Loading page content
Preparing content…
SOC 21-1029
Social workers not separately listed in other social work detailed categories in the U.S. occupational classification. 21-1029 is a residual category, not all social workers, and does not automatically equal clinical or community workers. The broader social work category can help you understand needs communication, resource information and coordination, but specific services, qualifications, supervision and record responsibility must be verified by position; the exercises on this page use fictional materials only.
Model impact index for three equally weighted representative core tasks; not a measured share of working time or a job-loss probability. floor((25+75+50)/3+0.5)=50; fermatmind-ai-impact-v1; 2026-10-18.
Those willing to learn about people's needs, check resource information and write unknowns and next steps clearly can experience it further. First complete fictional information matching, then check the specific position's service recipients, education, licensure and supervision; do not judge competence by personality labels.
The residual occupational classification has no separate task and interest data; paper information matching can only help exploration and cannot replace position training, professional qualifications, supervision or real service authorization.
Observe whether you are willing to listen, separate facts from unknowns, check information item by item and hand over; the exercise does not assess clinical competence or hiring probability.
U.S. O*NET21-1029.00 Social Workers, All Other refers to social workers not separately listed in other social work detailed categories. O*NET states explicitly that this All Other category has no separate detailed occupational data; child, family and school, medical or mental health social work tasks cannot simply be renamed as this category. The duties and context below draw only on the BLS social work category background, and real positions are verified separately; Chinese social worker certificates and community worker positions are not treated as classification or license mutual recognition.
Evidence is insufficient: 21-1029 has no separate O*NET task data. The BLS social work category involves needs communication, community resources and referral coordination; the following is category background and an editorial experience, and specific position duties are verified separately.
Career direction comparison
First verify the real position's targets and outputs, then the target jurisdiction, training, licensure, supervision and agency responsibility.
| Career direction | Core work and output | Key differences | Best-fit choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Child, Family, and School Social Workers | Provides social services for children and families and school support. | The service recipients focus on children, families and schools, not the detailed tasks of the residual 21-1029 category. | Those willing to support children and families need target practice training and local qualifications. |
| Healthcare Social Workers | Supports patients and caregivers in coping with illness and coordinates related services. | Focuses on illness and medical services, with position licensure and agency authorization verified separately. |
AI impact on this career
Evidence is insufficient: no independent AI adoption, substitution or net employment effect for 21-1029 was verified, and this category also has no separate O*NET task data. Resource information and record drafts are editorial candidate uses; real materials, service authorization, professional judgment and referral procedures must be verified by the appropriate personnel, and the 2.3% growth cannot be attributed to AI. AI Impact Score 50% is an editorial estimate. Model impact index for three equally weighted representative core tasks; not a measured share of working time or a job-loss probability. floor((25+75+50)/3+0.5)=50; fermatmind-ai-impact-v1; 2026-10-18.The three tasks, ratings and sources are listed in the FermatMind method source record on this page.
FermatMind AI Impact Score estimation method v1
FermatMind / 费马测试 · 2026-10-18
Chinese mainland salary reference
U.S. 21-1029 covers those not separately listed in other social work detailed categories; the Chinese professional qualification registration spans benefits and assistance, community, health and other fields and is not treated as equivalent to the residual category on that basis.
U.S. 21-1029 is a residual occupational classification; the Chinese social worker qualification has a broad registration scope, and no one-to-one classification or practice license mutual recognition is made.
No comparable wage distribution was verified; no monthly salary is inferred.
2025 non-private 146,266 and private 75,631 yuan/year; not this occupation.
Qualification registration is not recruitment pay, and pay must be verified against the specific posting and contract.
U.S. wage reference
In 2025 the U.S. national annual median wage for 21-1029 is 71,900 U.S. dollars; 2025—2035 growth is 2.3%, with about 5,800 average annual openings. The national distribution cannot serve as a clinical position's starting wage, a Chinese quote or an individual offer.
| Wage statistic position | Annual wage reference | Conversion boundaries | How to understand this position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 43,620 U.S. dollars/year | Official annual wage, not individual monthly income | The 2025 10th percentile is 43,620 U.S. dollars/year; not an individual starting wage. https://www.onetonline.org/link/localwages/21-1029.00?p=annual |
| Median (50%) | 71,900 U.S. dollars/year | Official annual wage, not individual take-home pay |
Career fit guide
First observe whether you are willing to listen to requests, check sources and rules, and write unknowns and next steps clearly. Use R1—R4 to keep an independent match and handover, then check position conditions; practice competence cannot be determined by a personality test.
You may be better suited to： 4 rows de-duplicated into 3 cases, and every one of the 6 cells has a rule basis with no fabricated age.
These situations require caution： A has two candidates, B matches neither, and C has a food candidate with employment pending verification; the three category counts are verifiable.
Try an entry-level exercise： The three cases were not contacted, and information candidates are not benefit eligibility or processing outcomes.
Work pressure, risks and occupational boundaries
Focus on preventing misreading of the residual classification, distorted resource information, unknowns turning into facts, unauthorized contact, exceeding clinical authority, and treating certificates or category wages as a single position's pay; verify tasks, qualifications, supervision and procedures before specific services.
O*NET provides only the residual category definition, the BLS tasks and context belong to the social work category, New York is a state licensure example and Guangzhou is a registration condition; no incident probability or cross-jurisdiction licensure is provided.
Typical scenario：Assigning medical or child and family tasks directly to 21-1029.
Roles most affected：Job seekers and institutions
Possible consequence：May misjudge targets, qualifications and wages.
