21 Series · SOC 21-1029

Social Workers, All Other

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$69,480

per year

Median Hourly

$33.40/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$74,680

average

Employment

64,940

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$44,530$52,010$69,480$95,390$112,740
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$21.41$25.01$33.40$45.86$54.20
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$44,530

25th Percentile

$52,010

Median

$69,480

75th Percentile

$95,390

90th Percentile

$112,740

Salary by State

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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Nevada $109,220 +57% above national
2 Hawaii $108,780 +57% above national
3 District of Columbia $107,060 +54% above national
4 Rhode Island $106,910 +54% above national
5 New Hampshire $104,770 +51% above national
6 Oklahoma $100,150 +44% above national
7 Washington $96,550 +39% above national
8 Massachusetts $94,000 +35% above national
9 Georgia $92,750 +33% above national
10 South Carolina $91,940 +32% above national
11 Delaware $91,710 +32% above national
12 Mississippi $89,860 +29% above national
13 Texas $89,520 +29% above national
14 South Dakota $89,320 +29% above national
15 Alabama $89,170 +28% above national
16 Iowa $88,000 +27% above national
17 Virginia $86,690 +25% above national
18 Indiana $80,410 +16% above national
19 Minnesota $79,220 +14% above national
20 Maryland $77,900 +12% above national
21 North Dakota $77,380 +11% above national
22 New York $75,020 +8% above national
23 Wyoming $74,880 +8% above national
24 Kentucky $73,200 +5% above national
25 Vermont $70,590 +2% above national
26 California $70,440 +1% above national
27 New Jersey $70,430 +1% above national
28 West Virginia $68,990 1% below national
29 New Mexico $68,950 1% below national
30 Connecticut $68,510 1% below national
31 Nebraska $67,590 3% below national
32 Pennsylvania $65,990 5% below national
33 Louisiana $64,720 7% below national
34 Illinois $63,590 8% below national
35 Utah $63,560 9% below national
36 Oregon $63,350 9% below national
37 Colorado $63,320 9% below national
38 North Carolina $63,150 9% below national
39 Wisconsin $62,510 10% below national
40 Ohio $60,990 12% below national
41 Alaska $60,880 12% below national
42 Arizona $60,330 13% below national
43 Idaho $59,950 14% below national
44 Michigan $58,920 15% below national
45 Virgin Islands $58,630 16% below national
46 Florida $57,200 18% below national
47 Maine $55,220 21% below national
48 Missouri $52,080 25% below national
49 Tennessee $52,060 25% below national
50 Montana $49,600 29% below national
51 Arkansas $46,210 33% below national
52 Puerto Rico $42,520 39% below national

