Child, Family, and School Social Workers
SOC 21-1021 · 2024-2034
Provide social services and assistance to improve the social and psychological functioning of children and their families and to maximize the family well-being and the academic functioning of children. May assist parents, arrange adoptions, and find foster homes for abandoned or abused children. In schools, they address such problems as teenage pregnancy, misbehavior, and truancy. May also advise teachers.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $67,025per year
- Projected openings
- 60,640
- Projected change
- +14.1%
- Usually needs
- Bachelor's degree
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Social Perceptiveness
- Critical Thinking
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Service Orientation
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $80,839 | 1,910 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $80,377 | 120 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $78,678 | 16,830 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $78,004 | 640 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $77,255 | 2,430 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $74,512 | 200 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $72,704 | 360 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $72,611 | 610 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $69,745 | 280 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $69,722 | 2,610 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $68,420 | 3,140 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $67,886 | 210 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $66,017 | 4,880 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $65,041 | 300 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $64,990 | 1,680 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $64,096 | 300 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $64,008 | 3,060 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $63,562 | 190 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $63,089 | 4,080 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $62,976 | 360 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $61,487 | 410 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $61,487 | 610 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $61,014 | 350 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $60,829 | 220 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $60,624 | 360 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $60,603 | 500 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $59,679 | 200 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $59,515 | 850 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $58,816 | 540 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $55,745 | 120 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Healthcare Social Workers | $92,170 | 19,610 | +19.4% |
| Marriage and Family Therapists | $69,184 | 46,570 | +30.7% |
| Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers | $81,211 | 22,620 | +20.1% |
| Rehabilitation Counselors | $45,725 | 17,450 | +14.8% |
| Social and Human Service Assistants | $52,520 | 73,580 | +16.1% |
| Social and Community Service Managers | $84,606 | 35,490 | +19.3% |
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