Entry, qualifications and career development
First check the target position's recipients, actual tasks, degree and experience, local qualifications and supervision. Use R1—R4 for fictional information matching and handover to identify the training still needed; the work cannot replace real practice or grant clinical authority.
Occupational prospects and related career transitions
U.S. 21-1029 grows 2.3% in 2025—2035, with about 5,800 average annual openings including replacements; this is not an individual hiring probability. Chinese industry background and qualification notices cannot establish a national independent occupational outlook; moving requires adding the target population, professional training and authority.
United States nationwide · SOC21-1029 Social Workers, All Other
77.4 → 79.2 thousand; net increase of 1.8 thousand, 2.3%, with 5.8 thousand average annual openings.
This category's growth and average annual openings
This category is 2.3%; OOH2% is rounded, and the 6% category figure is not borrowed.
Does not establish：Openings include replacements and are not real-time recruitment or AI causality.
O*NET21-1029 covers those not separately listed in other social work detailed categories; it is not all social workers and is not automatically a clinical position. O*NET states explicitly that there is no separate detailed task data for this category; the category background and editorial experience are marked separately on this page.
Choose a real task from this page for a small practice project or a conversation with someone in the field. Use the planning guides to set a date, an output and feedback questions before deciding whether to continue.
The R1—R4 requests, resources and matching rules are entirely fictional; do only paper information matching, contact no real people, judge no real benefit eligibility, and neither diagnose nor treat.
De-duplicate four inputs into three cases, check two fictional resource rules case by case, and write the matching candidates, unknowns and consent boundaries.
Practice information matching with fictional requests and resource rules; this is not the official 21-1029 task list.
Real referrals require checking consent and the recipient's procedures; this exercise only writes paper candidates.
This category is residual and covers those not separately listed in other social work detailed categories, and it is not all social workers or licensed clinical social workers. Clinical diagnosis and treatment, child and family, medical or mental health specialist positions each require verifying their classification and authority.
| Dimension | Primary track | Comparison track |
|---|---|---|
| Core purpose | Verify by the specific position's service recipients, tasks and authorization | A residual category definition does not determine a single position's professional authority. |
| Main targets and basis | Social workers not separately listed in other social work detailed categories | Independent diagnostic and treatment authority cannot be inferred from the 21-1029 title. |
| Core process | Category communication, resources and coordination serve as background only | The BLS growth for this category in 2025—2035 is 2.3%, not the 6% category figure. |
| Main outputs | Needs records and service coordination outputs of the specific position | Willingness to listen, check materials and keep records can support an experience, but does not infer individual competence. |
| Responsible party | Verify by region, service task, qualifications and agency | Diagnosis, treatment and crisis responsibility are verified by applicable licensure, agency and supervision. |
| Authority and approval | No separate task and interest survey for this category was provided | Chinese professional qualifications, community positions and U.S. state licensure must not be conflated. |
| Conclusion boundaries | Moving requires adding the target position's qualifications and supervised practice | Adjacent detailed categories each have their own service recipients and responsibilities, and their data cannot be used to fill in this category. |
The BLS social work category includes needs and situation assessment, which does not prove that every 21-1029 position is the same.
Food, care or employment information is not the same as benefit eligibility approval.
Confirm consent, agency requirements and acceptance status, and do not write a suggestion as already completed.
Record facts, unknowns and next steps, and do not fabricate diagnoses.
Specific data, disclosure and advocacy duties are verified by jurisdiction and agency.
Corresponding work may be carried out only with applicable qualifications, a lawful agency and supervisory arrangements.
The BLS typical preparation for this category is a bachelor's degree; actual position degrees, local licensure, supervision and agency authorization are verified separately. Chinese professional qualification certificates cannot replace U.S. state licensure or automatically grant diagnostic and treatment authority.
Service recipients and classification
Degrees and experience
Licensure and supervision
Data and referrals
| Those willing to support medical settings need medical knowledge, training and authority. |
| Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers | Assesses and treats mental, emotional or substance use problems. | Professional treatment responsibility cannot be inherited from a residual category title or paper work. | Those willing to learn professional interventions must verify local licensure, clinical training and supervision. |
|---|
| Social and Human Service Assistants | Assists service providers and recipients in obtaining benefits and community services. | Focuses on service support and does not automatically obtain independent professional judgment. | Those who like material liaison and support should verify position training, records and authorization. |
|---|
| Social and Community Service Managers | Plans and coordinates service programs and manages budgets and policies. | Organizational budget and policy responsibility is added, and not every social worker is automatically promoted. | Those willing to manage team programs need budget, policy and organizational skills. |
|---|
| Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists | Assists offenders in rehabilitation and suggests correctional plans. | Justice and correctional targets, job authority and procedures differ and cannot be obtained through social work experience alone. | Those willing to do correctional services should verify appointment, jurisdictional procedures and related qualifications. |
|---|
21-1029 is a residual category for those not separately listed in other social work detailed categories; child and family, medical and mental health detailed categories each have different service recipients, and their data cannot fill in this category.
Check the target service recipients, core tasks, local appointment licensure, supervision and data responsibility. Resource information communication provides only partial preparation and cannot guarantee a transfer or independent service from a residual occupational category.
Editorial ratings use the existing occupational responsibilities and AI task analysis on this page. They are not adoption rates, measured effects, job-disappearance or personal-unemployment probabilities, or official scores from Stanford or another external institution. No measured time weights or future robot deployment are assumed.
Information drafts are editorial candidate uses; rules and unknowns must be checked back against the original text.
Adoption depends on agency permission, materials and responsibility, and potential is not the same as an actual usage rate.
