Highest-paying Cities for Other Social Workers

The top 100 highest paying cities for other 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 other social workers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $98,940, Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California is the highest paying city for other social workers. It is followed by San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California (average annual salary $92,440). 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 other social workers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Other Social Workers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$98,940	$46,890	60
2	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$92,440	$59,780	400
3	Clarksville, Tennessee	$89,940	$38,080	90
4	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$88,590	$47,870	490
5	Hinesville-Fort Stewart, Georgia	$87,820	$77,480	50
6	Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$87,300	$56,530	60
7	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas	$87,300	$56,430	160
8	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$87,300	$36,840	110
9	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$87,300	$49,670	40
10	Columbus, Georgia	$87,300	$35,170	60
11	Lawton, Oklahoma	$86,960	$56,450	40
12	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$86,690	$58,060	130
13	Lebanon, Pennsylvania	$86,600	$67,160	80
14	Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, South Carolina	$86,070	$68,410	30
15	Elizabethtown, Kentucky	$85,970	$50,520	30
16	Fayetteville, North Carolina	$84,720	$66,510	170
17	New Haven, Connecticut	$84,660	$65,730	100
18	Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi	$84,640	$66,210	80
19	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$84,640	$54,720	60
20	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$84,640	$66,210	120
21	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$84,640	$68,410	100
22	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$84,280	$65,720	90
23	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$84,090	$38,390	90
24	Manchester, New Hampshire	$83,970	$65,700	60
25	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$82,800	$47,270	250
26	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$82,600	$51,700	110
27	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$82,430	$41,200	110
28	North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$82,410	$34,930	30
29	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$81,990	$41,060	170
30	Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana	$81,830	$29,490	90
31	Natchitoches nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$81,660	$48,010	30
32	Springfield, Massachusetts	$81,600	$50,110	100
33	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$80,270	$41,600	330
34	Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$80,080	$55,820	40
35	Rochester, Minnesota	$80,030	$57,410	250
36	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$79,670	$63,390	760
37	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$79,440	$46,330	50
38	El Paso, Texas	$79,440	$38,050	140
39	Columbia, South Carolina	$79,440	$66,210	150
40	Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia	$79,350	$37,940	90
41	North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$79,350	$36,770	70
42	Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$79,350	$66,210	70
43	Altoona, Pennsylvania	$79,350	$61,360	50
44	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$79,350	$36,350	150
45	Carbondale-Marion, Illinois	$79,350	$56,530	40
46	Stockton, California	$79,270	$41,390	60
47	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$79,090	$29,020	30
48	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$79,000	$40,970	120
49	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$78,530	$66,610	n/a
50	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$78,330	$68,320	30
51	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$78,320	$46,390	100
52	Tacoma, Washington	$77,920	$42,140	250
53	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$77,900	$47,200	210
54	Richmond, Virginia	$77,900	$48,490	180
55	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$77,810	$52,390	170
56	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$77,730	$50,700	100
57	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$77,710	$48,290	150
58	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$77,480	$44,370	30
59	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$77,420	$49,490	230
60	Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$77,230	$34,780	80
61	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$77,230	$64,940	80
62	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri	$77,190	$36,000	80
63	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$76,910	$44,590	220
64	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$76,900	$38,560	140
65	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$76,860	$41,490	1,510
66	Watertown-Fort Drum, New York	$76,720	$51,550	70
67	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$76,680	$54,590	100
68	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$76,620	$39,680	470
69	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$76,580	$43,860	170
70	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$76,410	$44,920	30
71	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$76,400	$49,390	280
72	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$76,350	$59,300	240
73	St Cloud, Minnesota	$76,270	$48,920	100
74	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$76,170	$42,070	640
75	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$76,140	$52,180	220
76	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$76,080	$60,180	410
77	Fargo, North Dakota	$75,960	$47,360	140
78	Prescott, Arizona	$75,960	$48,040	70
79	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$75,900	$56,440	50
80	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$75,680	$64,860	70
81	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$75,610	$64,810	100
82	Honolulu, Hawaii	$75,290	$44,880	200
83	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$75,150	$51,030	370
84	Roanoke, Virginia	$75,030	$54,720	80
85	Asheville, North Carolina	$75,030	$36,230	80
86	Columbia, Missouri	$75,030	$43,780	60
87	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$75,030	$49,250	80
88	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$74,880	$39,910	870
89	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$74,720	$46,210	460
90	Binghamton, New York	$74,720	$57,420	30
91	Syracuse, New York	$74,070	$57,390	110
92	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$73,990	$40,730	180
93	Erie, Pennsylvania	$73,920	$63,840	60
94	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$73,850	$37,590	50
95	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$73,770	$49,320	50
96	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$73,570	$53,210	120
97	Wilmington, New Jersey	$73,460	$41,090	120
98	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	$73,450	$24,230	60
99	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$73,440	$36,070	2,900
100	Rochester, New York	$73,230	$68,410	170

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for other social workers.