Social Workers, All Other
The published band from $43,620 to $115,610 is the distinctive signal for this role, not a twin of Healthcare Social Workers.
Same-major-group titles next to Social Workers, All Other: Healthcare Social Workers ($68K) , Religious Workers, All Other ($45K) , Clergy ($61K) , Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors ($64K) . Hash-ordered per card so residual SOC siblings do not share an identical peer sentence.
Highest-pay states for Social Workers, All Other
State names lead when O*NET tasks are absent for this SOC, geography mass differs by occupation even when peer titles overlap.
- 1. Massachusetts $101,280
- 2. Washington $102,520
- 3. Nevada $121,830
- 4. District of Columbia $96,380
- 5. Missouri $98,740
- 6. New Hampshire $103,710
- 7. South Carolina $96,350
- 8. Rhode Island $111,590
- 9. Oklahoma $101,860
- 10. Hawaii $116,130
Other Community and Social Service Occupations careers next to Social Workers, All Other
Same BLS major group, ordered by national median.
- 1. Clergy $60,810
- 2. Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors $64,330
- 3. Social and Human Service Assistants $45,930
- 4. Religious Workers, All Other $45,280
- 5. Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists $66,270
- 6. Child, Family, and School Social Workers $59,550
- 7. Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other $56,730
- 8. Rehabilitation Counselors $46,850
- 9. Counselors, All Other $50,860
- 10. Healthcare Social Workers $67,880
- 11. Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers $60,280
- 12. Health Education Specialists $64,070
Typical Entry and Preparation Assignments
The OEWS band for Social Workers, All Other runs from $43,620 (10th) to $115,610 (90th), about 2.7× wide, with median $71,900. That spread, not the midpoint alone, is the distinctive published fact.
Employment Projections expect +4% change between 2024 and 2034 (about as fast as average vs baseline 3.1%). About 7,000 annual openings are projected. BLS assigns Bachelor's degree as typical education needed for entry. These are occupation-level assignments, not universal requirements. BLS does not publish a separate occupation-specific safety rate for this role; its broad SOC-group rate is excluded from this career card's grade.
Highest published state median in this ranking: Massachusetts at $101,280. The table records differences without proving causes. Highest-pay peer shown here: Healthcare Social Workers at $67,880. Compare the same statistic in the relevant local wage area before treating the national median as a personal benchmark; OEWS excludes employer benefits.
Social Workers, All Other pay-rank #1 in Community and Social Service Occupations
Among 17 detailed Community and Social Service Occupations with a published OEWS median, Social Workers, All Other is pay-rank #1, the upper third of that major group. The order is ROW_NUMBER on national median (title as tiebreak), not a worker-level percentile.
Other upper-third titles · closest medians
Data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025. Projections from BLS Employment Projections program, 2024-2034.
Social Workers, All Other: pay spread is wide, and location matters
The 10th-to-90th percentile spread for Social Workers, All Other is unusually wide, so the state map and peer comparison carry more signal than the median alone.
Social Workers, All Other salary map
State, metro, and percentile for SOC 21-1029
Massachusetts · top state for Social Workers, All Other
$101K published median
Washington · #2 state pay
$103K · behind Massachusetts
Healthcare Social Workers
Highest-pay peer vs Social Workers, All Other · $68K
Religious Workers, All Other
Lower-pay peer beside Social Workers, All Other · $45K
Compare Social Workers, All Other
Head-to-head OEWS medians with another SOC
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Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Wage and state figures use BLS OEWS May 2025; growth and education use BLS Employment Projections for 2024-2034; safety fields cite BLS CFOI/SOII; task statements cite O*NET where shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OES Occupational wage estimates by area and industry · 2025
Federal sources on this Social Workers, All Other card
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS / OES) - national median and percentiles for SOC 21-1029. bls.gov/oes
- O*NET OnLine - task and skill statements for Social Workers, All Other. onetcenter.org
- BLS Employment Projections - 2024-2034 change and openings for this occupation. bls.gov/emp
- U.S. Census Bureau ACS - demographic and labor-force context for state and metro geography. census.gov/programs-surveys/acs
- IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) - payroll-tax aggregate context for wage comparisons. irs.gov/statistics