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Education and Social Service Career Profiles and Statistics
Careers in education or social services require a high degree of interaction with people. Teachers interact with students. Social Workers and counselors interact with their patients. Other professions, such as law enforcement and legal, also require a lot of communication with people.
All of these careers require training. In some cases a four year degree is not required, and in others a shorter time investment in education is all that is required.
Below you will find the profiles of some of the most popular professions. JobBankUSA has assembled a detailed profile on each of these professions. Each profile provides detailed salary information by metro area, as well as where the most jobs are.
In the table below, the Expected Growth rating was determined as follows, using forecasted job growth data over the 10 year period 2006-2016:
- Very High indicates growth in the number of jobs of 20% or more over the period
- High indicates growth of 10-20%
- Medium indicates growth of 5-10%
- Low indicates growth of 0-5%
- Very Low indicates a loss of jobs over the 10 year period
Community And Social Service | Job Title | Workers | Expected Growth | Median Wage | % With Degrees |
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| Counseling Professionals | 27,000 | high | $38,000 | 73% | | Drug Abuse Counselors | 83,000 | very high | $34,000 | 73% | | Family Social Workers | 282,000 | high | $37,000 | 77% | | Human And Social Services Assistants | 339,000 | very high | $26,000 | 58% | | Marriage And Family Therapy Providers | 25,000 | very high | $43,000 | 73% | | Mental Health And Drug Abuse Social Workers | 122,000 | very high | $35,000 | 77% | | Professional Social Service Managers | 130,000 | very high | $52,000 | 72% | | Psychological Counselors | 100,000 | very high | $34,000 | 73% | | Public And Private Social Workers | 66,000 | high | $44,000 | 77% | | Public Health Social Workers | 124,000 | very high | $43,000 | 77% | | School And Vocational Counselors | 260,000 | high | $48,000 | 73% |
Correctional And Police Law And Legal Clerical Teaching | Job Title | Workers | Expected Growth | Median Wage | % With Degrees |
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| College And University Administrators | 131,000 | high | $74,000 | 78% | | Daycare Teachers | 437,000 | very high | $23,000 | 43% | | Elementary And Secondary School Administrators | 226,000 | medium | $78,000 | 78% | | Grade School Teachers | 1,540,000 | high | $46,000 | 95% | | High School Special Education Teachers | 138,000 | medium | $48,000 | 87% | | High School Vocational Teachers | 96,000 | very low | $49,000 | 96% | | JR High School Teachers | 658,000 | high | $46,000 | 95% | | Junior High School Special Ed Teachers | 102,000 | high | $48,000 | 87% | | Junior High School Vocation Teachers | 16,000 | very low | $44,000 | 95% | | Secondary Education Teachers | 1,038,000 | medium | $48,000 | 96% | | Teachers Assistants | 1,312,000 | high | $21,000 | 18% |
This career descriptions and schools, colleges, and universities information was provided by CityTownInfo.com.
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