Social Services Manager Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Job Numbers and Growth

A count of all the social services managers in the US adds up to about 130,000 positions. The jobless rate for workers is rated as low. Approximately 4% of employees were not able to obtain work in 2008.

Area Job Conditions

Social services managers are most common (per capita) in Santa Fe (New Mexico), Bismarck (North Dakota), and Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), and least common in Lakeland (Florida), Tampa (Florida), and Orlando (Florida).

Sarasota (Florida), Orlando (Florida), and Fairbanks (Alaska) offer the highest pay for this career, and Killeen (Texas), Brownsville (Texas), and Fort Smith (Arkansas) offer the lowest salaries.

Training and Education

A bachelor's degree is suggested for those who want to pursue this career. About 72% of social services managers have earned a degree. Those that started college, but did not earn a bachelor's degree, represent about 20% of workers. Employees with a high school education, but no college education, are about 9% of the total. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which if any could help you with this career.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Government stats show that 12% of social services managers are working part-time. Workers who are self-employed total about 6%.

Social Services Managers Around the Country

In the list below, each metro area is rated for the relative popularity of social services managers compared to other locations (that is, jobs per population). Single or double up or down arrows indicate the relative popularity in that location. Within each state listing, metro areas are sorted by the actual number of jobs for social services managers.

Alabama

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Birmingham	$52,000	200
Mobile	$47,000	140
Montgomery	$52,000	130
Huntsville	$49,000	90
Tuscaloosa	$48,000	40
Dothan	$49,000	40
Florence	$49,000	30

Alaska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Anchorage	$63,000	240
Fairbanks	$90,000	40

Arizona

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Phoenix	$65,000	1,690
Tucson	$48,000	480
Flagstaff	$53,000	70
Yuma	$54,000	70
Prescott	$46,000	70

Arkansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Little Rock	$56,000	390
Fayetteville	$60,000	120
Fort Smith	$32,000	90
Jonesboro	$42,000	30

California

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
San Francisco	$67,000	1,340
San Diego	$63,000	1,060
Oakland	$68,000	920
Sacramento	$73,000	870
Riverside	$77,000	820
San Jose	$76,000	700
Santa Ana	$69,000	600
Oxnard	$65,000	310
Fresno	$57,000	300
Bakersfield	$53,000	240
Santa Barbara	$60,000	220
Stockton	$63,000	200
Santa Rosa	$72,000	200
Modesto	$56,000	160
Visalia	$62,000	150
Salinas	$64,000	140
Vallejo	$68,000	130
Santa Cruz	$68,000	130
San Luis Obispo	$64,000	90
Redding	$74,000	80
Chico	$84,000	70
Merced	$53,000	40
Yuba City	$66,000	30
Madera	$71,000	30

Colorado

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Denver	$64,000	680
Colorado Springs	$56,000	140
Boulder	$69,000	90
Fort Collins	$61,000	80
Grand Junction	$60,000	40
Greeley	$55,000	40
Pueblo	$60,000	40

Connecticut

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Hartford	$57,000	890
Bridgeport	$73,000	690
New Haven	$58,000	580
Norwich	$55,000	260
Waterbury	$50,000	180
Danbury	$60,000	100

Delaware

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wilmington	$63,000	590
Dover	$67,000	80

District of Columbia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Washington	$66,000	1,990

Florida

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Miami	$78,000	340
Tampa	$79,000	260
West Palm Beach	$101,000	180
Fort Lauderdale	$86,000	170
Jacksonville	$80,000	130
Orlando	$93,000	120
Sarasota	$93,000	100
Tallahassee	$80,000	80
Palm Bay	$76,000	70
Deltona	$73,000	60
Pensacola	$73,000	60
Cape Coral	$86,000	50
Lakeland	$70,000	40

Georgia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Atlanta	$65,000	1,740
Savannah	$51,000	210
Augusta	$50,000	130
Macon	$47,000	130
Columbus	$48,000	100
Athens	$45,000	70
Brunswick	$47,000	50
Gainesville	$49,000	40
Valdosta	$43,000	40

Hawaii

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Honolulu	$64,000	450

Idaho

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boise	$60,000	230
Coeur Dalene	$46,000	60

