However, social work salaries are comparable to those of professionals in similar fields. Back to the Quiz 3. 3. According to some surveys, the highest paid social workers are those who work for the federal government and in the U.S. military. A survey of National Association of Social Workers members shows that social workers who are employed by the federal government and the military are the highest paid in the profession. Back to the Quiz 4. 4.
Social work is one of the smallest professions in the United States.
Actually, there are over one half million people who are called social workers by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That number is expected to grow by another 100,000 by 2000. There are also hundreds of other people in fields such as human services work, who are also often social workers. Back to the Quiz 5. 5. Computers have changed social work.