Salary by Metro Area

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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 Reno, NV $142,290 +105% above national
2 Chico, CA $120,100 +73% above national
3 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $109,220 +57% above national
4 Urban Honolulu, HI $108,780 +57% above national
5 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA $108,120 +56% above national
6 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $104,540 +50% above national
7 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $102,900 +48% above national
8 Fayetteville, NC $102,840 +48% above national
9 Killeen-Temple, TX $102,590 +48% above national
10 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $102,020 +47% above national
11 Vallejo, CA $101,910 +47% above national
12 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $101,690 +46% above national
13 Columbus, GA-AL $101,070 +45% above national
14 Oklahoma City, OK $100,860 +45% above national
15 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $100,840 +45% above national
16 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $100,380 +44% above national
17 Lexington-Fayette, KY $100,360 +44% above national
18 Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $100,150 +44% above national
19 Lebanon, PA $99,740 +44% above national
20 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $99,220 +43% above national
21 Clarksville, TN-KY $98,550 +42% above national
22 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $98,240 +41% above national
23 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $98,030 +41% above national
24 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $97,890 +41% above national
25 Elizabethtown, KY $97,840 +41% above national
26 Birmingham, AL $97,180 +40% above national
27 Tulsa, OK $97,120 +40% above national
28 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $96,680 +39% above national
29 Asheville, NC $96,370 +39% above national
30 Saginaw, MI $95,680 +38% above national
31 Columbia, SC $94,720 +36% above national
32 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $94,600 +36% above national
33 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $94,540 +36% above national
34 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC $94,540 +36% above national
35 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $94,380 +36% above national
36 Jackson, MS $94,310 +36% above national
37 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $93,080 +34% above national
38 El Paso, TX $92,850 +34% above national
39 Roanoke, VA $92,850 +34% above national
40 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $92,750 +33% above national
41 Savannah, GA $92,750 +33% above national
42 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $92,330 +33% above national
43 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $91,940 +32% above national
44 Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $91,920 +32% above national
45 Battle Creek, MI $91,290 +31% above national
46 West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $91,060 +31% above national
47 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $91,040 +31% above national
48 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $90,670 +30% above national
49 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $90,130 +30% above national
50 Greenville, NC $89,560 +29% above national
51 Waco, TX $89,520 +29% above national
52 Johnson City, TN $89,460 +29% above national
53 Iowa City, IA $89,380 +29% above national
54 Richmond, VA $89,070 +28% above national
55 St. Cloud, MN $88,590 +28% above national
56 Binghamton, NY $88,520 +27% above national
57 South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $88,460 +27% above national
58 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $88,170 +27% above national
59 Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $88,050 +27% above national
60 Fargo, ND-MN $87,050 +25% above national
61 Stockton-Lodi, CA $86,900 +25% above national
62 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $86,870 +25% above national
63 Omaha, NE-IA $86,690 +25% above national
64 Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $86,640 +25% above national
65 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $86,240 +24% above national
66 Syracuse, NY $85,760 +23% above national
67 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $84,880 +22% above national
68 Corpus Christi, TX $83,990 +21% above national
69 Erie, PA $83,550 +20% above national
70 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $83,430 +20% above national
71 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $82,760 +19% above national
72 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $82,220 +18% above national
73 Wildwood-The Villages, FL $82,040 +18% above national
74 Salinas, CA $82,010 +18% above national
75 Kansas City, MO-KS $81,730 +18% above national
76 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $81,500 +17% above national
77 Beckley, WV $81,020 +17% above national
78 Rockford, IL $80,970 +17% above national
79 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ $80,720 +16% above national
80 Modesto, CA $80,660 +16% above national
81 Pittsburgh, PA $80,600 +16% above national
82 Alexandria, LA $80,260 +16% above national
83 Utica-Rome, NY $80,240 +15% above national
84 Rochester, NY $80,160 +15% above national
85 Amarillo, TX $79,790 +15% above national
86 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $79,390 +14% above national
87 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $79,270 +14% above national
88 Ithaca, NY $78,880 +14% above national
89 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $78,860 +14% above national
90 Rochester, MN $78,840 +13% above national
91 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $78,500 +13% above national
92 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $78,500 +13% above national
93 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $78,480 +13% above national
94 Mankato, MN $78,350 +13% above national
95 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $78,270 +13% above national
96 Madison, WI $78,020 +12% above national
97 Colorado Springs, CO $77,660 +12% above national
98 Lubbock, TX $77,380 +11% above national
99 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $77,380 +11% above national
100 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $77,080 +11% above national
101 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $77,060 +11% above national
102 Duluth, MN-WI $76,510 +10% above national
103 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $76,330 +10% above national
