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Schools and Degrees

Bachelor’s degree programs prepare graduates for direct service positions. Such degrees also help develop the skills required to perform clinical assessments, manage large caseloads, take on supervisory roles and explore new ways of drawing upon social services to meet the needs of their clients.

All 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia have licensing, certification or registration requirements regarding social work practice and the use of professional titles. Most states require 2 years or 3,000 hours of supervised clinical experience for licensure of clinical social workers. The National Association of Social Workers offers voluntary credentials.

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Training and Education

Employees normally have a bachelor's degree before landing a job. Degrees are held by 72% of current social services managers. Post-secondary schooling was enough for 20% of workers. Education topped out at high school for 9% of employees.


Job Overview

Social service managers help people improve the quality of their life by guiding them with their everyday lives, relationships and personal and family problems. They also deal with people suffering from any kind of disability or disease, or those undergoing mental trauma due to social issues like unemployment, inadequate housing, substance abuse or domestic violence.


Job Requirements

A bachelor’s degree in social work is the minimum requirement for those hoping to enter this occupation. However, an advanced degree has become the standard for many positions. A masters degree in social work is required for positions in health settings and clinical work.


Nature of Work

Social service managers generally spend most of their time in offices or residential facilities. They also need to travel locally to visit clients or attend meetings with service providers. Social service is very challenging and demanding, but it can also be very satisfying. There might also be tremendous pressure due to shortages in staff and large caseloads. Full-time social service managers work for 40 hours a week on a standard basis.


Area Job Conditions

You'll see a lot of social services managers in Santa Fe (New Mexico), Bismarck (North Dakota), and Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), and comparatively fewer in Lakeland (Florida), Tampa (Florida), and Orlando (Florida).

Wages for Workers are highest in Sarasota (Florida), Orlando (Florida), and Fairbanks (Alaska), and lowest in Killeen (Texas), Brownsville (Texas), and Fort Smith (Arkansas).


Part-Time and Self Employment

Part-time work suffices for 12% of social services managers. Workers working on their own make up 6% of the total.


Social Services Managers by Metropolitan Area (city and its surroundings)

In the table below, a Job Density near 0% means the area has an average number of people in this occupation, for its population. A higher or lower Job Density (e.g., +22% or -45%) tells you there are that many more or fewer workers of that type there than in the average US metro area. So, the higher the number, the more common the occupation.

Alabama

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Birmingham $60,000 190 -56%
Dothan $49,000 30 -34%
Huntsville $56,000 80 -55%
Mobile $47,000 90 -39%
Montgomery $52,000 110 -20%
Tuscaloosa $56,000 50 -31%

Alaska

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Anchorage $64,000 170 +21%
Fairbanks $44,000 60 +154%

Arizona

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Flagstaff $56,000 60 +37%
Kingman $54,000 30 -17%
Phoenix $53,000 1,520 -2%
Prescott $52,000 40 -4%
Tucson $59,000 470 +59%
Yuma $63,000 50 +16%

Arkansas

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Fayetteville $67,000 140 -19%
Fort Smith $47,000 80 -21%
Hot Springs $56,000 50 +86%
Jonesboro $47,000 30 -16%
Little Rock $54,000 370 +23%
Pine Bluff $43,000 50 +126%

California

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Bakersfield $47,000 220 -2%
Chico $64,000 100 +82%
El Centro $68,000 50 +31%
Fresno $62,000 240 -13%
Los Angeles $71,000 4,310 +21%
Madera $77,000 40 +71%
Merced $75,000 90 +104%
Modesto $74,000 180 +38%
Napa $67,000 100 +103%
Oakland $65,000 1,300 +48%
Oxnard $74,000 400 +56%
Redding $65,000 90 +92%
Riverside $75,000 810 -24%
Sacramento $71,000 990 +30%
Salinas $70,000 130 -3%
San Diego $65,000 1,110 -4%
San Francisco $74,000 1,490 +71%
San Jose $75,000 540 -32%
San Luis Obispo $68,000 90 +20%
Santa Ana $63,000 760 -41%
Santa Barbara $64,000 280 +98%
Santa Cruz $72,000 160 +128%
Santa Rosa $69,000 160 +9%
Stockton $69,000 180 +1%
Vallejo $77,000 120 +21%
Yuba City $67,000 60 +110%

Colorado

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Boulder $74,000 80 -38%
Colorado Springs $69,000 160 -26%
Denver $67,000 540 -51%
Fort Collins $63,000 90 -14%
Grand Junction $63,000 40 -10%
Pueblo $61,000 40 -9%

