The annual salary statistics of healthcare social workers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of healthcare social workers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont 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 | $59,440 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $80,100 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $103,260 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $127,290 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $141,880 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for healthcare social workers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $141,880. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $103,260. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $59,440.
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 | $103,260 | 6.38% | 32.41% |
| 2021 | $96,670 | 0.25% | - |
| 2020 | $96,430 | 7.88% | - |
| 2019 | $88,830 | 14.18% | - |
| 2018 | $76,230 | 4.88% | - |
| 2017 | $72,510 | -2.48% | - |
| 2016 | $74,310 | 0.61% | - |
| 2015 | $73,860 | 0.57% | - |
| 2014 | $73,440 | 0.50% | - |
| 2013 | $73,070 | 4.49% | - |
| 2012 | $69,790 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $103,260, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is the second highest paying city for healthcare social workers in state of California, following the highest paying city Vallejo-Fairfield (median annual salary of $115,300). Compared with Vallejo-Fairfield, the median annual salary of healthcare social workers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 10.4 percent (10.4%) lower.