Healthcare Social Workers
United States. Estimated employment 187,630, with pages for 7 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 21-1022
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$67,880 · 50th
$46,22010th
$56,71025th
$67,88050th
$82,24075th
$100,36090th
That is the median — half of healthcare social workers in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Healthcare Social Workers page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | $78,610 | 17,250 |
| Kingston, NY | $75,300 | 170 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $71,630 | 510 |
| Albany, NY | $67,190 | 790 |
| Buffalo, NY | $64,940 | 900 |
| Syracuse, NY | $64,310 | 580 |
| Glens Falls, NY | $62,850 | 160 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 187,630 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 21-1022, Healthcare Social Workers. Mapped to our taxonomy as healthcare-social-workers.
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