Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
United States. Estimated employment 132,810, with pages for 6 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 21-1023
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$60,280 · 50th
$39,74010th
$47,07025th
$60,28050th
$79,73075th
$104,17090th
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | $82,450 | 12,090 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $79,870 | 410 |
| Albany, NY | $76,970 | 530 |
| Utica, NY | $73,200 | 190 |
| Kingston, NY | $71,790 | 120 |
| Glens Falls, NY | $71,710 | 110 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 132,810 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 21-1023, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers. Mapped to our taxonomy as mental-health-and-substance-abuse-social-workers.
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