Public And Private Social Workers Salaries, Locations, and Schools

Employment Overview

About 66,000 public and private social workers can be found working in the US. A very low unemployment level has been the case recently. Employees without jobs were about 2%.

Flexibility

Self-employed public and private social workers represent an estimated 3% of the total. Workers working part-time accounted for 9% of those employed in 2006.

Education

You'll generally want a bachelor's degree for this career path. Of current public and private social workers, 77% graduated from college with degrees. Some 16% of workers attened college but did not go on to get a bachelor's degree. A high school education was sufficient for 7% of employees.

Local Outlook

Finding public and private social workers is easiest in Springfield (Illinois), Grand Junction (Colorado), and Kingston (New York), and by comparison more challenging in Salt Lake City (Utah), Allentown (Pennsylvania), and Warren (Michigan). The pay is best in Detroit (Michigan), Milwaukee (Wisconsin), and Warren (Michigan) and worst in Wheeling (West Virginia), Springfield (Missouri), and Albany (Georgia).

Detailed local employment conditions for Public And Private Social Workers in metro areas across the US are shown in the table below.

Local Jobs Info for Public And Private Social Workers

Employment info for Public And Private Social Workers, by metropolitan area (for 2006). A Market Strength rating of 1.0 means the city (and surroundings) has an average number of workers in the occupation for to its population. A higher number indicates relatively more workers for the occupation in that location.

