Child, family, and school social workers job market in Pennsylvania

In short

In QCEW 2026 Q1, industries that employ Child, family, and school social workers in Pennsylvania had +1.2% year-over-year employment change, compared with +1.5% nationally. Establishments changed +1.4%. Average weekly wages in those industries changed +2.6%.

QCEW measures employment, wages and establishments by industry. These figures weight those industry conditions by this occupation’s published industry mix, so they are not direct occupation employment and not a count of current job openings.

+1.2%Industry employmentU.S. +1.5%State data coverage: 100%
+1.4%EstablishmentsU.S. +4.2%State data coverage: 100%
+2.6%Avg. weekly industry wageU.S. +2.5%State data coverage: 100%
70,080Represented establishmentsEstablishments in the industries that employ this occupation, not employers hiring itIndustry mix share 96.0%, separate from the data coverage on the trend cards

Industry employment change over time

Year-over-year change for the industries that employ Child, family, and school social workers in Pennsylvania

Every published quarter

BLS does not publish a national quarterly series for this occupation’s industry mix, so only the Pennsylvania series is shown. The U.S. figure on the cards above is the latest quarter benchmark.

Quarterly year-over-year industry employment change for Child, family, and school social workers in Pennsylvania, with the published state data coverage for each quarter
QuarterPennsylvaniaState data coverage
2024 Q2+2.9%100%
2024 Q3+3.1%100%
2024 Q4+2.5%100%
2025 Q1+2.1%100%
2025 Q2+2.0%100%
2025 Q3+1.9%100%
2025 Q4+1.5%100%
2026 Q1+1.2%100%

Industry mix behind this view

Which industries are weighted into this view. Not a ranking of employers or of job quality.

Industries weighted into the local context for Child, family, and school social workers in Pennsylvania
Industry groupShare of occupation employmentLocal employment changeEstablishmentsAvg. weekly wage
Private education and health services55.9%+1.9%59,621$1,294
State and local40.0%+0.3%10,459$1,356
Other services2.5%+0.5%35,618$912
Professional and business services1.4%-0.5%83,388$2,370
Financial activities0.1%-0.2%33,781$3,184
Leisure and hospitality0.0%+1.0%35,200$564
QCEW release
QCEW 2026 Q1
Data period
January to March 2026
BLS publication date
August 28, 2026
Source verification
Verified September 17, 2026
Industry mix vintage
EP-2025-2035

The publication date above is the official BLS news release date for this reference quarter, linked to the notice. The values match the snapshot independently checked against BLS sources on September 17, 2026. The publication date identifies the quarterly news release, not the exact revision date. The data period above is the quarter the figures describe.

QCEW describes the industries that employ this occupation, not the occupation itself. It is not a count of job openings and is not part of the 0-100 Job Market Health score.

How to read this page

QCEW measures employment and wages by industry, not by occupation. We weight those industry conditions using the published industry mix for Child, family, and school social workers. These figures describe the industries that employ Child, family, and school social workers; they are not direct counts of people working in the occupation or of jobs currently open. This page is not part of the national 0 to 100 Job Market Health score.

Source: BLS QCEW. See the methodology, the national Child, family, and school social workers report and about the data.