Occupational employment / Medical and public health social workers

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Medical and public health social workers" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 2,620 $28.18 $58,620
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 8,430 $26.89 $55,920
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 7,650 $23.45 $48,780
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 5,800 $27.02 $56,200
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 5,180 $21.80 $45,340
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 4,500 $21.44 $44,590
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 4,430 $21.95 $45,660
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 4,080 $25.26 $52,540
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 3,980 $28.50 $59,280
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 3,220 $25.52 $53,080
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 3,200 $25.16 $52,340
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 2,960 $27.79 $57,810
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 2,720 $26.41 $54,930
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 2,310 $26.73 $55,590
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 2,180 $30.15 $62,720
Baltimore-Towson, MD 2,030 $26.55 $55,220
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 2,000 $28.40 $59,070
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 1,940 $23.34 $48,540
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 1,920 $22.78 $47,370
St. Louis, MO-IL 1,650 $21.39 $44,490
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 1,570 $22.44 $46,680
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 1,540 $23.28 $48,430
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 1,520 $22.99 $47,820
Pittsburgh, PA 1,520 $19.81 $41,210
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 1,480 $18.03 $37,500
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 1,410 $29.45 $61,260
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1,390 $26.37 $54,850
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 1,330 $24.77 $51,510
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 1,290 $22.71 $47,240
Denver-Aurora, CO 1,280 $22.24 $46,250
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 1,210 $27.28 $56,740
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 1,140 $26.63 $55,390
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 1,020 $30.56 $63,570
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 1,000 $27.41 $57,000
Kansas City, MO-KS 950 $19.70 $40,970
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 910 $23.57 $49,020
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 900 $22.16 $46,100
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 890 $28.29 $58,830
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 890 $19.90 $41,390
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 880 $22.32 $46,430
San Antonio, TX 840 $20.49 $42,620
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 810 $25.69 $53,440
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 780 $30.54 $63,520
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 770 $31.44 $65,390
Dayton, OH 760 $20.99 $43,670
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 760 $26.29 $54,680
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 740 $24.85 $51,680
Columbus, OH 740 $22.12 $46,000
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 690 $19.31 $40,170
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 680 $23.05 $47,940
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 670 $21.12 $43,920
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 670 $15.01 $31,210
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 660 $24.26 $50,460
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 630 $22.91 $47,650
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 610 $30.62 $63,680
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 610 $26.41 $54,920
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 610 $27.46 $57,130
Oklahoma City, OK 600 $18.13 $37,720
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 590 $22.38 $46,550
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 590 $26.98 $56,130
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 580 $24.76 $51,500
Jackson, MS 560 $16.57 $34,460
Salt Lake City, UT 560 $23.58 $49,050
Springfield, MA-CT 550 $21.74 $45,220
