Healthcare Social Workers Salary

Median Salary
$67,880
per year
Hourly Rate
$32.63
per hour
Employment
187,630
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$46,220
25th percentile
$56,710
Median
$67,880
75th percentile
$82,240
90th percentile
$100,360

💰 Healthcare Social Workers Salary by State

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StateMedianvs. National
District of Columbia$94,100+38.6%
California$89,660+32.1%
Hawaii$85,420+25.8%
Oregon$84,350+24.3%
New Jersey$82,690+21.8%
Vermont$81,140+19.5%
Connecticut$79,900+17.7%
Washington$78,570+15.7%
Nevada$78,470+15.6%
New Hampshire$78,260+15.3%
Utah$78,150+15.1%
Maryland$76,440+12.6%
Massachusetts$76,440+12.6%
Rhode Island$75,390+11.1%
Idaho$74,500+9.8%
Minnesota$73,970+9.0%
New York$73,070+7.6%
Maine$71,610+5.5%
Texas$69,990+3.1%
Michigan$67,600-0.4%
Wisconsin$66,910-1.4%
Virginia$66,550-2.0%
New Mexico$65,930-2.9%
Florida$64,820-4.5%
Delaware$64,620-4.8%
Indiana$64,580-4.9%
Kansas$64,440-5.1%
Illinois$64,270-5.3%
Kentucky$64,080-5.6%
Arizona$64,030-5.7%
Ohio$63,610-6.3%
Colorado$63,480-6.5%
North Carolina$63,280-6.8%
Iowa$63,050-7.1%
North Dakota$62,860-7.4%
Georgia$62,420-8.0%
Nebraska$62,420-8.0%
Wyoming$62,260-8.3%
Mississippi$62,250-8.3%
Alaska$62,000-8.7%
Pennsylvania$61,900-8.8%
Tennessee$61,240-9.8%
Louisiana$61,080-10.0%
South Carolina$60,840-10.4%
West Virginia$60,140-11.4%
Alabama$60,000-11.6%
Missouri$59,870-11.8%
South Dakota$57,510-15.3%
Montana$57,090-15.9%
Oklahoma$56,120-17.3%
Arkansas$55,640-18.0%

🏙️ Healthcare Social Workers Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
Napa, CA$142,940+110.6%
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$133,340+96.4%
Vallejo, CA$122,450+80.4%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$108,530+59.9%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$107,170+57.9%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$99,640+46.8%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$97,070+43.0%
Visalia, CA$96,790+42.6%
Modesto, CA$95,250+40.3%
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$93,200+37.3%
Salinas, CA$92,540+36.3%
Stockton-Lodi, CA$91,820+35.3%
Longview-Kelso, WA$89,650+32.1%
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$89,430+31.7%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$87,570+29.0%
Urban Honolulu, HI$86,970+28.1%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$85,790+26.4%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$85,360+25.8%
Fresno, CA$84,860+25.0%
Chico, CA$84,810+24.9%
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$83,940+23.7%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$83,550+23.1%
New Haven, CT$83,340+22.8%
Eugene-Springfield, OR$83,040+22.3%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$82,630+21.7%
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$82,190+21.1%
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$81,610+20.2%
Odessa, TX$81,310+19.8%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$81,270+19.7%
Redding, CA$81,220+19.7%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$81,110+19.5%
El Centro, CA$80,710+18.9%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$80,710+18.9%
Medford, OR$80,590+18.7%
Rochester, MN$80,590+18.7%
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$80,550+18.7%
Reno, NV$80,330+18.3%
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$80,140+18.1%
Pocatello, ID$80,090+18.0%
Salem, OR$80,020+17.9%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$79,830+17.6%
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$79,800+17.6%
Bend, OR$79,090+16.5%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$79,090+16.5%
Grants Pass, OR$79,050+16.5%
Bloomington, IL$78,960+16.3%
Midland, TX$78,900+16.2%
Mankato, MN$78,800+16.1%
Paducah, KY-IL$78,660+15.9%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$78,610+15.8%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$78,410+15.5%
Kennewick-Richland, WA$78,360+15.4%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$78,280+15.3%
Barnstable Town, MA$78,160+15.1%
Boulder, CO$77,820+14.6%
Rapid City, SD$77,790+14.6%
Carson City, NV$77,540+14.2%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$77,450+14.1%
