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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Social Workers

The map below shows some metro areas where the profession is more popular, compared to the size of the population, than in the rest of the country. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the US.

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Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Social Workers

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Social Workers relative to the population of the city, as of 2008.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.

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Metro Area	Jobs	Salary (2008)	Relative Popularity
ALABAMA
Gadsden	30		2.3
Tuscaloosa	50	$54,560	1.3
Mobile	90	$36,330	1.1
Birmingham	180	$47,500	0.8
Montgomery	50	$44,530	0.7
ALASKA
Anchorage	260	$50,770	3.7
ARIZONA
Tucson	100	$45,550	0.6
Phoenix	350	$55,690	0.4
ARKANSAS
Jonesboro	40	$30,870	2
Little Rock	290	$48,370	1.9
Fort Smith	30	$30,690	0.6
Fayetteville	40	$50,210	0.5
CALIFORNIA
Madera	100	$54,420	7.1
Sacramento	1,450	$52,000	3.6
Modesto	240		3.3
Fresno	480	$50,840	3.2
Vallejo	130	$60,440	2.5
San Luis Obispo	70	$41,260	1.7
Santa Ana	1,160	$48,670	1.7
San Francisco	750	$51,750	1.6
Stockton	130	$42,010	1.4
San Diego	680	$47,270	1.1
Santa Cruz	40	$47,570	1.1
Oakland	500	$52,550	1.1
Visalia	60	$38,290	1
Santa Barbara	60		0.8
Bakersfield	70	$55,180	0.6
Salinas	30	$67,370	0.4
COLORADO
Colorado Springs	260	$39,610	2.3
Pueblo	40	$56,570	1.9
Denver	730	$43,010	1.3
Fort Collins	60	$39,190	1.2
Boulder	40	$37,150	0.6
CONNECTICUT
Norwich	50	$52,500	0.9
New Haven	90	$47,820	0.7
Bridgeport	90	$58,810	0.5
Hartford	60	$61,170	0.2
DELAWARE
Wilmington	100	$57,260	0.7
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	670	$49,990	0.6
FLORIDA
Palm Bay	140	$40,420	1.6
Pensacola	90	$45,410	1.4
Deltona	80	$43,180	1.2
Jacksonville	230	$46,980	0.8
Cape Coral	70	$36,300	0.8
Miami	280	$38,730	0.6
Fort Lauderdale	190	$43,980	0.6
Orlando	270	$43,720	0.6
Tampa	260	$49,080	0.5
West Palm Beach	110	$46,020	0.5
Tallahassee	30	$42,100	0.4
Sarasota	40	$42,680	0.3
GEORGIA
Albany	40	$21,180	1.6
Savannah	90	$54,020	1.4
Columbus	50	$55,620	1.1
Atlanta	420	$52,510	0.4
HAWAII
Honolulu	160	$62,940	0.8
IDAHO
Boise	60	$61,040	0.5
ILLINOIS
Danville	80	$49,840	8.4
Springfield	310	$49,400	7.1
Rockford	300	$59,370	4.5
Kankakee	50	$47,570	3.4
Champaign	100	$43,850	2.5
Decatur	40	$46,790	2.2
Chicago	3,570	$53,690	2
Peoria	140	$46,860	1.9
INDIANA
Gary	200	$38,600	1.6
Evansville	110	$37,370	1.4
Terre Haute	40	$30,350	1.4
South Bend	60	$33,430	1
Indianapolis	310	$49,770	0.8
Fort Wayne	60	$41,510	0.6
IOWA
Iowa City	50	$50,320	1.7
Des Moines	210	$43,070	1.4
Davenport	100	$45,500	1.2
KANSAS
Topeka	80	$50,810	1.7
KENTUCKY
Louisville	170	$39,380	0.6
Lexington	50	$55,190	0.5
LOUISIANA
Baton Rouge	290	$45,700	1.7
New Orleans	310	$44,140	1.3
Shreveport	70	$55,160	0.9
Lafayette	40	$45,050	0.6
MAINE
Portland	70	$50,730	0.8
MARYLAND
Salisbury	50	$35,870	2.4
Hagerstown	50	$62,480	1.2
Baltimore	410	$54,800	0.7
Bethesda	160	$45,840	0.6
MASSACHUSETTS
Brockton	50	$61,810	1.3
Haverhill	30	$46,560	0.9
Worcester	70	$30,310	0.6
Lowell	30	$46,530	0.6
Boston	350	$55,480	0.4
Springfield	40		0.3
MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor	150	$49,880	2.1
Detroit	310	$56,330	1
Grand Rapids	100	$47,010	0.6
Warren	130	$50,500	0.2
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis	320	$48,190	0.4
MISSOURI
St. Louis	350	$51,840	0.6
Kansas City	250	$51,550	0.5
MONTANA
Great Falls	70	$35,380	5.3
NEBRASKA
Omaha	130	$47,870	0.6
NEVADA
Las Vegas	230	$43,110	0.5
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Manchester	50	$56,690	1.1
NEW JERSEY
Camden	350	$48,350	1.5
Trenton	120	$67,760	1.3
Newark	430	$78,420	0.9
Edison	330	$58,670	0.7
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque	140	$39,740	0.8
NEW YORK
Kingston	150	$46,630	6.2
Utica	310	$51,780	5.7
Ithaca	80	$44,350	4.8
Syracuse	660	$44,750	4.7
Poughkeepsie	490	$51,630	4.6
Rochester	1,020	$48,650	4.5
Glens Falls	90	$41,790	4.3
Buffalo	930	$47,100	3.8
Albany	630	$48,110	3.2
Nassau	1,770	$52,150	3.1
Elmira	40	$42,180	3
New York	6,430	$52,520	2.7
NORTH CAROLINA
Fayetteville	200	$40,930	3.8
Durham	80	$51,760	0.7
Wilmington	40	$43,370	0.6
Charlotte	30	$47,220	0.1
NORTH DAKOTA
Grand Forks	50	$30,370	2.6
OHIO
Mansfield	140	$46,990	6.8
Cleveland	1,850	$57,960	3.8
Toledo	490	$35,190	3.5
Youngstown	250	$37,910	2.4
Columbus	840	$41,550	2
Akron	290	$45,900	1.9
Dayton	280	$44,820	1.6
Cincinnati	510	$43,900	1.1
OKLAHOMA
Lawton	60	$55,170	4.2
Oklahoma City	330	$40,130	1.3
Tulsa	110	$37,730	0.6
OREGON
Eugene	140	$36,980	2.2
Portland	950	$44,070	2
Medford	70	$49,650	2
Salem	100	$42,450	1.5
PENNSYLVANIA
Lebanon	30	$58,320	1.6
Pittsburgh	240	$53,060	0.5
Philadelphia	250	$54,910	0.3
Allentown	30	$53,060	0.2
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	120	$55,360	0.5
SOUTH CAROLINA
Florence	210	$34,070	6
Anderson	140	$32,160	5.7
Charleston	490	$38,920	3.7
Greenville	450	$36,170	3.3
Columbia	290	$43,040	1.8
TENNESSEE
Johnson City	50	$58,180	1.6
Memphis	110	$53,340	0.4
Knoxville	50	$37,070	0.3
TEXAS
Killeen	150	$53,960	2.9
Beaumont	80	$31,930	1.2
El Paso	130	$50,590	1.1
Austin	380	$46,910	1.1
Waco	40	$53,060	1
Brownsville	40	$35,540	0.8
San Antonio	290	$46,390	0.8
McAllen	50	$29,810	0.5
Dallas	480	$40,350	0.5
Fort Worth	160	$35,640	0.4
Houston	430	$40,690	0.4
VIRGINIA
Lynchburg	50	$48,880	1.2
Roanoke	60	$56,980	0.9
Richmond	160	$57,040	0.6
Virginia Beach	190	$51,300	0.6
WASHINGTON
Tacoma	150	$58,050	1.2
Spokane	70	$55,400	0.8
Seattle	430	$48,040	0.7
WEST VIRGINIA
Wheeling	30	$34,330	1.2
Huntington	50	$51,830	1
WISCONSIN
Madison	150	$58,810	1
Milwaukee	130	$53,550	0.3
WYOMING
Cheyenne	30	$53,160	1.8