Rochester, NY 540 $20.35 $42,330
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 540 $21.50 $44,730
Santa Fe, NM 540 $14.79 $30,760
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 540 $29.62 $61,620
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 530 $20.74 $43,130
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 520 $22.55 $46,910
Austin-Round Rock, TX 520 $22.17 $46,110
Greenville, SC 510 $17.84 $37,100
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 510 $23.74 $49,370
Tucson, AZ 500 $22.63 $47,080
Colorado Springs, CO 490 $19.81 $41,210
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 480 $24.29 $50,520
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 460 $22.09 $45,940
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 460 $20.90 $43,480
Worcester, MA-CT 450 $22.93 $47,700
Lancaster, PA 430 $19.97 $41,550
Jacksonville, FL 430 $22.35 $46,490
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 430 $11.87 $24,690
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 420 $20.01 $41,630
Raleigh-Cary, NC 420 $20.51 $42,650
Columbia, SC 410 $20.69 $43,040
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 360 $20.82 $43,300
Honolulu, HI 360 $29.49 $61,340
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 360 $20.63 $42,900
Richmond, VA 350 $23.75 $49,400
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 340 $29.12 $60,560
Albuquerque, NM 340 $16.00 $33,280
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 340 $22.03 $45,820
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 340 $23.60 $49,090
Boise City-Nampa, ID 330 $21.36 $44,420
Chattanooga, TN-GA 320 $21.53 $44,790
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 320 $19.20 $39,940
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 320 $20.48 $42,600
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 320 $20.04 $41,680
Toledo, OH 300 $20.94 $43,560
Baton Rouge, LA 300 $20.67 $42,990
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 300 $23.26 $48,390
Asheville, NC 290 $20.74 $43,150
Durham, NC 290 $23.31 $48,480
Akron, OH 290 $23.08 $48,010
Syracuse, NY 280 $20.01 $41,620
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 280 $18.76 $39,030
Springfield, MO 270 $15.10 $31,400
New Haven, CT 270 $28.64 $59,570
Fort Wayne, IN 260 $20.64 $42,940
Madison, WI 250 $19.70 $40,970
Knoxville, TN 250 $19.45 $40,470
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 250 $25.18 $52,370
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 240 $25.61 $53,280
Greensboro-High Point, NC 240 $20.68 $43,010
Green Bay, WI 240 $20.91 $43,490
Wichita, KS 240 $21.06 $43,810
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division 230 $23.90 $49,710
Ann Arbor, MI 230 $24.20 $50,340
Fresno, CA 230 $30.61 $63,680
Modesto, CA 220 $21.08 $43,840
El Paso, TX 220 $20.87 $43,400
New Bedford, MA 220 $21.72 $45,170
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 220 $20.40 $42,440
Montgomery, AL 220 $20.99 $43,650
Reno-Sparks, NV 220 $25.09 $52,190
Barnstable Town, MA 220 $26.65 $55,430
Eugene-Springfield, OR 220 $21.96 $45,680
Lincoln, NE 220 $17.92 $37,280
Winston-Salem, NC 210 $21.09 $43,870
Peoria, IL 210 $24.95 $51,890
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 210 $21.90 $45,560
Tulsa, OK 210 $18.90 $39,320
Lexington-Fayette, KY 210 $21.30 $44,300
Mobile, AL 200 $18.78 $39,070
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 200 $23.83 $49,560
Utica-Rome, NY 190 $20.31 $42,240
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 190 $27.24 $56,660
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 190 $24.54 $51,040
La Crosse, WI-MN 190 $22.72 $47,260
Spokane, WA 190 $22.82 $47,470
Reading, PA 180 $18.77 $39,040
Stockton, CA 180 $28.59 $59,460
Eau Claire, WI 180 $20.18 $41,980
Macon, GA 180 $18.66 $38,800
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 170 $19.14 $39,820
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 170 $20.66 $42,970
York-Hanover, PA 170 $21.05 $43,780
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 170 $23.17 $48,190
Sioux Falls, SD 170 $21.65 $45,030
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 170 $27.99 $58,210
Binghamton, NY 170 $23.57 $49,020
Tallahassee, FL 170 $14.36 $29,860
Savannah, GA 170 $25.05 $52,110
Flint, MI 160 $24.38 $50,710
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 160 $21.58 $44,890
Waterbury, CT 160 $27.71 $57,630