Positions are affected by demand, budget and policy, and the projection is not attributed to AI alone.
| Work area | Task | Current change | Human control point |
|---|---|---|---|
| Editorial information matching experience | Fictional requests and rules | Tools organize 6 candidate cells | Recalculate against R1—R3; this is not the official task list for this category |
| Category resource background | Resource information and sources | Tools list fields to verify | Verify the real sources and applicable conditions |
| Category record background | Facts, unknowns and status | Tools organize drafts | Do not fabricate illness or processing outcomes |
| Category coordination background | Referral information and responsibility | Tools list verification questions | Actual consent and agency procedures are verified separately |
| Specific position preparation | Degrees, qualifications and training | Tools list a preparation checklist | Supervisor and employer conditions prevail |
| Supervision and authority verification | Actual service scope | Tools organize questions | Do not judge licensure or diagnose and treat on someone's behalf |
| Occupational classification check | Residual category and other detailed categories | Tools list definition differences | No separate tasks; adjacent data must not be borrowed |
Evidence is insufficient: neither separate task data for this category nor AI adoption effects were verified. Task potential, agency use, service outcomes and net employment effects are viewed separately, and no substitution rate, risk score or disappearance year is invented.
The following are editorial candidate uses based on the social work category's resource and record background; this category has no separate task data, and adoption by all positions is not claimed.
AI primarily changesOrganize the rule and source fields.
Human responsibility remainsVerify the original text, dates and actual applicable conditions.
AI primarily changesMark knowns, unknowns and processing status.
Human responsibility remainsDo not fabricate illness or write uncontacted matters as completed.
AI primarily changesOrganize qualification and supervision questions.
Human responsibility remainsThe local supervisor, agency and employer verify actual authority.
Actual position personnel and the agency verify materials, rules and authority, and a model does not replace professional decisions. The following are only draft review steps for a fictional experience and do not provide real services or crisis operating guidance.
R1—R4 is entirely fictional, and real recipient materials require agency permission with no unauthorized uploads.
Only organize information candidates; do not judge real benefits, diagnose or actually process anything.
F has no age condition, and the J of C has an age pending verification; unknowns must not be filled in as satisfied.
Keep the original requests and rules, the independent first draft and revisions, and state the status clearly at handover.
Real service qualifications, consent, supervision and referral procedures are verified by the appropriate responsible persons.
The model may fabricate agency services or eligibility conditions.
Control: Verify the real original text; the exercise resources are explicitly fictional.
The model may judge C's unknown age as qualifying.
Control: Check back against R1—R3 and mark it for verification, without filling in the age.
Writing information candidates as consent to contact or as already referred.
Control: Consent and status are listed separately, and the three cases were not contacted.
Records may contain sensitive personal information.
Control: Verify agency data permission; the experience uses fictional material only.
A draft is treated as diagnosis, benefit approval or licensure.
Control: Verified by the responsible person in the actual jurisdiction and agency; this page grants no authorization.
First do R1—R4 independently, then use tools to check for gaps in rules and counts.
Organize drafts under agency permission and verify resource original texts, unknowns and data authority.
Verify targets, service authorization and records, and do not let a model make final clinical or benefit decisions.
Actually measure errors, privacy and benefit, and potential exposure cannot infer substitution headcount.
There is no independent measured substitution for this category; candidate drafts are kept separate from professional service responsibility.
Source: ILO method and the data boundaries of this categoryOriginal source ↗
This category's data cannot infer that all positions require programming; first check the actual tasks, qualifications and tools.
Source: O*NET residual category definitionOriginal source ↗
Fictional materials can be used to organize a rule-matching draft, checking each cell back against R1—R4.
Source: Editorial R1—R4Original source ↗
2025—2035 growth of 2.3% and net increase of 1.8 thousand, not an AI-only change.
Source: BLS detailed projectionOriginal source ↗
No. Professional qualifications, state licensure, agency authorization and supervision are verified separately, and a model grants no service authority.
Source: Classification and actual service boundariesOriginal source ↗
There is no credible disappearance year; task potential cannot infer individual unemployment.
Source: LLM study limitationsOriginal source ↗
First learn sources, rules, facts and unknowns, consent and handover, then check actual position training.
Source: Category background and editorial experienceOriginal source ↗
First check tool errors with fictional information matching and keep an independent first draft; the gaps in this category's task and substitution measurements cannot be filled with personality scores or category data.
The following is editorial information checking preparation, not an education or wage level; first verify the service recipients, duties, qualifications and supervision.
| Preparation background | Experience direction | Scope and checking suggestions |
|---|---|---|
| Disciplinary and material foundations | Needs and resource understanding | Practice checking facts, unknowns, sources and authority; no real service qualification is granted. |
| Bachelor's degree preparation | U.S. typical preparation for this category | A BLS statistical category, not the same as all positions or a clinical legal threshold. |
| Chinese professional qualification preparation | Verify by education and years of work | Guangzhou 2026 has separate routes for assistant, intermediate and senior levels; a certificate is not inferred directly from education. |
| Professional service training | Actual position licensure and supervision | Real diagnosis and treatment, data and referral responsibility are verified by the local agency. |
NBS2025 health and social work industry non-private 146,266 and private 75,631 yuan per year are industry averages. The Guangzhou Human Resources and Social Security 2026 qualification notice lists several education and work-year routes and promises no hiring or pay.
The scope of Chinese qualification work may involve benefits, assistance and community; this is not separate needs statistics for this category.
Professional authority in the health field is verified separately, and medical social work is not folded into residual category data.
Specific employer targets, budgets and position duties are verified separately, and uniform tasks are not inferred for all social workers.
