Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other (21-1099)

Occupation description:  All community and social service specialists not listed separately.

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Employment and Job Openings

  Average employment Average annual openings
  2010 estimate2020 projectionPercent change GrowthReplacementTotal
Alaska 806967 20.016 1935
United States n/an/an/a n/an/an/a

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2012 Wages

  Mean Wage and
95% Confidence Interval
Wage by Percentile
  LowMeanHigh 10thMedian90th
United States n/a20.99n/a 11.3619.7433.09
Alaska 19.4321.2122.99 11.1621.3829.92
Anchorage/Mat-Su Area (MSA) 19.0021.8924.78 10.2222.6930.25
Balance of State 17.4419.1220.80 14.1219.2322.82

Labor Force Indicators

2011 Worker Characteristics
Total workersNonresident workers Percent nonresidentPercent age 45 plusPercent age 50 plus
95026 2.746.5 36.1
2011 Potential Supply
Qualified but working in another occupation241
Currently employed in a lower paid occupation0
UI claimants previously working in occupation158
2011 ALEXsys Employment Data
Number of registrants 664
Number of job position postings 43
Ratio of registrants to job position postings 15.4

Typical Entry-level Education, Experience, and/or On-the-job Training

Education: Bachelor’s degree Work experience: None On-the-job training: None

Training Resources

 DegreeFY2008–2010 reported exiters
University of Alaska Anchorage
Advanced Human Service Systems, GCRT 0
Conflict Resolution, OEC 0

 DegreeFY2008–2010 reported exiters
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Rural Development, BA 0
Rural Development, MA 0

 DegreeFY2008–2010 reported exiters
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Bristol Bay
Rural Development, BA 0

 DegreeFY2008–2010 reported exiters
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Chukchi
Rural Development, BA 0

 DegreeFY2008–2010 reported exiters
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Interior-Aleutians
Rural Development, BA 0
Tribal Management, AAS 0
Tribal Management, CT2 0

 DegreeFY2008–2010 reported exiters
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Kuskokwim
Rural Development, BA 0

 DegreeFY2008–2010 reported exiters
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Northwest
Rural Development, BA 0