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 160 $25.48 $52,990
Evansville, IN-KY 160 $19.53 $40,630
Lubbock, TX 160 $18.71 $38,920
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 150 $24.78 $51,540
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 150 $19.90 $41,390
Lafayette, LA 150 $22.26 $46,310
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 140 $28.88 $60,060
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 140 $19.07 $39,660
Huntsville, AL 140 $21.16 $44,020
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 140 $18.62 $38,720
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 140 $25.98 $54,030
Florence, SC 140 $16.93 $35,210
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 140 $30.86 $64,190
Norwich-New London, CT-RI 130 $26.62 $55,380
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 130 $18.79 $39,070
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 130 $24.34 $50,620
Boulder, CO 130 $20.48 $42,600
Canton-Massillon, OH 130 $21.65 $45,020
Charleston, WV 130 $18.92 $39,350
Columbus, GA-AL 130 $18.97 $39,460
Erie, PA 130 $19.90 $41,400
Greenville, NC 120 $24.82 $51,630
Peabody, MA NECTA Division 120 $29.97 $62,340
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 120 $20.95 $43,580
Iowa City, IA 120 $23.82 $49,550
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 120 $19.85 $41,300
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 120 $23.71 $49,310
Lakeland, FL 120 $19.72 $41,020
Dothan, AL 120 $17.75 $36,920
Topeka, KS 120 $19.54 $40,640
Rockford, IL 120 $26.11 $54,320
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division 120 $28.53 $59,330
Tuscaloosa, AL 110 $19.12 $39,760
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 110 $24.73 $51,430
Bakersfield, CA 110 $22.03 $45,820
Pueblo, CO 110 $21.27 $44,240
Corpus Christi, TX 110 $21.08 $43,860
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 110 $24.60 $51,160
Johnstown, PA 110 $17.05 $35,460
Salisbury, MD 110 $22.35 $46,480
Greeley, CO 110 $21.14 $43,980
Charlottesville, VA 110 $23.29 $48,450
Columbia, MO 110 $19.79 $41,170
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 100 $22.74 $47,300
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 100 $20.21 $42,040
Amarillo, TX 100 $19.16 $39,860
Longview, TX 100 $19.03 $39,580
Fayetteville, NC 100 $18.59 $38,670
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 100 $20.98 $43,640
Wilmington, NC 100 $19.90 $41,390
Duluth, MN-WI 100 $21.54 $44,810
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 100 $22.22 $46,210
Ocala, FL 100 $22.37 $46,520
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 100 $20.32 $42,260
Napa, CA 100 $29.47 $61,300
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 100 $18.01 $37,460
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division 90 $22.97 $47,780
Salinas, CA 90 $27.02 $56,190
Provo-Orem, UT 90 $21.00 $43,670
Gainesville, FL 90 $22.83 $47,490
Holland-Grand Haven, MI 90 $21.61 $44,950
Roanoke, VA 90 $22.78 $47,380
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 90 $24.04 $50,010
Fargo, ND-MN 90 $19.68 $40,940
Atlantic City, NJ 90 $23.62 $49,140
Las Cruces, NM 90 $18.67 $38,830
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 90 $23.52 $48,920
Athens-Clarke County, GA 90 $20.97 $43,610
Williamsport, PA 90 $18.91 $39,330
Visalia-Porterville, CA 90 $23.54 $48,960
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 90 $30.79 $64,050
Altoona, PA 90 $20.47 $42,570
Jackson, MI 80 $22.37 $46,530
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division 80 $25.25 $52,520
Olympia, WA 80 $23.80 $49,500
Lewiston-Auburn, ME 80 $20.91 $43,500
Morgantown, WV 80 $20.41 $42,460
Missoula, MT 80 $15.77 $32,790
Idaho Falls, ID 80 $23.23 $48,320
Valdosta, GA 80 $20.04 $41,690
Winchester, VA-WV 80 $24.61 $51,190
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 80 $18.20 $37,860
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 80 $19.90 $41,380
Joplin, MO 80 $20.74 $43,130
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA NECTA Division 80 $22.71 $47,240
Bismarck, ND 80 $17.78 $36,970
Fort Smith, AR-OK 80 $18.40 $38,280
Grand Forks, ND-MN 80 $18.35 $38,170
Anchorage, AK 80 $25.61 $53,260
Waco, TX 80 $22.00 $45,750
Abilene, TX 80 $21.04 $43,760
Pascagoula, MS 80 $17.47 $36,350
Lima, OH 80 $20.97 $43,630
Lake Charles, LA 80 $20.72 $43,090
Midland, TX 70 $21.09 $43,870
Danbury, CT 70 $29.86 $62,120