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$77,390+14.0%
Corvallis, OR$77,270+13.8%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$77,160+13.7%
Manchester-Nashua, NH$76,840+13.2%
Madison, WI$76,720+13.0%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$76,020+12.0%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$75,930+11.9%
Albany, OR$75,880+11.8%
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$75,870+11.8%
Coeur d'Alene, ID$75,780+11.6%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$75,720+11.5%
Ogden, UT$75,700+11.5%
Walla Walla, WA$75,610+11.4%
Grand Junction, CO$75,560+11.3%
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$75,550+11.3%
Bellingham, WA$75,470+11.2%
Kingston, NY$75,300+10.9%
Ann Arbor, MI$75,070+10.6%
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$74,940+10.4%
Merced, CA$74,880+10.3%
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$74,720+10.1%
Portland-South Portland, ME$74,650+10.0%
Boise City, ID$74,570+9.9%
Worcester, MA$74,520+9.8%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$74,350+9.5%
Yuba City, CA$74,310+9.5%
Flagstaff, AZ$74,290+9.4%
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$74,140+9.2%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$73,970+9.0%
Logan, UT-ID$73,910+8.9%
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$73,810+8.7%
Lexington Park, MD$73,770+8.7%
Santa Fe, NM$73,610+8.4%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$73,600+8.4%
San Angelo, TX$73,410+8.1%
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$73,200+7.8%
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$72,720+7.1%
Colorado Springs, CO$72,670+7.1%
Idaho Falls, ID$72,490+6.8%
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$72,180+6.3%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$71,900+5.9%
Richmond, VA$71,690+5.6%
College Station-Bryan, TX$71,670+5.6%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$71,630+5.5%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$71,430+5.2%
Bay City, MI$70,960+4.5%
Battle Creek, MI$70,820+4.3%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$70,670+4.1%
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$70,600+4.0%
Texarkana, TX-AR$70,390+3.7%
Flint, MI$70,380+3.7%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$69,960+3.1%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$69,810+2.8%
Bangor, ME$69,550+2.5%
Hammond, LA$69,500+2.4%
Gainesville, FL$69,330+2.1%
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$69,330+2.1%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$69,180+1.9%
Raleigh-Cary, NC$69,090+1.8%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$68,970+1.6%
Waco, TX$68,960+1.6%
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$68,920+1.5%
Salisbury, MD$68,670+1.2%
Charlottesville, VA$68,370+0.7%
Naples-Marco Island, FL$68,310+0.6%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$68,230+0.5%
Springfield, MA$68,150+0.4%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$68,140+0.4%
Punta Gorda, FL$68,140+0.4%
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$68,040+0.2%
Lubbock, TX$67,930+0.1%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$67,860-0.0%
Iowa City, IA$67,820-0.1%
Corpus Christi, TX$67,260-0.9%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$67,190-1.0%
Gainesville, GA$67,180-1.0%
Victoria, TX$67,180-1.0%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$67,090-1.2%
Green Bay, WI$67,080-1.2%
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$67,060-1.2%
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$67,030-1.3%
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$66,900-1.4%
Midland, MI$66,760-1.6%
Columbus, IN$66,590-1.9%
Goldsboro, NC$66,470-2.1%
Fond du Lac, WI$66,420-2.2%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$66,410-2.2%
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$66,380-2.2%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$66,360-2.2%
Jacksonville, FL$66,300-2.3%
Grand Island, NE$66,280-2.4%
Kansas City, MO-KS$66,260-2.4%
Cleveland, OH$66,230-2.4%
Ocala, FL$66,200-2.5%
Harrisonburg, VA$66,190-2.5%
