Kindergarten vs Social Workers

Kindergarten earns $2,040 more at the middle. Every figure is US government data you can check.

	Kindergarten	Social Workers
Pay in the middle median annual wage, May 2025	$63,820	$61,780
Pay range 10th to 90th percentile	not published to not published	not published to not published
Years of school you pay for our own estimate from published entry requirements, not a BLS figure	4	4
Typical entry education	Bachelor's degree	See How to Become One
Jobs opening up each year	99,400	69,100
Growth by 2035	-0.4%	6.2%
People doing it now	1,530,500	816,100
Where the pay is highest and lowest state medians, not adjusted for cost of living or taxes	$102,350 in Washington down to $48,200 in Oklahoma	$78,970 in Connecticut down to $43,330 in Arkansas

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Jobs that use what you already know

Same skills, same knowledge, same daily tasks. Most of these are not on this site.

Social Workers covers 4 separate job codes. “3 of 4” means 3 of those 4 name that job as closely related.

Marriage and Family Therapists3 of 4
Rehabilitation Counselors3 of 4
Social and Human Service Assistants2 of 4
Community Health Workers2 of 4
Health Education Specialists2 of 4
Mental Health Counselors2 of 4

O*NET 30.3 Database, U.S. Department of Labor. These are jobs that use similar skills, knowledge and daily tasks. It is a measure of how alike two jobs are — not a record of people moving between them.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational employment and wage data, May 2025, and employment projections 2025-35. Years of school is our own estimate from published entry requirements, not a BLS figure. State medians are not adjusted for cost of living or taxes, and that difference could be large either way. No advice, just data.