70$28,0901.1
MissouriJoplin80$43,1301.1
MissouriKansas City950$40,9700.9
MissouriSpringfield270$31,4001.4
MissouriSt Joseph40 0.9
MissouriSt Louis1,650$44,4901.2
MontanaBillings70$50,7400.9
MontanaMissoula80$32,7901.8
NebraskaLincoln220$37,2801.4
NebraskaOmaha420$41,6300.9
NevadaLas Vegas540$61,6200.6
NevadaReno220$52,1901.1
New HampshireManchester50$59,8100.5
New HampshireNashua50$58,3300.4
New HampshirePortsmouth30$48,9700.6
New HampshireRochester40$51,8900.8
New JerseyAtlantic City90$49,1400.6
New JerseyCamden480$50,5200.9
New JerseyEdison810$53,4400.8
New JerseyNewark610$54,9200.6
New JerseyTrenton190$56,6600.9
New JerseyVineland60$56,1901.2
New MexicoAlbuquerque340$33,2800.9
New MexicoLas Cruces90$38,8301.6
New MexicoSanta Fe540$30,760 9.5
New YorkAlbany590$46,5501.3
New YorkBinghamton170$49,0201.7
New YorkBuffalo670$43,9201.2
New YorkElmira60$50,890 2
New YorkGlens Falls70$41,5401.5
New YorkKingston70$50,7901.3
New YorkNassau1,210$56,7401
New YorkNew York5,800$56,2001.1
New YorkPoughkeepsie190$51,0400.8
New YorkRochester540$42,3301.1
New YorkSyracuse280$41,6200.9
New YorkUtica190$42,2401.6
North CarolinaAsheville290$43,1501.7
North CarolinaBurlington40$44,7200.8
North CarolinaCharlotte530$43,1300.6
North CarolinaDurham290$48,4801.1
North CarolinaFayetteville100$38,6700.9
North CarolinaGreensboro240$43,0100.6
North CarolinaGreenville120$51,6301.9
North CarolinaHickory100$43,6400.6
North CarolinaRaleigh420$42,6500.8
North CarolinaRocky Mount50$43,1801
North CarolinaWilmington100$41,3900.7
North CarolinaWinston Salem210$43,8701
North DakotaBismarck80$36,9701.6
North DakotaFargo90$40,9400.8
North DakotaGrand Forks80$38,1701.9
OhioAkron290$48,0100.9
OhioCanton130$45,0200.8
OhioCincinnati880$46,4300.8
OhioCleveland1,570$46,6801.5
OhioColumbus740$46,0000.8
OhioDayton760$43,6702
OhioLima80$43,6301.7
OhioMansfield50$45,4901.1
OhioSandusky30$46,9801
OhioSpringfield60$41,2201.5
OhioToledo300$43,5601
OhioYoungstown670$31,210 2.9
OklahomaLawton40$32,5601.3
OklahomaOklahoma City600$37,7201.1
OklahomaTulsa210$39,3200.5
OregonBend50$56,2400.8
OregonEugene220$45,6801.5
OregonMedford40$52,0900.5
OregonPortland760$54,6800.7
OregonSalem70$54,5900.5
PennsylvaniaAllentown360$42,9001.1
PennsylvaniaAltoona90$42,5701.7
PennsylvaniaErie130$41,4001.1
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg460$45,9401.5
PennsylvaniaJohnstown110$35,460 2.2
PennsylvaniaLancaster430$41,5501.9
PennsylvaniaLebanon30$39,4400.7
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia4,500$44,590 2.4
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh1,520$41,2101.3
PennsylvaniaReading180$39,0401.1
PennsylvaniaScranton320$39,9401.3
PennsylvaniaState College30$46,3800.6
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport90$39,330 2
PennsylvaniaYork170$43,7801
Rhode IslandProvidence660$50,4601.2
South CarolinaAnderson70$33,5501.3
South CarolinaCharleston320$42,6001.1
South CarolinaColumbia410$43,0401.2
South CarolinaFlorence140$35,2101.8
South CarolinaGreenville510$37,1001.7
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach60$39,9200.5
South CarolinaSpartanburg50$52,0500.4
South DakotaRapid City30$44,1200.5
South DakotaSioux Falls170$45,0301.3
TennesseeChattanooga320$44,7901.4
TennesseeClarksville60$30,5600.9
TennesseeJackson70$33,5901.4
TennesseeKingsport100$42,0400.9
TennesseeKnoxville250$40,4700.8
TennesseeMemphis740$51,6801.2
TennesseeNashville580$51,5000.8
TexasAbilene80$43,7601.4
TexasAmarillo100$39,8601.1
TexasAustin520$46,1100.7
TexasBeaumont100$47,3000.7
TexasCollege Station40$50,5900.6
TexasCorpus Christi110$43,8600.6
TexasDallas1,290$47,2400.6
TexasEl Paso220$43,4000.8
TexasFort Worth630$47,6500.7
TexasHouston1,520$47,8200.6
TexasLongview100$39,5801.2
TexasLubbock160$38,9201.4
TexasMcallen140$54,0300.7
TexasMidland70$43,8701.2
TexasSan Angelo60$45,0601.7
TexasSan Antonio840$42,6201
TexasSherman40 1.2
TexasTexarkana60$42,3201.3
TexasVictoria30$48,8700.7
TexasWaco80$45,7500.9
UtahLogan30$44,3700.8
UtahOgden150$51,5400.8
UtahProvo90$43,6700.6
UtahSalt Lake City560$49,0500.9
UtahSt George50$50,7501.2
VermontBurlington90$48,9200.9
VirginiaBlacksburg160$52,990 2.9
VirginiaCharlottesville110$48,4501.3
VirginiaLynchburg60$40,7000.6
VirginiaRichmond350$49,4000.6
VirginiaRoanoke90$47,3800.6
VirginiaVirginia Beach360$43,3000.5
VirginiaWinchester80$51,1901.7
WashingtonBellingham60$41,6700.8
WashingtonBremerton120$49,3101.6
WashingtonKennewick50$39,8100.6
WashingtonOlympia80$49,5000.9
WashingtonSeattle1,140$55,3900.8
WashingtonSpokane190$47,4700.9
WashingtonTacoma250$52,3700.9
WashingtonWenatchee40$56,4101.2
WashingtonYakima60$46,6900.8
West VirginiaCharleston130$39,3500.9
West VirginiaHuntington120$41,3001.1
West VirginiaMorgantown80$42,4602
West VirginiaParkersburg120$43,5801.9
West VirginiaWeirton70$40,6501.9
West VirginiaWheeling50$37,2000.9
WisconsinAppleton60$45,8400.6
WisconsinEau Claire180$41,980 2.6
WisconsinFond50$43,1601.3
WisconsinGreen Bay240$43,4901.5
WisconsinJanesville60$46,4901
WisconsinLa Crosse190$47,260 3.1
WisconsinMadison250$40,9700.8
WisconsinMilwaukee900$46,1001.1
WisconsinRacine50$43,6800.7
WisconsinSheboygan30$48,7400.6
WisconsinWausau50$50,3200.8
WyomingCasper40$39,1701.2
 

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