Port St. Lucie, FL$66,190-2.5%
Fort Wayne, IN$66,090-2.6%
Grand Forks, ND-MN$66,080-2.7%
Wichita Falls, TX$66,000-2.8%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$65,990-2.8%
St. Cloud, MN$65,970-2.8%
Sheboygan, WI$65,940-2.9%
Las Cruces, NM$65,890-2.9%
Sherman-Denison, TX$65,850-3.0%
Sumter, SC$65,850-3.0%
Topeka, KS$65,740-3.2%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$65,710-3.2%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$65,680-3.2%
Rocky Mount, NC$65,550-3.4%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$65,450-3.6%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$65,280-3.8%
Columbus, OH$65,280-3.8%
Albuquerque, NM$65,200-3.9%
Eau Claire, WI$65,200-3.9%
Lake Charles, LA$65,120-4.1%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$65,090-4.1%
Bloomington, IN$65,080-4.1%
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$65,070-4.1%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$65,040-4.2%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$64,940-4.3%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$64,930-4.3%
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$64,790-4.6%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$64,790-4.6%
Wichita, KS$64,650-4.8%
Longview, TX$64,520-4.9%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$64,510-5.0%
Killeen-Temple, TX$64,500-5.0%
Reading, PA$64,490-5.0%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$64,430-5.1%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$64,390-5.1%
Syracuse, NY$64,310-5.3%
Amarillo, TX$64,120-5.5%
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$64,100-5.6%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$64,080-5.6%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$64,070-5.6%
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$64,040-5.7%
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$63,940-5.8%
Spartanburg, SC$63,940-5.8%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$63,880-5.9%
Johnstown, PA$63,800-6.0%
Janesville-Beloit, WI$63,750-6.1%
Baton Rouge, LA$63,720-6.1%
Terre Haute, IN$63,700-6.2%
Duluth, MN-WI$63,590-6.3%
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$63,510-6.4%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$63,480-6.5%
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$63,460-6.5%
Springfield, IL$63,370-6.6%
Omaha, NE-IA$63,360-6.7%
Traverse City, MI$63,360-6.7%
Akron, OH$63,130-7.0%
Winchester, VA-WV$63,110-7.0%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$63,080-7.1%
Rockford, IL$63,070-7.1%
Lincoln, NE$63,020-7.2%
Lawrence, KS$63,010-7.2%
Wausau, WI$63,000-7.2%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$62,870-7.4%
Champaign-Urbana, IL$62,860-7.4%
Fargo, ND-MN$62,860-7.4%
Glens Falls, NY$62,850-7.4%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$62,840-7.4%
York-Hanover, PA$62,690-7.6%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$62,640-7.7%
Yakima, WA$62,640-7.7%
Ithaca, NY$62,570-7.8%
Huntsville, AL$62,560-7.8%
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$62,560-7.8%
Cedar Rapids, IA$62,400-8.1%
St. George, UT$62,400-8.1%
State College, PA$62,380-8.1%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$62,360-8.1%
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$62,310-8.2%
Lancaster, PA$62,300-8.2%
Charleston, WV$62,260-8.3%
Dubuque, IA$62,240-8.3%
Farmington, NM$62,220-8.3%
St. Louis, MO-IL$62,200-8.4%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$62,170-8.4%
Jackson, MI$62,160-8.4%
Saginaw, MI$62,150-8.4%
Columbia, SC$62,130-8.5%
Pueblo, CO$62,030-8.6%
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$61,980-8.7%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$61,980-8.7%
Fayetteville, NC$61,930-8.8%
Laredo, TX$61,930-8.8%
Jackson, MS$61,890-8.8%
Morristown, TN$61,840-8.9%
Springfield, OH$61,830-8.9%
Ames, IA$61,760-9.0%
Canton-Massillon, OH$61,760-9.0%
Appleton, WI$61,680-9.1%
Asheville, NC$61,650-9.2%
Bowling Green, KY$61,610-9.2%
Rochester, NY$61,610-9.2%
Lafayette, LA$61,590-9.3%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$61,590-9.3%
Evansville, IN$61,560-9.3%
Knoxville, TN$61,560-9.3%
Kenosha, WI$61,550-9.3%
