Alameda Health System social worker salary, 2025
Alameda Health System is a public hospital or health care district in Alameda County. 75 people worked as social workers for Alameda Health System in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $150,771, overtime included.
What is the average social worker salary at Alameda Health System?
Official pay range, medical social workers1
$61,549 to $244,688
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for medical social workers, the largest group
Based on the 29 of 75 social workers who worked the full year.
The largest group of Alameda Health System's social workers (23 of 75) hold the title Care Management Social Worker I, with an official range of $156,924 to $160,063. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $155,736, below the bottom of the range.
- Median total pay
- $160,505
- the middle social worker: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- $5,308
- average per full-year social worker
- Starting salary
- $61,549
- bottom of the Ahd Social Services Designee - Pb range
- Average pay rank
- 1st
- of 63 California employers
What does each social worker title at Alameda Health System pay?
Each bar is the official range for one title, lowest first. The dot marks the average total pay of full-year staff in that title, where at least 5 people stand behind it.1
Medical social workers
- Ahd Social Services Designee - PbFewer than 5
- Ahd Social Services Coord-SsFewer than 5
- Ahd Care Management Social WorkerFewer than 5
- Ahd Care Management Social Worker IIFewer than 5
- Slh Care Management Social WorkerFewer than 5
- Supervisors, Lic Clinical Social Worker-AmbFewer than 5
- Serious Illness Hub Social Work EducatorFewer than 5
- Social Work EducatorFewer than 5
- Trauma Program Social WorkerFewer than 5
- Care Management Social Worker I$155,736
- Medical Social Worker IIFewer than 5
- Social Worker, Palliative CareFewer than 5
- Clinical Social WorkerFewer than 5
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker, AmbulatoryFewer than 5
- Care Management Social Worker IIFewer than 5
Mental health social workers
- Psychiatric Social Worker II$171,472
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Alameda Health System pay social workers more than other employers in Alameda County?
Average total pay of full-year social workers: Alameda Health System next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- Alameda Health System$150,771
- All employers in Alameda County$125,704
- All employers in California$105,739
Full-year social workers at Alameda Health System earned $25,067 more than the Alameda County average and $45,032 more than the California average.
Average social worker pay in Alameda County compared to nearby counties
Average total pay of full-year social workers across all employers in each county that borders Alameda County, and how much more or less it pays.1
- Santa Clara County$145,566 average, 1 employer$19,862 more than Alameda County
- San Mateo County$137,387 average, 1 employer$11,683 more than Alameda County
- San Francisco County$129,691 average, 1 employer$3,987 more than Alameda County
- Contra Costa County$118,258 average, 1 employer$7,446 less than Alameda County
- San Joaquin County$97,375 average, 1 employer$28,329 less than Alameda County
- Stanislaus County$73,576 average, 2 employers$52,128 less than Alameda County
Where does Alameda Health System rank among California employers?
Every employer with at least 5 full-year social workers, by average total pay.1
All 63 California employers
Alameda Health System ranks 1st of 63, above the middle employer.
Middle employer: $90,154
Each bar counts the employers whose average total pay falls in a $5,000 band. The dashed line marks the middle employer.
Pension and health cover at Alameda Health System
As reported by the agency. Contributions are what the employer paid per full-year social worker, on top of wages.1
- Pension formula
- Not reported
- the most common formula among Alameda Health System's social workers
- Employer pension contribution
- $27,986
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- $20,825
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about social worker pay at Alameda Health System
What is the average social worker salary at Alameda Health System?
Social workers at Alameda Health System who worked the full year earned an average of $150,771 in 2025, overtime included. The middle social worker earned $160,505: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its social worker titles runs from $61,549 to $244,688.
How much overtime do social workers at Alameda Health System earn?
Full-year social workers were paid an average of $5,308 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $1,696: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
More salaries in Alameda County
- Alameda County$124,676 average total pay
- Washington Township Health Care District$116,313 average total pay
- Oakland$88,808 average total pay
- Highest social worker salaries in CaliforniaThe best-paying employers, ranked
- Nurse salaries at Alameda Health System$234,717 average total pay
- Teacher salaries in Alameda CountyEvery school district's salary schedule
Sources for the Alameda Health System figures
Every person who held a social worker position at Alameda Health System at any point in 2025 counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only people who worked roughly the full year: those whose regular pay reached at least 90% of the bottom of their official range. Total pay is gross wages before tax, including overtime, lump sums and other pay. Averages lead; the median total pay is the middle person's, with half above and half below, and is less pulled by a few people with very high pay. Every figure covers at least 5 people.
- State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Alameda Health System.