The annual salary statistics of healthcare social workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of healthcare social workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim 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 | $49,580 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $62,980 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $77,940 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $102,080 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $124,070 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for healthcare social workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $124,070. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $77,940. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $49,580.
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 | $77,940 | -2.31% | 13.05% |
| 2021 | $79,740 | 2.19% | - |
| 2020 | $77,990 | 0.67% | - |
| 2019 | $77,470 | 1.05% | - |
| 2018 | $76,660 | 6.72% | - |
| 2017 | $71,510 | 5.23% | - |
| 2016 | $67,770 | 1.05% | - |
| 2015 | $67,060 | -1.06% | - |
| 2012 | $67,770 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $77,940 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is in the middle of salary range for healthcare social workers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of healthcare social workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is 32.4 percent (32.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Vallejo-Fairfield and 61.1 percent (61.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Hanford-Corcoran.