Evidence is insufficient: no independent quantified effect of AI on Chinese employment or wages for Social Workers, All Other was verified, and task potential is not used to infer a substitution rate.
| 90th percentile | 115,610 U.S. dollars/year | Official annual wage, not individual take-home pay | The 2025 90th percentile is 115,610 U.S. dollars/year; not a title level. https://www.onetonline.org/link/localwages/21-1029.00?p=annual |
|---|
Wages · 10th percentile：43,620 U.S. dollars/year；The 10th percentile is not a starting wage.；O*NET national wage percentiles
Wages · 25th percentile：51,900 U.S. dollars/year；The 25th percentile is not an education level.；O*NET national wage percentiles
Wages · median：71,900 U.S. dollars/year；The median is not individual after-tax pay or a starting wage.；O*NET national wage percentiles
Wages · 75th percentile：97,040 U.S. dollars/year；The 75th percentile is not a title level.；O*NET national wage percentiles
Wages · 90th percentile：115,610 U.S. dollars/year；The 90th percentile is not a promotion promise.；O*NET national wage percentiles
No. 71,900 U.S. dollars is the national annual median, not a new hire wage, a single VA position or a Chinese wage.
No. Percentiles are not the same as after-tax pay or benefits, and the actual contract work period and individual offer are verified separately.
Wages May 2025; the projection is the 2025—2035 detailed projection for 21-1029; the 6% social work category figure or an older projection is not used.
No industry wage for this category was verified this round; category figures and medical-related single positions are not substituted.
| Data rows | Precise industry figure verification status for this category | Checking scope |
|---|---|---|
| Precise occupational industry row one | No precise occupational figure was verified | Industry figures for 21-1029 have not been verified; the social work category or a single VA position's wage is not borrowed. https://www.onetonline.org/link/localwages/21-1029.00?p=annual |
| Precise occupational industry row two | No precise occupational figure was verified | Industry figures for 21-1029 have not been verified; the social work category or a single VA position's wage is not borrowed. https://www.onetonline.org/link/localwages/21-1029.00?p=annual |
| Precise occupational industry row three | No precise occupational figure was verified | Industry figures for 21-1029 have not been verified; the social work category or a single VA position's wage is not borrowed. https://www.onetonline.org/link/localwages/21-1029.00?p=annual |
| Precise occupational industry row four | No precise occupational figure was verified | Industry figures for 21-1029 have not been verified; the social work category or a single VA position's wage is not borrowed. https://www.onetonline.org/link/localwages/21-1029.00?p=annual |
The national distribution includes regional and institutional differences, and a hospital category average cannot replace a single position in this category.
Check full-time or part-time status, travel, evenings and weekends, on-call duty, benefits and contract, with the specific schedule verified by employer.
The typical bachelor's degree, single-position MSW conditions and state licensure differ; no fixed degree or certificate wage premium is inferred.
2025 is 77.4 thousand and 2035 is 79.2 thousand.；BLS detailed occupational projections
Detailed growth of 2.3% and net increase of 1.8 thousand； OOH2% is rounded, and the 6% category figure is not this category.；BLS detailed occupational projections
Includes new additions and replacement from people leaving the occupation, not an annual net increase.；BLS detailed occupational projections
O*NET occupational interest baseline
No separate interest code is provided for this category, and S or SI is not filled in.Those willing to listen, check resource information and write clear handovers can do the fictional experience; interest labels do not infer qualifications, competence or individual hiring.
First complete the independent R1—R4 information matching, then check the position targets, degrees, qualifications and supervision; this category has insufficient independent interest data.
Does this category have separate Holland interest data?
Evidence is insufficient: this category has no separate O*NET interest code, and the S or SI data of other social workers are not borrowed. Listening, information checking and handover can be experienced, but interests cannot prove competence.
Do not use it this way: There is no interest code or individual fit rate for this category.
Test my Holland occupational interestsWhich Big Five traits are more relevant to this job?
Big Five can prompt reflection on communication and record preferences, but personality labels cannot infer work capability in this category.
Do not use it this way: There is no score threshold or best personality for this category.
View my Big Five personality traitsCan MBTI be used to judge whether I suit Social Workers, All Other?
MBTI only supports preference discussion and cannot judge social work qualifications or grant service authority.
Do not use it this way: Does not presume a best type or exclude introverts and extroverts.
Learn about my MBTI preferencesCan the Enneagram show whether I suit this occupation?
Enneagram only helps reflect on reactions and cannot infer professional service effects or make psychological diagnoses.
Do not use it this way: Does not replace training, licensure and supervision.
Explore my Enneagram patternsIf I am not good at math, can I be a Social Worker, All Other?
Logic checking can be trained; this exercise counts 3 cases, 6 cells and the results, and does not use an IQ score to infer social work capability.
Do not use it this way: Correct exercise arithmetic is not the same as real service competence.
Learn about my intelligence and reasoning performanceDo Social Workers, All Other need high emotional intelligence?
Listening and explaining boundaries are observable; a high emotional intelligence label cannot replace professional training.
Do not use it this way: Real services require verified qualifications, authorization and supervision.
Learn about my emotional intelligence abilitiesFits better when: Those willing to support children and families need target practice training and local qualifications.
Watch for: The service recipients focus on children, families and schools, not the detailed tasks of the residual 21-1029 category.
Explore related career: Child, Family, and School Social WorkersFits better when: Those willing to support medical settings need medical knowledge, training and authority.
Watch for: Focuses on illness and medical services, with position licensure and agency authorization verified separately.
Explore related career: Healthcare Social WorkersFits better when: Those willing to learn professional interventions must verify local licensure, clinical training and supervision.
Watch for: Professional treatment responsibility cannot be inherited from a residual category title or paper work.