Connecticut

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Bridgeport $62,000 620 +67%
Danbury $65,000 90 +67%
Hartford $59,000 870 +73%
New Haven $64,000 540 +130%
Norwich $58,000 210 +107%
Waterbury $49,000 200 +273%

Delaware

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Dover $59,000 100 +152%
Wilmington $61,000 480 +70%

District of Columbia

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Washington $76,000 2,230 +4%

Florida

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Cape Coral $100,000 60 -63%
Deltona $75,000 80 -38%
Fort Lauderdale $79,000 230 -62%
Gainesville $80,000 50 -50%
Jacksonville $78,000 200 -62%
Lakeland $67,000 50 -69%
Miami $74,000 390 -55%
Naples $71,000 50 -46%
Ocala $59,000 70 -1%
Orlando $74,000 260 -71%
Palm Bay $68,000 70 -58%
Pensacola $76,000 50 -60%
Port St Lucie $64,000 70 -29%
Sarasota $83,000 140 -34%
Tallahassee $79,000 120 -11%
Tampa $68,000 360 -64%
West Palm Beach $77,000 230 -49%

Georgia

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Athens $57,000 50 -11%
Atlanta $66,000 1,430 -30%
Augusta $60,000 110 -37%
Columbus $49,000 60 -34%
Gainesville $53,000 40 -27%
Macon $41,000 110 +50%
Savannah $65,000 110 -12%
Valdosta $56,000 30 -21%
Warner Robins $46,000 30 -28%

Hawaii

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Honolulu $65,000 470 +23%

Idaho

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Boise $54,000 290 +29%
Coeur Dalene $59,000 70 +80%
Idaho Falls $55,000 40 +12%
Pocatello $43,000 40 +82%

Illinois

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Champaign $57,000 60 -28%
Chicago $60,000 2,540 -24%
Peoria $47,000 110 -24%
Rockford $46,000 140 +19%
Springfield $67,000 100 +13%

Indiana

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Bloomington $49,000 90 +63%
Columbus $46,000 70 +146%
Elkhart $57,000 40 -55%
Evansville $47,000 140 -3%
Fort Wayne $52,000 220 +27%
Gary $63,000 220 -5%
Indianapolis $56,000 810 +3%
Lafayette $51,000 30 -50%
Michigan City $48,000 40 +30%
South Bend $53,000 130 +21%
Terre Haute $51,000 30 -44%

Iowa

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Ames $86,000 40 +44%
Cedar Rapids $50,000 190 +64%
Davenport $50,000 180 +14%
Des Moines $62,000 520 +82%
Dubuque $47,000 80 +94%
Iowa City $46,000 110 +96%
Sioux City $45,000 90 +56%
Waterloo $50,000 180 +160%

Kansas

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Lawrence $47,000 50 +53%
Manhattan $38,000 50 +24%
Topeka $47,000 90 -1%
Wichita $51,000 190 -23%

Kentucky

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Bowling Green $53,000 60 +39%
Elizabethtown $46,000 60 +78%
Lexington $53,000 220 +7%
Louisville $54,000 490 -8%
Owensboro $46,000 60 +66%

Louisiana

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Alexandria $65,000 70 +39%
Baton Rouge $64,000 430 +33%
Houma $58,000 100 +30%
Lafayette $50,000 90 -25%
Lake Charles $53,000 50 -30%
Monroe $60,000 80 +31%
New Orleans $60,000 370 -20%
Shreveport $52,000 160 +5%

Maine

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Bangor $55,000 140 +191%
Lewiston $53,000 100 +158%
Portland $54,000 290 +70%

Maryland

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Baltimore $64,000 1,090 -6%
Bethesda $75,000 330 -35%
Cumberland $44,000 50 +82%
Hagerstown $57,000 50 -37%

Massachusetts

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Barnstable Town $63,000 120 +48%
Boston $65,000 2,640 +72%
Brockton $62,000 120 +64%
Framingham $55,000 210 +53%
Haverhill $57,000 80 +21%
Lawrence $66,000 120 +157%
Leominster $49,000 80 +111%
Lowell $62,000 150 +51%
New Bedford 80 +57%
Peabody $50,000 220 +164%
Pittsfield $58,000 60 +153%
Springfield $61,000 540 +110%
Taunton $63,000 40 +17%
Worcester $59,000 450 +108%