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 70 $22.22 $46,220
Billings, MT 70 $24.39 $50,740
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 70 $23.42 $48,720
Muncie, IN 70 $18.56 $38,610
Salem, OR 70 $26.25 $54,590
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 70 $19.54 $40,650
Cedar Rapids, IA 70 $21.43 $44,570
Anderson, SC 70 $16.13 $33,550
Kingston, NY 70 $24.42 $50,790
Glens Falls, NY 70 $19.97 $41,540
Jackson, TN 70 $16.15 $33,590
Jefferson City, MO 70 $13.51 $28,090
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 60 $20.98 $43,630
Alexandria, LA 60 $17.09 $35,540
Janesville, WI 60 $22.35 $46,490
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 60 $19.19 $39,920
Lynchburg, VA 60 $19.57 $40,700
Pittsfield, MA 60 $20.46 $42,560
Elmira, NY 60 $24.47 $50,890
Naples-Marco Island, FL 60 $17.74 $36,900
Appleton, WI 60 $22.04 $45,840
Clarksville, TN-KY 60 $14.69 $30,560
Texarkana-Texarkana, TX-AR 60 $20.34 $42,320
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 60 $27.01 $56,190
Yuma, AZ 60 $22.13 $46,040
Yakima, WA 60 $22.45 $46,690
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 60 $19.61 $40,790
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 60 $18.83 $39,160
Bellingham, WA 60 $20.04 $41,670
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 60 $25.29 $52,600
St. Cloud, MN 60 $22.48 $46,760
Springfield, OH 60 $19.82 $41,220
San Angelo, TX 60 $21.66 $45,060
Hattiesburg, MS 60 $18.52 $38,520
Gainesville, GA 60 $18.81 $39,120
Chico, CA 50 $22.97 $47,780
Racine, WI 50 $21.00 $43,680
Battle Creek, MI 50 $26.87 $55,890
Bangor, ME 50 $19.45 $40,460
Dover, DE 50 $21.72 $45,180
Elizabethtown, KY 50 $19.54 $40,640
Terre Haute, IN 50 $20.20 $42,020
Bend, OR 50 $27.04 $56,240
Fond du Lac, WI 50 $20.75 $43,160
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 50 $19.60 $40,780
Coeur d'Alene, ID 50 $20.19 $42,000
Mansfield, OH 50 $21.87 $45,490
Champaign-Urbana, IL 50 $23.60 $49,090
Anderson, IN 50 $21.63 $44,990
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 50 $28.05 $58,330
Manchester, NH 50 $28.76 $59,810
Rocky Mount, NC 50 $20.76 $43,180
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA 50 $19.14 $39,810
Anniston-Oxford, AL 50 $18.70 $38,890
Decatur, AL 50 $20.23 $42,080
St. George, UT 50 $24.40 $50,750
Hot Springs, AR 50 $20.39 $42,420
Madera, CA 50 $31.05 $64,580
Redding, CA 50 $21.57 $44,860
Spartanburg, SC 50 $25.02 $52,050
Wheeling, WV-OH 50 $17.89 $37,200
Wausau, WI 50 $24.19 $50,320
Grand Junction, CO 50 $19.24 $40,010
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 50 $20.34 $42,320
College Station-Bryan, TX 40 $24.32 $50,590
Auburn-Opelika, AL 40 $20.84 $43,340
Wenatchee, WA 40 $27.12 $56,410
St. Joseph, MO-KS 40 Not available Not available
Rochester-Dover, NH-ME 40 $24.95 $51,890
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 40 $21.68 $45,100
Springfield, IL 40 $23.38 $48,630
Cumberland, MD-WV 40 $18.68 $38,850
Casper, WY 40 $18.83 $39,170
Dubuque, IA 40 $19.64 $40,840
Bay City, MI 40 $22.16 $46,100
Medford, OR 40 $25.04 $52,090
Burlington, NC 40 $21.50 $44,720
Sherman-Denison, TX 40 Not available Not available
Lawton, OK 40 $15.65 $32,560
Gadsden, AL 40 $20.50 $42,630
Portsmouth, NH-ME 30 $23.54 $48,970
Monroe, LA 30 $21.87 $45,480
Lebanon, PA 30 $18.96 $39,440
State College, PA 30 $22.30 $46,380
Bowling Green, KY 30 $18.90 $39,310
Rapid City, SD 30 $21.21 $44,120
Logan, UT-ID 30 $21.33 $44,370
Kankakee-Bradley, IL 30 Not available Not available
Sandusky, OH 30 $22.59 $46,980
Ponce, PR 30 $9.75 $20,290
Sheboygan, WI 30 $23.43 $48,740
Prescott, AZ 30 $23.81 $49,530
Victoria, TX 30 $23.50 $48,870
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA Not available $22.15 $46,080
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA Not available $23.17 $48,190
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX Not available $23.34 $48,560
Pocatello, ID Not available $26.03 $54,130
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Not available $20.25 $42,120
Johnson City, TN Not available $17.72 $36,850
Cheyenne, WY Not available $17.45 $36,300
Owensboro, KY Not available $17.69 $36,800
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Not available $27.38 $56,950
Harrisonburg, VA Not available $18.01 $37,460
Pine Bluff, AR Not available $21.54 $44,790
Tyler, TX Not available $21.71 $45,160
Ithaca, NY Not available $20.05 $41,700
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