Social worker salaries by state and employer
What social workers earn at each county, city, public hospital and school employer: what they actually earned, next to the official pay range for each type of social worker where the state's file has one. So far the site covers every California employer; in New York, New York City and 2 other employers that publish their pay; in Utah, the State of Utah and 13 local employers; and in Georgia, the school social workers of 133 school districts. More states follow as we collect their data.
Work in progress
Social worker pay in more states, as we collect the data
This page will compare social worker pay across states. For now it covers every California employer; in New York, New York City and 2 other employers that publish their pay; in Utah, the State of Utah and 13 local employers; and in Georgia, the school social workers of 133 school districts. Each state publishes local government pay differently, so we add states one at a time, after checking their files.
Until then, each state's page has everything we've published so far.
Sources for the state figures
Total pay is total wages of social workers who worked roughly the full year. Each state's page explains its full-year rule.
- State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: wages of every social worker position.
- City of New York, Citywide Payroll Data (Fiscal Year); Suffolk County, County Salaries by Department 2024 and 2023; Broome County, Annual Employee Earnings (Open NY), the newest year each employer has published (2024 and 2025): wages of every social worker position.
- Transparent Utah, Office of the Utah State Auditor, the newest year each employer has published (fiscal years 2025 and 2026): wages of every social worker position.
- Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts, Open Georgia, salaries and travel, fiscal years 2024 and 2025: pay of every school social worker in Georgia's public school districts.