Explore related career: Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social WorkersFits better when: Those who like material liaison and support should verify position training, records and authorization.
Watch for: Focuses on service support and does not automatically obtain independent professional judgment.
Explore related career: Social and Human Service AssistantsFits better when: Those willing to manage team programs need budget, policy and organizational skills.
Watch for: Organizational budget and policy responsibility is added, and not every social worker is automatically promoted.
Explore related career: Social and Community Service ManagersFits better when: Those willing to do correctional services should verify appointment, jurisdictional procedures and related qualifications.
Watch for: Justice and correctional targets, job authority and procedures differ and cannot be obtained through social work experience alone.
Explore related career: Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment SpecialistsDoes not presume a type; see whether you can listen, check information and explain unknowns and authority.
Introverts can practice structured communication; do not exclude by label, and real interaction is verified by position.
Outgoing people still need to check materials accurately and respect boundaries, and enthusiasm does not replace training.
There is no credible best MBTI; explore with concrete work products and real position training.
Evidence is insufficient: O*NET states that this category has no separate detailed data, so other social workers' interest codes are not borrowed.
There is no basis for personality scores predicting performance in this category; check actual outputs and training.
Rule logic can be trained, and the 3 cases and 6 cells are a fictional exercise only and do not infer full practice capability.
Listening and clearly explaining boundaries are required, and no qualification is granted by an emotional intelligence label.
Enneagram provides no competency conclusion; observe whether unknowns or disputes return to evidence.
Submit four work products: de-duplication, known and unknown, the 6-cell matching and the handover boundaries, then check position qualifications and supervision.
How to reduce risk：Check real position task classification; this category has no separate detailed data.
Evidence：O*NET residual category boundaries · BLS social work category tasks
Typical scenario：Treating fictional rules or outdated resources as real benefit eligibility.
Roles most affected：Service recipients and position personnel
Possible consequence：May create wrong expectations or delay access to information.
How to reduce risk：Verify original sources, dates and applicable conditions; information candidates are not approval.
Evidence：BLS social work category tasks · O*NET residual category boundaries
Typical scenario：Judging J as a candidate or not matching when C's age is unknown.
Roles most affected：Recipients and record users
Possible consequence：The matching basis is distorted and later personnel may misread it.
How to reduce risk：Mark unknowns and items to verify; do not fabricate illness, income or family.
Evidence：O*NET residual category boundaries · BLS social work category tasks
Typical scenario：Treating A's consent to learn about information only as permission to contact a recipient.
Roles most affected：Service recipients and agencies
Possible consequence：May leak materials or confuse processing status.
How to reduce risk：Consent and service procedures are verified separately; all three cases in this exercise were not contacted.
Evidence：BLS social work category tasks · New York LCSW licensure and supervision · ASWB state licensure entry
Typical scenario：Performing unauthorized diagnosis and treatment on the strength of a social work title or certificate.
Roles most affected：Service personnel and recipients
Possible consequence：May cause improper services and confused responsibility.
How to reduce risk：Verify local licensure, lawful agencies and supervision, and do not grant clinical authority from a classification.
Evidence：New York LCSW licensure and supervision · ASWB state licensure entry · O*NET residual category boundaries
Typical scenario：Treating industry averages, a single VA position or a qualification certificate as a national starting wage.
Roles most affected：Applicants and employers
Possible consequence：May misjudge entry and income expectations.
How to reduce risk：Check the single position's degree, licensure, schedule, contract and wage definitions, and do not infer a certificate premium.
Evidence：BLS social work category tasks · New York LCSW licensure and supervision · Guangzhou 2026 social work qualification conditions · O*NET residual category boundaries
| Preparation direction | Experience and preparation content | Observable basis | Deliverable work products | Scope and boundaries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classification identification | 21-1029 is the residual social work category | Other detailed category tasks cannot be used to fill it in | Definition and position task checklist | O*NET has no separate detailed data |
| Information checking | Read requests and resource rules | Facts, unknowns and sources are explicit | Fictional matching table | Not a real benefit eligibility determination |
| Position practice preparation | Accept specific position training and supervision | Targets, tasks and authority are clear | Supervised training records | The work grants no service authority |
| Professional service preparation | Verify licensure and agency by jurisdiction | Diagnosis and treatment require applicable qualifications and authorization | Local rules and supervision checklist | A classification grants no clinical authority |
| Program development preparation | Understand organizational and service coordination | Duties and budgets are verified by position | Real position condition verification | No promotion or wage is guaranteed |
The Ann Arbor outpatient Social Worker, federal 0185 series, GS9—11; requires a CSWE-accredited MSW, and GS9 has a licensure exception with supervisory arrangements.
The medical-related single position was not verified as 21-1029 and does not substitute for all requirements of this category.
Guangzhou Human Resources and Social Security 2026 assistant social worker registration: a current social work bachelor's graduate and those who already hold a bachelor's degree or above may follow the corresponding route; other majors at bachelor's level or above need 2 years of social work.
Only two verified routes are listed, and other education routes follow the notice; no diagnosis or hiring is granted.
The United States follows state supervisory rules; the New York LCSW requires an acceptable MSW with clinical coursework, at least 3 years of post-master's supervised experience, an examination and more.
The New York example is not a national threshold, and the lawful agency and supervisory arrangements must still be verified.
Use R1—R4 to submit four work products: de-duplication, known and unknown, rule matching and handover boundaries.
Do fictional information matching only, and judge neither real benefits nor clinical competence.
Do paper or local document information matching only. Do not contact real people or agencies, diagnose or treat, or judge real benefit eligibility; the rules below determine only the information candidates of this exercise.
