Palomar Health District social worker salary, 2025

Palomar Health District is a public hospital or health care district in San Diego County. 11 people worked as social workers for Palomar Health District in 2025. Fewer than 5 of them worked the full year, so there is no average that wouldn't describe individual people. The official range for its social worker titles runs from $87,984 to $144,310.

What does Palomar Health District pay its social workers?

Official pay range1

$87,984 to $144,310

from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest social worker title

Average total pay, full-year social workers1

Fewer than 5

11 social workers in all, 2 of them full-year: too few for an average.

Median total pay
Fewer than 5
the middle social worker: half earned more, half less
Overtime
Fewer than 5
average per full-year social worker
Starting salary
$87,984
bottom of the Med Soc Worker range
Average pay rank
Fewer than 5
too few full-year staff to rank

What does each social worker title at Palomar Health District 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

  1. Med Soc Worker$87,984 to $132,142 · 9 people
    Fewer than 5
  2. Medical Social Worker Lcsw$96,096 to $144,310 · fewer than 5 people
    Fewer than 5

official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.

What do social workers earn around Palomar Health District?

Average total pay of full-year social workers across San Diego County and across California. Palomar Health District's own average isn't shown: fewer than 5 of its social workers worked the full year.1

Full-year social workers across San Diego County earned an average of $97,698 in 2025, $8,041 less than the California average.

Average social worker pay in San Diego County compared to nearby counties

Average total pay of full-year social workers across all employers in each county that borders San Diego County, and how much more or less it pays.1

San Diego County Shades match the state map.

Questions about social worker pay at Palomar Health District

Why is there no average social worker salary for Palomar Health District?

11 people worked as social workers for Palomar Health District in 2025, but fewer than 5 of them worked the full year. Every figure on Public Paycheck covers at least 5 people, so none describes one person.

What is the pay range for a social worker at Palomar Health District?

The official range across Palomar Health District's social worker titles runs from $87,984 to $144,310 in 2025. For comparison, full-year social workers across San Diego County earned an average of $97,698.

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Sources for the Palomar Health District figures

Every person who held a social worker position at Palomar Health District 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.

  1. State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Palomar Health District.

How we read the data