The annual salary statistics of healthcare social workers in Auburn-Opelika, Alabama is shown in Table 1. The wage data of healthcare social workers in Auburn-Opelika is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $18,240 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $27,510 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $49,100 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $57,570 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $64,670 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for healthcare social workers in Auburn-Opelika, Alabama in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $64,670. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $49,100. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $18,240.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of healthcare social workers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $49,100 | 2.73% | 19.16% |
| 2021 | $47,760 | 3.20% | - |
| 2020 | $46,230 | 0.80% | - |
| 2019 | $45,860 | 5.12% | - |
| 2018 | $43,510 | -0.07% | - |
| 2014 | $43,540 | 7.35% | - |
| 2013 | $40,340 | 1.61% | - |
| 2012 | $39,690 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $49,100 in Auburn-Opelika is in the middle of salary range for healthcare social workers in state of Alabama. In comparison, the annual salary of healthcare social workers in Auburn-Opelika is 15.2 percent (15.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Birmingham-Hoover and 6.7 percent (6.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Daphne-Fairhope-Foley.