The annual salary statistics of other social workers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of other 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 | $49,390 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $57,150 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $76,400 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $97,000 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $118,330 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for other 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 $118,330. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $76,400. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $49,390.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of other social workers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $76,400 | -1.56% | -3.10% |
| 2021 | $77,590 | -32.70% | - |
| 2020 | $102,960 | 2.49% | - |
| 2019 | $100,400 | 0.28% | - |
| 2018 | $100,120 | 10.96% | - |
| 2017 | $89,150 | 0.52% | - |
| 2016 | $88,690 | 2.29% | - |
| 2015 | $86,660 | -0.43% | - |
| 2014 | $87,030 | 3.29% | - |
| 2013 | $84,170 | 6.42% | - |
| 2012 | $78,770 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $76,400 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is in the middle of salary range for other social workers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of other social workers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 22.8 percent (22.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Santa Rosa-Petaluma and 55.2 percent (55.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.