R1｜4 input rows. A: east district, age 22, wants food and employment information, consents only to learning about information and has not authorized contact; B: west district, age 17, wants employment information, contact consent unknown; C: east district, age unknown, wants food and employment information, contact consent unknown; the 4th row is completely identical to A. De-duplicate by case number and all fields, keep the first row and do not change unknowns.
R2｜Resource F is fictional food information and only requires the east district with food in the request, with no age condition; resource J is fictional employment activity information and requires being at least 18 years old with employment in the request, with no district restriction. Judge only by the given conditions as “candidate”, “not matching” or “pending verification”, and add no income, illness or family conditions.
R3｜Judge F and J separately for each case. If all necessary conditions are met it is a candidate; if any known condition does not match it is not matching; if other necessary conditions are unknown it is pending verification. A resource that was not requested is not matching. An information candidate is not registration, a benefit or an existing referral; contact authorization is recorded separately and does not take part in the information matching judgment.
R4｜Submit the de-duplication list, the known and unknown table for each case, the 6-cell matching table of 3 cases × 2 resources (one condition basis per cell), and one handover sentence per case. Mark the candidate count, pending count, not-matching count and actual contact status. The actual contact in this exercise is uniformly “not contacted”.
Review requirements｜An unknown age must not be used to directly judge qualifying or not matching; unauthorized contact must not be written as already contacted. The only input is R1, and real service needs or benefit conditions are not inferred.
De-duplication keeps the three cases A, B and C, and each case is checked against F and J with the basis written. Count the three categories of candidate, pending and not matching, and do not default unknowns to satisfied.
Submit four work products and write three handover sentences explaining the information candidates, items to verify and the not-contacted status. All materials are fictional and the results constitute no real referral or eligibility decision.
The four inputs de-duplicate to 3 cases; A's duplicate row is deleted but the first row is kept. A: F candidate (east district and food requested), J candidate (22 ≥ 18 and employment requested); B: F not matching (west district and food not requested), J not matching (17 < 18); C: F candidate (east district and food requested, F does not require age), J pending verification (employment requested but age unknown).
The 6 cells total 3 candidates, 1 pending and 2 not matching. A's contact is unauthorized; B's and C's contact consent is unknown; none of the three cases was contacted. A's information candidates F and J are not an existing referral, B's mismatches under the exercise conditions cannot infer unsuitability for other real services, and C's unknown age cannot determine whether J qualifies or does not match.
Handover example: A “F and J are information candidates, with consent only to learning about information, no contact authorized and no contact made”; B “F and J both fail the exercise conditions, contact consent unknown and no contact made”; C “F is a candidate, J needs age verification, contact consent unknown and no contact made”. This applies only to the fictional rules, with no contact with real people, no judgment of real benefit eligibility and no diagnosis or treatment.
R1—R4 is entirely fictional, and candidates are not real qualifications or completed services; this category has no separate O*NET task data and the exercise is an editorial information checking experience. Real services are subject to applicable training, licensure, agency authorization and supervision.
Keep the first R1 A, B and C and mark the 4th row as a duplicate.
4 inputs → 3 cases, without changing unknowns or requests.
Write the district, age, request and contact consent for each case.
C's age is unknown, A has not authorized contact, and B's and C's consent is unknown.
F and J results and condition bases for each case.
3 candidates, 1 pending and 2 not matching, with F having no age condition.
Explain the candidate, items to verify and not-contacted status for each case.
None of the three cases was contacted, and no benefit or real referral is promised.
| Stage | What may be assessed | Observed evidence | Use boundaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input | Which materials are actually given | Only the four R1 rows are used | No fabricated illness, income or family |
| Rules | How the matching conditions are read | F district and request; J age and request | No conditions that were not given are added |
| Unknowns | What to do when a necessary field is missing | C's J has an age pending verification | Unknowns are not defaulted to qualifying |
| Handover | Whether contact or a benefit actually occurred | All were not contacted | A candidate is not a qualification or a completed matter |
Read R1—R4 and the 21-1029 classification boundaries, and write the difference between the exercise and real services.
Keep the independent input table and de-duplicate by case number and fields into 3 cases.
List the knowns, unknowns and contact consent for each case, without filling in the missing age.
Do the 6-cell F and J matching independently and write the rule basis for each cell.
Count the three result categories and write a handover sentence and the not-contacted status for each case.
After sealing the first draft, compare with the answers and check 3 candidates, 1 pending and 2 not matching, and that F has no age condition.
Organize the four work products, review listening, checking and record patience, then check real position qualifications and supervision.
| Qualification / status | Applicable to whom | Checking basis | Scope boundaries | Next verification step | Source scope | Important limitations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLS typical entry is a bachelor's degree | U.S. 21-1029 statistical preparation | Typical entry education category for this category | Not an independent clinical license | Check real employers and state rules | BLS detailed projection | Does not infer that a bachelor's degree leads to entry in all positions |
| Chinese assistant level registration | Target applicants | Guangzhou Human Resources and Social Security 2026 several education and year routes | The other bachelor's level or above example requires 2 years of work | Verify by education, major and work evidence | Current notice | Not the same as U.S. state licensure |
| Chinese intermediate and senior registration | Target-level applicants | Each level has different education and year conditions | A bachelor's degree alone is not automatic registration | Check the level and current requirements | Guangzhou 2026 notice | No hiring or pay is promised |
| U.S. state licensure | Applicants for actual service positions | State supervisory rules and service categories | New York LCSW is a state example | Check education, supervision, examination and the agency's lawful scope | NYSED and ASWB entry | Does not extrapolate a uniform national number of years |
| VA medical-related single position | Applicants for that posting | CSWE-accredited MSW and grade requirements | The GS9 exception has supervisory and subsequent licensure requirements | Check all posting conditions and the nationality scope | 0185 series single position | Not verified as 21-1029 |
| Real service authorization | Practicing service personnel | Jurisdiction, agency and supervisory arrangements | A classification or work does not grant diagnostic and treatment authority | Verify the lawful scope and responsibility before starting | Actual position | This page serves as no clinical operating guidance |
Typical scope：Check the residual category definition.
