- Social service managers plan programs to accomplish specific goals in a community, and they recruit, interview and hire staff and volunteers for the projects. They direct and monitor the activity of workers to make sure programs are of good quality, meet the goals and use resources effectively. Social service managers establish relationships with other community agencies for partnership and to prevent duplication of services.
- The average salary for social service managers as of May 2009 was about $29.40 per hour, or $61,200 per year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Those in the middle 50 percent of the earnings range had annual salaries of $42,500 to $74,500, and the top 10 percent were earning more than $96,300 per year.
- Most social service managers work for individual and family services agencies, earning about $57,500 per year as of 2009, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The next largest number work for state and local government, with average annual salaries of $66,000 to $70,000. Social service managers working for other organizations, such as community food and housing, relief services and residential facilities, receive $54,000 to $55,000 per year on average. The top-paying opportunity is the federal government, where social service managers make more than $92,000 a year on average, but the federal government employs very few of these individuals. Elementary and high schools also pay higher than average, at about $73,000 per year.
- Social service managers earn the highest average salaries in Florida, at $79,000 per year in 2009. The highest-paying metropolitan region in the country for these workers is the West Palm Beach area, with an average annual salary of $101,400 in 2009. In Gainesville, social service managers were earning $91,300 per year on average; in the Fort Myers area, $90,500; and in the Bradenton area, $87,000.
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