State	City and Surroundings	Market Strength	Workers	Median Wage
Alabama	Auburn	1.86	30	$38,000
Alabama	Birmingham	0.65	140	$51,000
Alabama	Florence	2.1	40	$31,000
Alabama	Mobile	0.97	70	$37,000
Alabama	Montgomery	1.04	70	$39,000
Alabama	Tuscaloosa	1.29	40	$52,000
Alaska	Anchorage	4.57	290	$48,000
Arizona	Phoenix	0.42	340	$53,000
Arizona	Tucson	1.22	190	$49,000
Arkansas	Fayetteville	0.38	30	$47,000
Arkansas	Little Rock	1.96	270	$48,000
California	Bakersfield	0.47	50	$47,000
California	Fresno	3.67	500	$48,000
California	Los Angeles	0.89	1,570	$44,000
California	Modesto	3.78	250	$49,000
California	Oakland	1.27	550	$52,000
California	Riverside	2.25	1,250	$48,000
California	Sacramento	3.13	1,190	$53,000
California	Salinas	0.49	30	$48,000
California	San Diego	1.05	590	$47,000
California	San Francisco	1.77	730	$47,000
California	San Luis Obispo	5.19	210	$47,000
California	Santa Ana	1.34	880	$49,000
California	Santa Barbara	1.04	70	$53,000
Colorado	Boulder	0.79	50	$36,000
Colorado	Colorado Springs	2.39	250	$38,000
Colorado	Denver	1.26	660	$42,000
Colorado	Fort Collins	1.03	50	$41,000
Colorado	Grand Junction	7.41	160	$50,000
Colorado	Pueblo	1.55	30	$51,000
Connecticut	Bridgeport	0.44	80
Connecticut	Hartford	0.25	60	$59,000
Connecticut	New Haven	0.88	100	$43,000
Connecticut	Norwich	1.04	50	$49,000
District of Columbia	Washington	0.49	480	$57,000
Florida	Cape Coral	0.8	70	$34,000
Florida	Deltona	1.87	120	$37,000
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	0.6	190	$45,000
Florida	Gainesville	1.38	60	$52,000
Florida	Jacksonville	0.78	200	$45,000
Florida	Miami	0.71	300	$35,000
Florida	Orlando	0.64	290	$37,000
Florida	Palm Bay	1.86	150	$36,000
Florida	Panama City	1.52	40	$35,000
Florida	Pensacola	1.28	80	$46,000
Florida	Sarasota	0.69	80	$40,000
Florida	Tampa	0.56	300	$47,000
Florida	West Palm Beach	0.68	160	$42,000
Georgia	Albany	1.8	40	$20,000
Georgia	Atlanta	0.43	440	$49,000
Georgia	Augusta	1.09	90	$54,000
Georgia	Columbus	1.15	50	$48,000
Georgia	Savannah	1.64	100	$50,000
Hawaii	Honolulu	0.73	130	$57,000
Illinois	Bloomington	1.61	40	$41,000
Illinois	Champaign	3.57	120	$39,000
Illinois	Chicago	2.17	3,550	$51,000
Illinois	Danville	5.83	50	$60,000
Illinois	Decatur	2.96	50	$45,000
Illinois	Peoria	2.11	140	$45,000
Illinois	Rockford	4.34	260	$56,000
Illinois	Springfield	7.78	310	$49,000
Indiana	Fort Wayne	0.8	70	$41,000
Indiana	Gary	1.74	200	$41,000
Indiana	Indianapolis	1.1	410	$45,000
Indiana	South Bend	1.63	90	$33,000
Indiana	Terre Haute	1.56	40	$30,000
Iowa	Davenport	1.1	80	$50,000
Iowa	Des Moines	1.66	220	$39,000
Kansas	Topeka	2.13	90	$49,000
Kansas	Wichita	1.05	130	$48,000
Kentucky	Lexington	0.7	70	$48,000
Kentucky	Louisville	0.7	180	$37,000
Louisiana	Alexandria	3.22	70	$49,000
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	1.89	280	$42,000
Louisiana	Lafayette	0.55	30	$43,000
Louisiana	Monroe	1.37	40	$45,000
Louisiana	New Orleans	1.72	360	$38,000
Louisiana	Shreveport	1.04	70	$53,000
Maine	Portland	0.63	50	$46,000
Maryland	Baltimore	0.73	400	$52,000
Maryland	Bethesda	1.1	260	$42,000
Maryland	Salisbury	2.63	50	$33,000
Massachusetts	Boston	0.61	440	$54,000
Massachusetts	Brockton	1.48	50	$54,000
Massachusetts	Lawrence	1.82	40	$37,000
Massachusetts	Lowell	0.64	30	$43,000
Massachusetts	Springfield	0.48	60	$48,000
Michigan	Ann Arbor	2.03	140	$47,000
Michigan	Detroit	0.83	260	$63,000
Michigan	Jackson	2.46	50	$47,000
Michigan	Kalamazoo	0.89	50	$47,000
Michigan	Warren	0.2	100	$60,000
Minnesota	Minneapolis	0.55	420	$45,000
Missouri	Kansas City	0.6	260	$50,000
Missouri	Springfield	0.77	60	$25,000
Missouri	St Louis	0.72	410	$48,000
Montana	Great Falls	4.96	60	$33,000
Nebraska	Omaha	0.63	120	$44,000
New Hampshire	Manchester	1.29	50	$53,000
New Jersey	Camden	1.52	340	$47,000
New Jersey	Edison	1.07	460	$56,000
New Jersey	Newark	1.18	500	$70,000
New Jersey	Trenton	1.24	110	$67,000
New Mexico	Albuquerque	0.81	130	$42,000
New York	Albany	3.2	580	$48,000
New York	Buffalo	4.08	910	$46,000
New York	Elmira	2.99	40	$45,000
New York	Glens Falls	4.31	80	$39,000
New York	Ithaca	5.66	80	$42,000
New York	Kingston	6.73	150	$44,000
New York	Nassau	3.01	1,580	$51,000
New York	New York	2.74	5,860	$52,000
New York	Poughkeepsie	4.27	420	$53,000
New York	Rochester	4.21	880	$49,000
New York	Syracuse	4.57	570	$43,000
New York	Utica	6.4	320	$51,000
Ohio	Akron	2.58	360	$46,000
Ohio	Cincinnati	1.1	480	$45,000
Ohio	Columbus	1.96	760	$42,000
Ohio	Dayton	3.36	550	$42,000
Ohio	Toledo	3.51	470	$34,000
Ohio	Youngstown	2.56	250	$35,000
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	1.31	310	$40,000
Oklahoma	Tulsa	0.51	90	$41,000
Oregon	Bend	1.92	50	$39,000
Oregon	Eugene	2.18	130	$39,000
Oregon	Medford	2.18	70	$44,000
Oregon	Portland	2.26	990	$43,000
Oregon	Salem	1.52	90	$40,000
Pennsylvania	Allentown	0.22	30	$47,000
Pennsylvania	Erie	0.58	30	$43,000
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	0.24	30	$39,000
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	0.42	330	$53,000
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	0.6	290	$53,000
Pennsylvania	Scranton	0.38	40	$48,000
Rhode Island	Providence	0.78	190	$39,000
South Carolina	Charleston	2.18	260	$46,000
South Carolina	Columbia	2.51	360	$41,000
South Carolina	Florence	2.09	70	$33,000
South Carolina	Greenville	1.11	140	$40,000
Tennessee	Johnson City	2.07	60	$48,000
Tennessee	Knoxville	0.51	70	$38,000
Tennessee	Memphis	0.38	100	$50,000
Tennessee	Nashville	0.47	150	$48,000
Texas	Abilene	1.34	30	$30,000
Texas	Austin	0.8	250	$54,000
Texas	Beaumont	1.28	80	$27,000
Texas	Dallas	0.4	350	$38,000
Texas	El Paso	0.95	100	$53,000
Texas	Houston	0.45	480	$40,000
Texas	Killeen	2.89	130	$46,000
Texas	Mcallen	0.47	40	$28,000
Texas	San Antonio	0.76	260	$42,000
Texas	Waco	1.34	50	$46,000
Utah	Salt Lake City	0.24	60	$57,000
Virginia	Richmond	0.35	90	$54,000
Virginia	Virginia Beach	0.53	170	$50,000
Washington	Kennewick	1.2	40	$49,000
Washington	Seattle	0.53	320	$53,000
Washington	Spokane	0.59	50	$53,000
Washington	Tacoma	1.35	150	$57,000
Washington	Yakima	1.3	40	$45,000
West Virginia	Huntington	0.9	40	$51,000
West Virginia	Wheeling	2.05	50	$33,000
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	0.47	170	$61,000