Readiness evidence：Does not borrow other social work tasks.
Credential boundary：A classification grants no service authority.
Next moves：Read the specific position tasks.
Typical scope：Do the R1—R4 matching.
Readiness evidence：The 3 cases and 6 cells have evidence.
Credential boundary：Fictional paper experience only.
Next moves：Practice checking unknowns and rules.
Typical scope：Check resource and referral procedures.
Readiness evidence：Consent and acceptance status are kept separate.
Credential boundary：Actual qualifications and authorization are verified separately.
Next moves：Accept position training and supervision.
Typical scope：Coordinates resources within authorization.
Readiness evidence：Records facts and next steps.
Credential boundary：No promotion or wage is guaranteed.
Next moves：Add real collaboration and evaluation.
Typical scope：Clarify the target service type.
Readiness evidence：Classification and licensure differ.
Credential boundary：Must not diagnose or treat without authorization.
Next moves：Check local supervisory rules.
Typical scope：Check degree, years and examination.
Readiness evidence：Chinese certificates and state licensure are kept separate.
Credential boundary：Makes no national mutual recognition.
Next moves：Prepare materials by target route.
Typical scope：Learn under lawful agency arrangements.
Readiness evidence：Supervisory responsibility is clear.
Credential boundary：The New York example is not a national standard.
Next moves：Complete applicable training and practice.
Typical scope：Check the agency's service recipients.
Readiness evidence：Needs and outputs are clear.
Credential boundary：Does not infer uniform tasks for all social workers.
Next moves：Read actual position postings.
Typical scope：Write accurate work handovers.
Readiness evidence：Unknowns and processing status are kept separate.
Credential boundary：Real data authority is verified separately.
Next moves：Practice records and team communication.
Typical scope：Understands procedures and collaboration.
Readiness evidence：Position responsibility division can be verified.
Credential boundary：Management authority is verified by appointment.
Next moves：Add budget policy and program methods.
Can distinguish the residual category, other detailed categories and the social work category background.
Matches by fictional rules, keeping facts, unknowns and contact permission separate.
Accepts target position training, supervision and record standards.
Add qualifications or management capability for the actual tasks; no promotion is guaranteed.
United States nationwide · SOC21-1029；U.S. dollars/year
Median 71,900; P10 is 43,620 and P90 is 115,610 U.S. dollars per year.
Annual median wage of wage earners in this category
The national distribution, not qualification certificate or clinical level wages.
Does not establish：Not a single position's starting wage, after-tax pay or a Chinese quote.
China urban units · All positions in the industry; yuan/year
Non-private 146,266 and private 75,631 yuan/year.
Health and social work industry background
Industry background, not the wage of Social Workers, All Other.
Does not establish：Evidence is insufficient: after checking NBS and the 2026 qualification notice, no Chinese national independent employment growth or wage distribution for this category was verified, and no extrapolation is made.
These are capability relationships, not automatic promotions or credential waivers.
Transfers：Needs communication, resource information and records can serve as category preparation.
Build next：Add child, family and school service knowledge, practice training and local qualifications.
View career profileTransfers：Resource coordination, communication and analysis of unknowns can serve as category preparation.
Build next：Add medical and illness knowledge, agency procedures, professional training and licensure.
View career profileTransfers：Listening, records and awareness of boundaries can serve as category preparation.
Build next：Add mental health professional training, clinical licensure and supervision.
View career profileTransfers：Resource information checking and handover can serve as editorial experience preparation.
Build next：Add actual support service processes, records and position training.
View career profileTransfers：Agency collaboration and understanding of service processes can serve as category preparation.
Build next：Add budget, policy, personnel and program management responsibility.
View career profileTransfers：Needs and resource records can serve as category preparation and contain no judicial authority.
Build next：Add justice and correctional appointment, procedures, target training and legal authority.
View career profileTransfers：Information explanation and community resource understanding can serve as category preparation.
Build next：Add health promotion knowledge, community programs and applicable service training.
View career profileTransfers：Needs communication and information analysis can serve as category preparation.
Build next：Add academic and career guidance methods, appointment and applicable licensure.
View career profileEvidence is insufficient: O*NET states that All Other covers diverse occupations that do not fit a detailed profile and provides no detailed data. This page does not borrow the tasks, interests or context percentages of child and family, medical or mental health social workers.
The May 2025 national annual median wage for 21-1029 is 71,900 U.S. dollars, with P10 at 43,620 and P90 at 115,610. This is not a clinical single position's starting wage, a Chinese quote or a qualification level wage, and individual contracts are verified separately.
Evidence is insufficient: after checking NBS2025 and the Guangzhou 2026 qualification notice, no Chinese national independent wage percentile for Social Workers, All Other was verified. Health and social work non-private 146,266 and private 75,631 yuan/year are industry background only and cannot yield a monthly salary.
2025—2035 employment 77.4 → 79.2 thousand, net increase of 1.8 thousand, 2.3% growth, with 5.8 thousand average annual openings including replacements. OOH2% is rounded, the social work category's 6% is not this category, and this is not real-time recruitment or individual hiring.
