Families / Care

Clinical Social Worker

Assesses need and moves people through systems that resist them. Case volume defines the day more than any single skill.

Pay band (est.)
$55k–$85k
Time to competence
5 years
Licence
Required
Setting
mixed
Leverage
low
Place constraint
low
Physical demand
25/100
Hours burden
62/100

Factor percentiles

Percentile against the whole curated set. Higher is better on that factor only.

  • Play7th

    Absorbing rather than merely paid.

  • Specific knowledge8th

    A combination of skills that is hard to copy.

  • Leverage14th

    Output that scales through code, media, capital or crew.

  • Demand79th

    Durability and shortage, scored conservatively.

  • Pay36th

    Mid-career floor and the range above it.

  • Body68th

    Inverse of physical demand and hours.

  • Autonomy19th

    Control of methods and time.

  • People fit4th

    Distance from your preferred people level.

  • Place flexibility79th

    Remote fit and freedom from specific metros.

  • Time to skill63th

    Inverse of years to competence.

  • Meaning load99th

    Care, craft and stewardship weight. Not a moral score.

  • Downside tolerance88th

    Inverse of named risk to body, market or platform.

Downside

Caseloads exceed capacity; pay is low against the training.

Examine this against your weights

The percentiles above use the default weights. Set your own on the ranking and this vocation moves with them.

Source note: BLS-style outlook and wage patterns; estimate. All figures are estimates for comparison.