The annual salary statistics of healthcare social workers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of healthcare social workers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 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 | $60,980 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $81,690 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $101,710 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $133,200 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $170,690 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for healthcare social workers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $170,690. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $101,710. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $60,980.
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 | $101,710 | 2.47% | 39.34% |
| 2021 | $99,200 | 2.27% | - |
| 2020 | $96,950 | 15.23% | - |
| 2019 | $82,180 | 3.22% | - |
| 2018 | $79,530 | 0.98% | - |
| 2017 | $78,750 | -0.80% | - |
| 2016 | $79,380 | 4.82% | - |
| 2015 | $75,550 | 6.53% | - |
| 2014 | $70,620 | 9.57% | - |
| 2013 | $63,860 | 3.38% | - |
| 2012 | $61,700 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $101,710 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 11.8 percent (11.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Vallejo-Fairfield and 70.2 percent (70.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Hanford-Corcoran.