Evidence is insufficient: this category lacks separate detailed task data and measured AI adoption or substitution. Information and record drafts are editorial candidate uses, and real materials, professional judgment, licensure and referral procedures are verified by the appropriate personnel and agencies, with no substitution rate invented.
The BLS typical bachelor's degree for this category is a statistical preparation. The VA medical-related 0185 single position requires an accredited MSW and grade licensure and supervision conditions and was not confirmed as 21-1029. The Chinese social work qualification is verified by level, education and major, and years-of-work route, with no qualification mutual recognition.
Actual services are verified by local licensure, lawful agencies and supervision. The New York LCSW has requirements such as MSW clinical coursework and at least 3 years of supervised experience, and the LMSW may perform corresponding clinical work under lawful supervision conditions; the New York example is not a national or Chinese rule, and a classification grants no authority.
Using only the fictional R1—R4 requests and rules, submit four work products: de-duplication, known and unknown, 6-cell matching and handover boundaries. None of the three cases was contacted, and information candidates are not real benefit eligibility, referrals or clinical competence.
The 4 inputs de-duplicate to 3 cases. A gives F/J candidates, B gives F/J not matching, and C gives F candidate with J pending verification; that is 3 candidates, 1 pending and 2 not matching. F has no age condition, and J requires being at least 18 years old with employment requested; A has not authorized contact, B's and C's consent is unknown, and none was contacted.
Checked and read according to O*NET21-1029 residual category and data gap statement, national wages and the detailed projection, BLS category background, NBS, Guangzhou registration, New York licensure and the VA related sample; R1—R4 was editorially designed.
In this round on 2026-10-02 we checked the 21-1029 residual category data boundaries, the national five wage percentiles and the detailed projection, Guangzhou 2026 registration, New York clinical licensure and the VA related single position and four new adjacent occupations; the NBS eight broad categories and the other four adjacent occupations follow what was checked in this batch. Wages May 2025, projection 2025—2035, and ILO, LLM and NIST are methodological background.
Classification: O*NET; U.S. wages and projections: O*NET／BLS; China industry: NBS; registration: Guangzhou Human Resources and Social Security; licensure: NYSED and state entry; related recruitment: VA／USAJOBS.
Limitations：States clearly that there is no separate detailed task, interest or context data and that detailed categories cannot be substituted
Limitations：43620, 51900, 71900, 97040 and 115610 U.S. dollars per year, not title levels
Limitations：77.4 → 79.2 thousand, net increase of 1.8 thousand, 2.3% and 5.8 thousand average annual openings; the typical bachelor's degree is not a license
Limitations：Not after-tax benefits or a single position's offer
Limitations：Not a national independent wage for Social Workers, All Other
Limitations：Registration is not recruitment, U.S. state licensure or diagnostic and treatment authorization
Limitations：A state example is not a national rule and provides no actual clinical operating guidance
Limitations：Check the specific requirements with the target state supervisor; the ASWB entry is not a uniform national law
Limitations：Specialist detailed categories cannot fill 21-1029 data
Limitations：Medical setting tasks and licensure differ, and no automatic transfer is inferred
Limitations：Category task and context data are not separate 21-1029 data, and the 6% growth is not borrowed for this category
Limitations：Not actual adoption or substitution for this category
Limitations：4 rows, 3 cases and 6 cells, with 3 candidates, 1 pending and 2 not matching, and none of the three cases contacted; no real benefits are judged
Limitations：A voluntary risk framework does not replace professional licensure or agency responsibility
Limitations：Not service outcomes or actual adoption timing for this category
Limitations：No cross-country qualification mutual recognition
Limitations：Annual pay 69716—109661 for a single position; the medical-related role was not confirmed as 21-1029, precise sample N0
Limitations：Other social workers' interest codes or new hire education distributions are not borrowed
Limitations：Professional authority is verified separately and cannot be granted by the residual category
Limitations：A support position is not an independent clinical role
Limitations：Added management responsibility does not guarantee a natural promotion
Limitations：Not recruitment and not counted as a precise occupational sample or employment figure
Limitations：Judicial appointment, procedures and authority are verified separately
Limitations：Median 71900 U.S. dollars per year, not a Chinese or clinical single position wage
Limitations：The New York State example is not the condition for every U.S. position
Limitations：EP employment and OEWS statistical scopes differ
Limitations：Different focus, and service training and authority are verified separately
Limitations：Target appointment methods and licensure are verified separately
Limitations：The category's 6% growth and 61780 annual salary are not borrowed for this category; industry wages are not precise 21-1029 figures
This category has no separate O*NET task, interest or context data, and other detailed categories are not borrowed; the social work category, New York licensure and Guangzhou registration each have their own scope. R1—R4 is entirely fictional, information candidates are not real qualifications or existing referrals, and the work grants no professional service authority.
MBTI (English) · Big Five (English) · MBTI (Chinese) · Big Five (Chinese)
Wage definitions
Schedules and support
Typical scope：Continuously check the actual service scope.
Readiness evidence：Both qualifications and agency apply effectively.
Credential boundary：A title does not automatically expand authority.
Next moves：Add target specialist service capability.
Typical scope：Check program budgets and team responsibility.
Readiness evidence：Target tasks and qualifications are clear.
Credential boundary：No natural promotion is promised.
Next moves：Check the service manager requirements.
Limitations：Editorial ratings use the existing occupational responsibilities and AI task analysis on this page. They are not adoption rates, measured effects, job-disappearance or personal-unemployment probabilities, or official scores from Stanford or another external institution. No measured time weights or future robot deployment are assumed.
How are the residual classification and actual service preparation kept separate?