104 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $75,760 +9% above national
105 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $75,670 +9% above national
106 Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $75,240 +8% above national
107 New Haven, CT $75,130 +8% above national
108 Redding, CA $74,850 +8% above national
109 Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $74,220 +7% above national
110 Fort Wayne, IN $74,090 +7% above national
111 Vineland, NJ $74,050 +7% above national
112 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $74,040 +7% above national
113 Worcester, MA $72,970 +5% above national
114 Cleveland, OH $72,510 +4% above national
115 Albuquerque, NM $71,860 +3% above national
116 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $71,650 +3% above national
117 Pueblo, CO $71,530 +3% above national
118 Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $70,140 +1% above national
119 Las Cruces, NM $70,010 +1% above national
120 Winston-Salem, NC $70,010 +1% above national
121 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $69,940 +1% above national
122 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $69,850 +1% above national
123 Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $69,610 same as national
124 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $69,500 same as national
125 Gainesville, FL $69,120 1% below national
126 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $68,820 1% below national
127 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $68,810 1% below national
128 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $68,590 1% below national
129 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $68,540 1% below national
130 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $68,510 1% below national
131 Ann Arbor, MI $67,870 2% below national
132 Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $67,860 2% below national
133 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $67,770 2% below national
134 Medford, OR $67,710 3% below national
135 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $67,620 3% below national
136 Lincoln, NE $67,590 3% below national
137 Mansfield, OH $67,250 3% below national
138 Springfield, IL $67,190 3% below national
139 Grants Pass, OR $67,170 3% below national
140 Salem, OR $67,170 3% below national
141 Green Bay, WI $66,760 4% below national
142 Greeley, CO $66,280 5% below national
143 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $66,270 5% below national
144 Santa Fe, NM $66,250 5% below national
145 Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $66,180 5% below national
146 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $66,080 5% below national
147 Tucson, AZ $65,900 5% below national
148 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $65,770 5% below national
149 Corvallis, OR $65,360 6% below national
150 Wheeling, WV-OH $65,240 6% below national
151 Lima, OH $65,230 6% below national
152 Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $65,120 6% below national
153 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $65,000 6% below national
154 Anchorage, AK $64,880 7% below national
155 Kenosha, WI $64,860 7% below national
156 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $64,850 7% below national
157 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $64,510 7% below national
158 St. Louis, MO-IL $64,390 7% below national
159 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $64,250 8% below national
160 Bend, OR $64,130 8% below national
161 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $64,130 8% below national
162 Boulder, CO $63,880 8% below national
163 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $63,790 8% below national
164 Fresno, CA $63,630 8% below national
165 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $63,620 8% below national
166 Ogden, UT $63,590 8% below national
167 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $63,530 9% below national
168 Baton Rouge, LA $63,440 9% below national
169 High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area $63,110 9% below national
170 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA $63,010 9% below national
171 Grand Junction, CO $62,990 9% below national
172 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $62,980 9% below national
173 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI $61,940 11% below national
174 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $61,900 11% below national
175 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $61,900 11% below national
176 East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $61,590 11% below national
177 Wilmington, NC $61,530 11% below national
178 Burlington-South Burlington, VT $61,210 12% below national
179 Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $61,100 12% below national
180 North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $61,080 12% below national
181 Albany, OR $61,020 12% below national
182 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $60,960 12% below national
183 Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $60,930 12% below national
184 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $60,910 12% below national
185 Alaska nonmetropolitan area $60,880 12% below national
186 Bangor, ME $60,680 13% below national
187 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $60,580 13% below national
188 Fairbanks-College, AK $60,530 13% below national
189 Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $60,510 13% below national
190 Flagstaff, AZ $60,500 13% below national
191 Youngstown-Warren, OH $60,360 13% below national
192 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $60,330 13% below national
193 Columbus, OH $60,230 13% below national
194 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $60,140 13% below national
195 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $59,970 14% below national
196 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $59,710 14% below national
197 Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $59,580 14% below national
198 Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $59,580 14% below national
199 Maryland nonmetropolitan area $59,370 15% below national
200 Appleton, WI $59,290 15% below national
201 Eugene-Springfield, OR $59,250 15% below national
202 Toledo, OH $59,240 15% below national
203 Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $59,120 15% below national
204 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $58,920 15% below national