Michigan

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Ann Arbor $70,000 200 +42%
Battle Creek $59,000 40 +0%
Bay City $60,000 40 +67%
Detroit $59,000 650 +11%
Flint $66,000 170 +57%
Grand Rapids $53,000 330 +1%
Holland $59,000 80 +2%
Jackson $50,000 80 +115%
Kalamazoo $59,000 190 +68%
Lansing $64,000 250 +48%
Muskegon $56,000 50 +15%
Niles $54,000 30 -34%
Saginaw $63,000 80 +21%
Warren $61,000 620 -35%

Minnesota

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Duluth $66,000 210 +94%
Mankato $61,000 70 +60%
Minneapolis $69,000 1,620 +3%
Rochester $62,000 110 +31%
St Cloud $59,000 60 -23%

Mississippi

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Gulfport $42,000 160 +81%
Hattiesburg $39,000 40 -10%
Jackson $40,000 260 +19%
Pascagoula $43,000 30 -15%

Missouri

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Cape Girardeau $53,000 40 +18%
Columbia $45,000 110 +71%
Jefferson City $53,000 110 +86%
Joplin $42,000 40 -37%
Kansas City $56,000 730 -18%
Springfield $44,000 180 +11%
St Joseph $40,000 40 +2%
St Louis $54,000 930 -21%

Montana

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Billings $56,000 40 -41%
Missoula $48,000 80 +98%

Nebraska

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Lincoln $54,000 180 +34%
Omaha $54,000 340 -17%

Nevada

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Carson City $74,000 50 +168%
Las Vegas $53,000 640 -14%
Reno $62,000 130 -20%

New Hampshire

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Manchester $73,000 110 +30%
Nashua $51,000 70 -39%
Portsmouth $53,000 50 +11%
Rochester $57,000 60 +44%

New Jersey

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Atlantic City $68,000 150 +24%
Camden $76,000 470 +2%
Edison $72,000 880 -3%
Newark $77,000 1,020 +16%
Ocean City $74,000 40 +29%
Trenton $86,000 430 +121%
Vineland $83,000 70 +49%

New Mexico

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Albuquerque $58,000 640 +91%
Farmington $42,000 50 +31%
Las Cruces $50,000 120 +138%
Santa Fe $52,000 360 +638%

New York

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Albany $73,000 790 +101%
Binghamton $57,000 120 +29%
Buffalo $58,000 530 +9%
Elmira $59,000 50 +75%
Glens Falls $63,000 100 +148%
Ithaca $62,000 90 +192%
Kingston $73,000 60 +27%
Nassau $76,000 1,080 -3%
New York $81,000 6,300 +37%
Poughkeepsie $69,000 280 +32%
Rochester $70,000 470 +6%
Syracuse $57,000 360 +33%
Utica $71,000 130 +25%

North Carolina

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Asheville $61,000 200 +33%
Burlington $57,000 40 -9%
Charlotte $63,000 430 -43%
Durham $64,000 200 -16%
Fayetteville $66,000 70 -33%
Goldsboro $60,000 50 +64%
Greensboro $58,000 160 -48%
Greenville $54,000 60 +12%
Hickory $57,000 90 -27%
Raleigh $65,000 330 -27%
Rocky Mount $58,000 30 -33%
Wilmington $61,000 80 -30%
Winston Salem $63,000 80 -56%

North Dakota

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Bismarck $55,000 220 +327%
Fargo $52,000 120 +19%
Grand Forks $53,000 60 +62%

Ohio

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Akron $64,000 220 -21%
Canton $60,000 100 -29%
Cincinnati $62,000 920 +3%
Cleveland $67,000 890 -1%
Columbus $72,000 980 +21%
Dayton $64,000 320 -4%
Lima $59,000 40 -1%
Mansfield $63,000 40 +0%
Sandusky $55,000 40 +55%
Springfield $66,000 50 +36%
Steubenville $42,000 30 -4%
Toledo $64,000 310 +22%
Youngstown $58,000 210 +8%

Oklahoma

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Oklahoma City $51,000 300 -41%
Tulsa $43,000 200 -47%

Oregon

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Bend $55,000 70 +41%
Corvallis $54,000 70 +260%
Eugene $57,000 240 +104%
Medford $52,000 130 +110%
Portland $57,000 1,430 +59%
Salem $56,000 400 +220%

