Highest-paying Cities for Child, Family, and School Social Workers

The top 100 highest paying cities for child, family, and school social workers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of child, family, and school social workers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $80,690, Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is the highest paying city for child, family, and school social workers. It is followed by Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey (average annual salary $77,730). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of child, family, and school social workers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Child, Family, and School Social Workers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$80,690	$46,810	250
2	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$77,730	$50,920	320
3	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$77,260	$49,250	1,570
4	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$76,730	$41,470	1,210
5	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$76,730	$46,240	130
6	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$75,700	$45,550	2,430
7	New Haven, Connecticut	$75,420	$45,040	770
8	Waterbury, Connecticut	$74,130	$43,120	360
9	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$73,430	$38,440	380
10	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$71,680	$48,320	19,850
11	Olympia, Washington	$69,600	$43,790	380
12	Eastern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$68,460	$35,030	150
13	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$67,560	$43,220	200
14	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$66,430	$45,360	100
15	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$65,560	$39,660	3,070
16	Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Maryland	$65,480	$41,870	150
17	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$65,480	$46,350	6,730
18	Duluth, Wisconsin	$65,370	$43,920	550
19	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$65,250	$39,700	22,440
20	Napa, California	$65,040	$37,540	170
21	Ocean City, New Jersey	$64,810	$34,190	40
22	St Marys County, Maryland	$64,420	$36,710	30
23	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$64,040	$44,990	640
24	Bismarck, North Dakota	$63,980	$48,300	170
25	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$63,710	$43,620	4,750
26	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$63,320	$46,860	120
27	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$63,070	$48,410	530
28	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$63,070	$46,590	1,510
29	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$62,750	$40,010	2,940
30	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$62,750	$39,330	230
31	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$62,730	$45,380	5,540
32	Longview, Washington	$62,580	$43,510	140
33	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$62,500	$37,850	420
34	Albany, Oregon	$62,480	$51,710	90
35	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$62,410	$42,390	100
36	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$62,390	$38,780	3,300
37	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$62,380	$41,230	5,150
38	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$62,130	$44,170	160
39	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$62,090	$37,020	1,950
40	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$62,080	$39,120	130
41	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$61,960	$45,000	150
42	Camden, New Jersey	$61,920	$42,700	710
43	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$61,790	$44,730	4,880
44	Corvallis, Oregon	$61,670	$36,600	40
45	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$61,550	$40,810	4,210
46	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$61,500	$39,520	900
47	Yakima, Washington	$61,490	$44,100	340
48	Kingston, New York	$61,430	$41,500	270
49	Racine, Wisconsin	$61,410	$35,550	150
50	Greeley, Colorado	$61,290	$37,690	330
51	Springfield, Illinois	$61,240	$39,630	580
52	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$61,220	$39,850	370
53	Ithaca, New York	$61,170	$40,080	90
54	Stockton, California	$61,130	$40,400	580
55	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$60,880	$46,400	720
56	Carson City, Nevada	$60,780	$45,700	60
57	Boulder, Colorado	$60,630	$45,730	530
58	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$60,610	$40,540	1,450
59	Rochester, New York	$60,490	$40,550	1,220
60	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$60,480	$40,540	700
61	Anchorage, Alaska	$60,480	$46,690	840
62	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$60,460	$37,870	6,380
63	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$60,420	$39,850	260
64	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$60,350	$38,620	160
65	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$60,330	$49,470	680
66	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$60,330	$40,160	160
67	Fairbanks, Alaska	$60,310	$42,960	90
68	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$60,250	$36,350	160
69	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$60,180	$38,960	1,560
70	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$59,990	$37,110	400
71	Elmira, New York	$59,950	$47,300	140
72	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$59,740	$47,100	260
73	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$59,680	$38,090	390
74	Spokane, Washington	$59,680	$38,260	880
75	St Cloud, Minnesota	$59,600	$40,020	240
76	Southwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$59,550	$36,220	240
77	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$59,510	$37,950	1,030
78	Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$59,430	$48,060	220
79	Syracuse, New York	$59,410	$46,640	820
80	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$59,390	$30,960	620
81	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$59,380	$48,480	230
82	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$59,090	$40,340	4,140
83	Bangor, Maine	$59,010	$46,760	160
84	Lewiston-Auburn, Maine	$59,010	$48,000	160
85	Muskegon-Norton Shores, Michigan	$58,880	$37,790	240
86	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$58,620	$38,500	2,630
87	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$58,400	$38,310	130
88	Fargo, North Dakota	$58,390	$36,430	170
89	Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$58,030	$40,980	40
90	Upper Eastern Shore nonmetropolitan area, Maryland	$57,950	$43,290	150
91	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$57,920	$35,150	540
92	Carbondale-Marion, Illinois	$57,820	$39,170	150
93	Niles-Benton Harbor, Michigan	$57,720	$36,050	140
94	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$57,500	$34,680	11,290
95	Wilmington, North Carolina	$57,420	$39,300	470
96	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$57,350	$30,960	60
97	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$57,350	$37,200	1,450
98	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$57,300	$31,980	350
99	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$57,050	$43,840	290
100	Danbury, Connecticut	$56,990	$38,460	320

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for child, family, and school social workers.