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Most Popular Industries (as of 2008) for:
Social Workers

Industries representing at least 1% of total jobs for the occupation.

Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2008)
Government	33,550	49%	$53,560
Social Service	15,850	23%	$35,460
Hospital	4,800	7%	$55,190
Nursing And Residential Care	4,040	5%	$37,590
Medical Office	2,460	3%	$40,440
Non-Profit	2,320	3%	$36,290
Education	1,990	2%	$48,720
Business Management	1,000	1%	$40,500
Professional And Technical Services	870	1%	$38,410

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School	Locations	Degrees	Quick Info
Abilene Christian University Online	Online	Certificate, Master	Get Info
Ashford University	Online	Bachelor	Get Info
Baker College Campus	MI	Associate, Bachelor	Get Info
Capella University	Online	Doctorate, Master	Get Info
Goodwin College	CT	Associate	Get Info
Post University	Online	Master	Get Info
Rasmussen College	MN	Associate	Get Info
University of Phoenix	AL, AZ, CA, CO, FL, HI, ID, KY, MI, MO, NM, NV, OK, OR, PR, UT, VA, WA, WI	Bachelor, Master	Get Info
University of Phoenix Online	Online	Associate, Bachelor	Get Info
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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Social Workers

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:Social Workers

ALABAMA

ALASKA

ARIZONA

ARKANSAS

CALIFORNIA

COLORADO

CONNECTICUT

DELAWARE

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

FLORIDA

GEORGIA

HAWAII

IDAHO

ILLINOIS

INDIANA

IOWA

KANSAS

KENTUCKY

LOUISIANA

MAINE

MARYLAND

MASSACHUSETTS

MICHIGAN

MINNESOTA

MISSOURI

MONTANA

NEBRASKA

NEVADA

NEW HAMPSHIRE

NEW JERSEY

NEW MEXICO

NEW YORK

NORTH CAROLINA

NORTH DAKOTA

OHIO

OKLAHOMA

OREGON

PENNSYLVANIA

RHODE ISLAND

SOUTH CAROLINA

TENNESSEE

TEXAS

VIRGINIA

WASHINGTON

WEST VIRGINIA

WISCONSIN

WYOMING