Social Work
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Early Career Income
$57,192
Lifetime Income
$2.70M
Unemployment rate
2.5%
Female share
86.7%
Occupation concentration
59.2%
in top 10 occupations
Remote work share
17.7%
% who double-major
9.0%
BA Graduates from 2024
18,324
-8.1% vs 2023
How Social Work compares
Ranked against every other major nationally.
7th
percentile
Lifetime income
Higher than 7% of majors
58th
percentile
Unemployment
Lower unemployment than 58% of majors
79th
percentile
Occupation concentration
More concentrated than 79% of majors
Top occupations
See the Occupations and Industries tabs for full breakdowns, Double Majors for the most common second fields of degree, and Earnings for the trajectory by age, and Trends for degree production over time.
Degree titles included in this major
These detailed majors are included in the statistics for Social Work.
- Social Work
- Youth Services/Administration
- Forensic Social Work
- Social Work, Other
Based on federal labor and demographic data. Data source & methodology