205 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $58,780 15% below national
206 Akron, OH $58,700 16% below national
207 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $58,610 16% below national
208 Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $57,840 17% below national
209 Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $57,680 17% below national
210 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $57,360 17% below national
211 Monroe, LA $57,300 18% below national
212 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $57,200 18% below national
213 Eau Claire, WI $57,150 18% below national
214 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $57,070 18% below national
215 Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $57,050 18% below national
216 Valdosta, GA $56,510 19% below national
217 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $56,470 19% below national
218 Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $56,430 19% below national
219 Reading, PA $56,420 19% below national
220 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $56,060 19% below national
221 Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $55,490 20% below national
222 Portland-South Portland, ME $55,480 20% below national
223 Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area $55,450 20% below national
224 Jacksonville, FL $55,430 20% below national
225 Lewiston-Auburn, ME $55,220 21% below national
226 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $55,220 21% below national
227 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $54,730 21% below national
228 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL $54,500 22% below national
229 Traverse City, MI $54,380 22% below national
230 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $54,080 22% below national
231 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $54,000 22% below national
232 Yuma, AZ $54,000 22% below national
233 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $53,440 23% below national
234 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA $53,240 23% below national
235 Chattanooga, TN-GA $53,200 23% below national
236 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $53,100 24% below national
237 Ocala, FL $53,100 24% below national
238 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $52,630 24% below national
239 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $52,410 25% below national
240 Helena, MT $52,300 25% below national
241 Joplin, MO-KS $52,080 25% below national
242 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $52,000 25% below national
243 Morgantown, WV $51,880 25% below national
244 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $51,840 25% below national
245 West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $51,690 26% below national
246 Charleston, WV $51,410 26% below national
247 Homosassa Springs, FL $51,360 26% below national
248 South Florida nonmetropolitan area $51,360 26% below national
249 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $51,000 27% below national
250 Raleigh-Cary, NC $50,990 27% below national
251 Tallahassee, FL $50,950 27% below national
252 East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $50,890 27% below national
253 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $50,630 27% below national
254 Punta Gorda, FL $50,610 27% below national
255 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $50,480 27% below national
256 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $50,450 27% below national
257 Port St. Lucie, FL $50,400 27% below national
258 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $50,370 28% below national
259 Arizona nonmetropolitan area $50,150 28% below national
260 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $50,040 28% below national
261 Billings, MT $50,010 28% below national
262 Naples-Marco Island, FL $50,000 28% below national
263 North Florida nonmetropolitan area $50,000 28% below national
264 Springfield, MO $49,750 28% below national
265 Great Falls, MT $49,640 29% below national
266 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $49,240 29% below national
267 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $49,100 29% below national
268 West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $48,960 30% below national
269 Missoula, MT $48,630 30% below national
270 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $48,500 30% below national
271 West Montana nonmetropolitan area $48,220 31% below national
272 East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $48,180 31% below national
273 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $48,170 31% below national
274 Greensboro-High Point, NC $48,030 31% below national
275 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $48,030 31% below national
276 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $48,030 31% below national
277 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $48,030 31% below national
278 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $48,030 31% below national
279 Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $47,780 31% below national
280 Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $47,510 32% below national
281 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $47,110 32% below national
282 Canton-Massillon, OH $46,780 33% below national
283 Flint, MI $46,580 33% below national
284 Athens-Clarke County, GA $46,080 34% below national
285 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $46,060 34% below national
286 Jefferson City, MO $44,990 35% below national
287 Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $44,990 35% below national
288 Peoria, IL $44,660 36% below national
289 Texarkana, TX-AR $44,210 36% below national
290 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $44,070 37% below national
291 West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $43,720 37% below national
292 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $42,520 39% below national
293 East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $42,440 39% below national
294 South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $41,670 40% below national
295 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $41,130 41% below national
296 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $40,770 41% below national
297 North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $39,690 43% below national
298 Knoxville, TN $39,310 43% below national
299 Lake Charles, LA $38,120 45% below national
300 Merced, CA $37,090 47% below national

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