Burlington, NC$61,470-9.4%
Elizabethtown, KY$61,450-9.5%
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$61,390-9.6%
Bismarck, ND$61,360-9.6%
Tyler, TX$61,320-9.7%
Lima, OH$61,290-9.7%
Wilmington, NC$61,290-9.7%
Lynchburg, VA$61,190-9.9%
Winston-Salem, NC$61,030-10.1%
Jefferson City, MO$61,000-10.1%
Birmingham, AL$60,980-10.2%
Rome, GA$60,980-10.2%
Williamsport, PA$60,970-10.2%
Greenville, NC$60,880-10.3%
Mobile, AL$60,880-10.3%
Wheeling, WV-OH$60,830-10.4%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$60,820-10.4%
Abilene, TX$60,800-10.4%
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$60,750-10.5%
Warner Robins, GA$60,690-10.6%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$60,680-10.6%
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$60,570-10.8%
Columbia, MO$60,540-10.8%
Toledo, OH$60,540-10.8%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$60,470-10.9%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$60,460-10.9%
Hot Springs, AR$60,430-11.0%
Muncie, IN$60,430-11.0%
Pittsburgh, PA$60,430-11.0%
Roanoke, VA$60,430-11.0%
Erie, PA$60,390-11.0%
Tallahassee, FL$60,390-11.0%
Youngstown-Warren, OH$60,300-11.2%
Savannah, GA$60,200-11.3%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$60,070-11.5%
Tucson, AZ$60,030-11.6%
Alexandria, LA$60,000-11.6%
Dothan, AL$60,000-11.6%
Altoona, PA$59,970-11.7%
Chattanooga, TN-GA$59,950-11.7%
Billings, MT$59,910-11.7%
St. Joseph, MO-KS$59,840-11.8%
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$59,680-12.1%
Morgantown, WV$59,660-12.1%
Columbus, GA-AL$59,650-12.1%
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$59,650-12.1%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$59,610-12.2%
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$59,370-12.5%
Casper, WY$59,360-12.6%
Beckley, WV$59,350-12.6%
Lexington-Fayette, KY$59,340-12.6%
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$59,290-12.7%
Athens-Clarke County, GA$59,280-12.7%
Macon-Bibb County, GA$59,270-12.7%
Clarksville, TN-KY$59,210-12.8%
Peoria, IL$59,210-12.8%
Pittsfield, MA$59,110-12.9%
Oklahoma City, OK$58,940-13.2%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$58,920-13.2%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$58,900-13.2%
Utica-Rome, NY$58,780-13.4%
Chambersburg, PA$58,580-13.7%
Lawton, OK$58,570-13.7%
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$58,510-13.8%
Dover, DE$58,470-13.9%
Albany, GA$58,460-13.9%
Niles, MI$58,420-13.9%
Montgomery, AL$58,410-14.0%
Kankakee, IL$58,400-14.0%
Mansfield, OH$58,350-14.0%
Florence, SC$58,260-14.2%
Lebanon, PA$58,260-14.2%
Cleveland, TN$58,240-14.2%
Monroe, LA$58,200-14.3%
Gadsden, AL$58,190-14.3%
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$58,140-14.3%
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$58,080-14.4%
Anniston-Oxford, AL$58,030-14.5%
Missoula, MT$57,860-14.8%
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$57,750-14.9%
Yuma, AZ$57,570-15.2%
Great Falls, MT$57,430-15.4%
Springfield, MO$57,220-15.7%
Dalton, GA$57,200-15.7%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$57,200-15.7%
Guam$56,990-16.0%
Tuscaloosa, AL$56,860-16.2%
Tulsa, OK$56,670-16.5%
Owensboro, KY$56,560-16.7%
Auburn-Opelika, AL$56,430-16.9%
Anchorage, AK$56,160-17.3%
El Paso, TX$55,680-18.0%
Joplin, MO-KS$55,510-18.2%
Jacksonville, NC$55,470-18.3%
Hattiesburg, MS$55,330-18.5%
Decatur, AL$55,310-18.5%
Jackson, TN$54,520-19.7%
Greeley, CO$53,660-20.9%
Jonesboro, AR$52,710-22.3%
Decatur, IL$52,680-22.4%
Johnson City, TN$52,020-23.4%
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$51,910-23.5%
Binghamton, NY$51,290-24.4%
Fort Smith, AR-OK$50,970-24.9%
Valdosta, GA$50,680-25.3%
Helena, MT$50,410-25.7%
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$49,570-27.0%
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$49,490-27.1%
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$49,130-27.6%
Cheyenne, WY$49,070-27.7%
Elmira, NY$48,970-27.9%
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$36,670-46.0%
Puerto Rico$36,050-46.9%
Arecibo, PR$30,320-55.3%
Aguadilla, PR$28,700-57.7%
Mayaguez, PR$28,660-57.8%
Ponce, PR$27,840-59.0%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.