Licensed Social Worker

Charlotte, North
Carolina

New York, New York

Salary: $58,985 / year

Salary: $59,115 / year

Rent: $1013.46 / month

Rent: $2990.77 / month

Utilities: $136.69 / month

Utilities: $128.84 / month

Transportation: $391.41 /
month
(personal car)

Transportation: $116.50 /
month
(public transportation)

Groceries: $251.83 / month

Groceries: $292.42 / month

Sales tax: 7.25%

Sales tax: 8.875%

Internet: $47.74 / month

Internet: $54.67 / month

Social Work and the Impact of a Graduate

School
Degree
Charlotte,
North Carolina
New York, New York
Cost of Graduate School:
$13,846 / year (in-state)
(UNC-CH School of Social Work*)
BSW Salary:
$50,490 / year

MSW Salary:
$58,985 / year

Cost of Graduate School:

$41,764 / year
(Columbia School of Social Work*)

BSW Jobs:
BSW Salary:
Entry-level positions $50,601 / year
in family services,
child welfare, public
heath, and substance
abuse

BSW Jobs:
Entry-level positions
in family services,
child welfare, public
heath, and substance
abuse

MSW Jobs:
MSW Salary:
MSW Jobs:
Social work teacher, $59,115 / year
Social work teacher,
community program
community program
administration,
administration,
marriage and family
marriage and family
therapist, school
therapist, school
counselor, clinical
counselor, clinical
worker
social worker
* Schools social
examined
had the highest ranked social work programs in their
respective states.