Pennsylvania

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Allentown $64,000 210 -30%
Altoona $51,000 70 +47%
Erie $52,000 140 +31%
Harrisburg $66,000 400 +44%
Johnstown $60,000 80 +83%
Lancaster $57,000 140 -31%
Philadelphia $65,000 2,120 +26%
Pittsburgh $60,000 1,000 -1%
Reading $58,000 90 -36%
Scranton $54,000 270 +20%
State College $60,000 70 +42%
Williamsport $57,000 110 +176%
York $48,000 150 +0%

Rhode Island

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Providence $74,000 690 +41%

South Carolina

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Charleston $56,000 160 -36%
Columbia $56,000 260 -15%
Florence $53,000 40 -37%
Greenville $60,000 130 -50%
Spartanburg $52,000 40 -58%

South Dakota

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Rapid City $60,000 40 -20%
Sioux Falls $61,000 110 -6%

Tennessee

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Chattanooga $51,000 200 +2%
Clarksville $40,000 60 -5%
Jackson $47,000 60 +31%
Johnson City $44,000 80 +40%
Kingsport $51,000 100 -1%
Knoxville $59,000 240 -17%
Memphis $52,000 340 -37%
Morristown $51,000 50 +44%
Nashville $53,000 680 +4%

Texas

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Abilene $49,000 60 +21%
Amarillo $52,000 70 -20%
Austin $71,000 520 -25%
Beaumont $55,000 110 -19%
Brownsville $34,000 220 +103%
College Station $54,000 40 -47%
Corpus Christi $47,000 140 -7%
Dallas $64,000 850 -54%
El Paso $59,000 120 -49%
Fort Worth $63,000 430 -43%
Houston $62,000 1,070 -54%
Killeen $52,000 70 -35%
Laredo $54,000 70 +11%
Longview $49,000 70 -10%
Lubbock $59,000 100 -4%
Mcallen $54,000 150 -24%
Midland $50,000 40 -19%
San Angelo $51,000 40 +28%
San Antonio $59,000 670 -13%
Sherman $45,000 50 +61%
Texarkana $36,000 50 +19%
Tyler $55,000 70 -4%
Victoria $43,000 30 -18%
Waco $52,000 60 -27%
Wichita Falls $41,000 50 +16%

Utah

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Ogden $58,000 90 -47%
Provo $62,000 110 -24%
Salt Lake City $61,000 410 -23%
St George $65,000 30 -14%

Vermont

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Burlington $58,000 120 +30%

Virginia

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Blacksburg $55,000 50 +5%
Charlottesville $64,000 90 +29%
Danville $63,000 30 +18%
Lynchburg $63,000 90 +11%
Richmond $67,000 680 +26%
Roanoke $64,000 110 -16%
Virginia Beach $69,000 410 -38%
Winchester $62,000 40 +5%

Washington

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Bellingham $71,000 90 +53%
Bremerton $64,000 130 +94%
Kennewick $71,000 60 -27%
Longview $57,000 40 +65%
Mount Vernon $73,000 60 +79%
Olympia $71,000 320 +296%
Seattle $74,000 1,180 -5%
Spokane $70,000 260 +49%
Tacoma $77,000 310 +36%
Wenatchee $62,000 60 +106%
Yakima $66,000 110 +63%

West Virginia

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Charleston $53,000 190 +56%
Huntington $53,000 90 -4%
Morgantown $48,000 50 +21%
Parkersburg $42,000 90 +67%
Wheeling $40,000 90 +76%

Wisconsin

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Appleton $65,000 50 -47%
Eau Claire $61,000 50 -15%
Green Bay $56,000 70 -51%
La Crosse $58,000 50 -12%
Madison $59,000 250 -15%
Milwaukee $62,000 570 -22%
Oshkosh $49,000 80 +13%
Racine $56,000 40 -33%

Wyoming

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Casper $49,000 50 +85%
Cheyenne $60,000 60 +87%
*FOOTNOTES: Job Facts salary and numbers data is based on US Department of Labor Statistics data for 2011. Other data on page may be from earlier years. Typical salary is given as median salary, where 50% in the job make more and 50% less. Salary range is Job Hunt's estimates of typical starting salary as being at the 10th percentile of reported pay and typical top end salary, for the most senior workers, as being at the 90th. Job openings is an estimate of new jobs every year due to growth plus those leaving the field. Where NA is given data is not available. Suggested studies is based on Job Hunt research, suggesting a minimum degree level that is judged to offer the best opportunities for entry-level employment. This Social Service Managers schools and career page was originally researched by CityTownInfo.com.