Illinois

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Chicago	$60,000	2,210
Peoria	$52,000	110
Rockford	$44,000	90
Springfield	$59,000	80
Champaign	$55,000	80
Bloomington	$46,000	50

Indiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Indianapolis	$54,000	760
Fort Wayne	$44,000	250
Gary	$57,000	230
Evansville	$45,000	170
South Bend	$49,000	130
Bloomington	$46,000	80
Elkhart	$52,000	50
Terre Haute	$52,000	50
Anderson	$51,000	30
Muncie	$49,000	30

Iowa

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Des Moines	$60,000	450
Waterloo	$43,000	200
Davenport	$50,000	150
Cedar Rapids	$58,000	130
Sioux City	$45,000	110
Iowa City	$51,000	70
Dubuque	$52,000	60
Ames	$48,000	40

Kansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wichita	$57,000	200
Topeka	$54,000	110

Kentucky

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Louisville	$55,000	520
Lexington	$56,000	250
Bowling Green	$59,000	80
Elizabethtown	$41,000	70
Owensboro	$55,000	50

Louisiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Baton Rouge	$58,000	490
New Orleans	$60,000	370
Shreveport	$44,000	130
Lafayette	$49,000	110
Houma	$52,000	60
Alexandria	$61,000	50
Lake Charles	$53,000	50
Monroe	$54,000	50

Maine

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$57,000	270
Bangor	$50,000	150
Lewiston	$55,000	80

Maryland

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Baltimore	$63,000	880
Bethesda	$70,000	310
Salisbury	$60,000	50
Hagerstown	$48,000	50

Massachusetts

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boston	$64,000	2,520
Springfield	$58,000	500
Worcester	$58,000	420
Framingham	$62,000	180
Brockton	$59,000	160
Lawrence	$54,000	130
New Bedford	$53,000	120
Lowell	$48,000	120
Barnstable Town	$64,000	120
Leominster	$52,000	80
Pittsfield	$48,000	80
Haverhill	$71,000	70
Taunton	$50,000	50

Michigan

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Detroit	$61,000	670
Warren	$57,000	580
Lansing	$65,000	320
Grand Rapids	$72,000	290
Ann Arbor	$69,000	140
Flint	$60,000	140
Kalamazoo	$64,000	90
Jackson	$60,000	80
Battle Creek	$51,000	60
Saginaw	$62,000	60
Bay City	$66,000	50
Niles	$72,000	30

Minnesota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Minneapolis	$70,000	1,460
Duluth	$66,000	140
Rochester	$65,000	90
St Cloud	$61,000	50

Mississippi

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Jackson	$46,000	300
Gulfport	$39,000	250
Hattiesburg	$42,000	40

Missouri

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
St Louis	$48,000	950
Kansas City	$50,000	590
Springfield	$43,000	210
Jefferson City	$44,000	150
Columbia	$41,000	70
Joplin	$43,000	50
St Joseph	$42,000	50

Montana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Missoula	$41,000	90
Billings	$43,000	90
Great Falls	$36,000	50

Nebraska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Omaha	$52,000	390
Lincoln	$53,000	190

Nevada

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Las Vegas	$48,000	450
Reno	$56,000	150
Carson City	$66,000	50

New Hampshire

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Manchester	$60,000	90
Portsmouth	$48,000	60
Nashua	$56,000	50

New Jersey

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Newark	$73,000	1,170
Edison	$72,000	820
Camden	$71,000	560
Trenton	$85,000	380
Atlantic City	$68,000	140
Vineland	$81,000	50

New Mexico

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Albuquerque	$52,000	640
Santa Fe	$42,000	350
Las Cruces	$46,000	110
Farmington	$37,000	40

New York

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New York	$83,000	6,730
Nassau	$79,000	1,230
Albany	$77,000	690
Rochester	$69,000	490
Buffalo	$67,000	460
Poughkeepsie	$72,000	330
Syracuse	$63,000	280
Utica	$64,000	160
Kingston	$69,000	110
Binghamton	$60,000	100
Ithaca	$66,000	80
Glens Falls	$66,000	80
Elmira	$70,000	60

North Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Raleigh	$56,000	460
Charlotte	$61,000	370
Durham	$55,000	360
Greensboro	$57,000	150
Winston Salem	$58,000	150
Asheville	$58,000	110
Hickory	$51,000	100
Greenville	$49,000	90
Wilmington	$64,000	70
Fayetteville	$61,000	60
Goldsboro	$56,000	40

North Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Bismarck	$52,000	200
Fargo	$49,000	140
Grand Forks	$67,000	40

Ohio

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cincinnati	$57,000	870
Cleveland	$63,000	810
Columbus	$67,000	670
Dayton	$59,000	310
Toledo	$51,000	280
Akron	$70,000	250
Canton	$50,000	140
Youngstown	$59,000	140
Springfield	$63,000	40
Mansfield	$60,000	40
Lima	$53,000	30

Oklahoma

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Oklahoma City	$48,000	320
Tulsa	$40,000	200
Lawton	$33,000	30

Oregon

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$56,000	1,220
Eugene	$52,000	180
Salem	$52,000	170
Medford	$45,000	110
Corvallis	$51,000	50
Bend	$57,000	50

Pennsylvania

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Philadelphia	$60,000	6,030
Pittsburgh	$57,000	1,230
Harrisburg	$65,000	400
Allentown	$55,000	380
Scranton	$53,000	180
Lancaster	$56,000	180
Erie	$49,000	170
Reading	$61,000	130
York	$47,000	130
Williamsport	$53,000	90
Altoona	$46,000	60
State College	$45,000	50
Johnstown	$67,000	40
Lebanon	$62,000	30

Rhode Island

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Providence	$69,000	760

South Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Columbia	$50,000	280
Charleston	$62,000	130
Greenville	$53,000	100
Spartanburg	$66,000	40

South Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Sioux Falls	$61,000	90
Rapid City	$57,000	40

Tennessee

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Nashville	$52,000	1,190
Memphis	$51,000	470
Knoxville	$43,000	250
Chattanooga	$41,000	180
Kingsport	$55,000	60
Jackson	$39,000	50
Johnson City	$41,000	40
Clarksville	$44,000	40

Texas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Houston	$57,000	1,170
Dallas	$59,000	780
Austin	$58,000	600
San Antonio	$52,000	560
Fort Worth	$62,000	410
Brownsville	$40,000	180
El Paso	$47,000	170
Corpus Christi	$45,000	160
Beaumont	$41,000	150
Amarillo	$44,000	120
Mcallen	$52,000	90
Abilene	$50,000	80
Killeen	$43,000	80
Waco	$51,000	70
Longview	$39,000	70
Lubbock	$52,000	70
Midland	$41,000	70
Tyler	$51,000	60
Victoria	$39,000	60
Wichita Falls	$48,000	40
Laredo	$48,000	40
San Angelo	$61,000	40
Sherman	$39,000	30
Texarkana	$45,000	30

Utah

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Salt Lake City	$58,000	490
Ogden	$50,000	180
Provo	$58,000	140
Logan	$51,000	50

Vermont

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Burlington	$56,000	110

Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Richmond	$73,000	620
Virginia Beach	$68,000	410
Lynchburg	$60,000	80
Charlottesville	$57,000	80
Roanoke	$67,000	80
Blacksburg	$54,000	60
Winchester	$59,000	40

Washington

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Seattle	$79,000	820
Tacoma	$76,000	220
Spokane	$62,000	190
Olympia	$80,000	120
Yakima	$64,000	100
Bremerton	$62,000	70
Bellingham	$62,000	50
Kennewick	$39,000	40

West Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Charleston	$50,000	120
Huntington	$47,000	120
Wheeling	$46,000	80
Morgantown	$43,000	60
Parkersburg	$37,000	50

Wisconsin

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Milwaukee	$60,000	470
Madison	$54,000	310
La Crosse	$49,000	130
Oshkosh	$40,000	90
Eau Claire	$54,000	70
Racine	$50,000	60
Green Bay	$52,000	50
Wausau	$39,000	40
Appleton	$58,000	40
Janesville	$55,000	30

Wyoming

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cheyenne	$56,000	60
Casper	$46,000	40

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