Highest-paying Cities for Healthcare Social Workers

The top 100 highest paying cities for healthcare social workers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of healthcare social workers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $115,300, Vallejo-Fairfield, California is the highest paying city for healthcare social workers. It is followed by San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California (average annual salary $103,260). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of healthcare social workers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Healthcare Social Workers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$115,300	$52,460	100
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$103,260	$59,440	1,930
3	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$101,710	$60,980	770
4	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$98,680	$56,170	160
5	Chico, California	$93,820	$58,850	100
6	Modesto, California	$91,960	$61,130	180
7	Merced, California	$87,100	$55,950	40
8	Stockton, California	$86,610	$59,610	140
9	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$82,770	$55,330	1,010
10	Danbury, Connecticut	$82,450	$61,720	60
11	Napa, California	$82,210	$51,200	50
12	Fresno, California	$82,040	$51,720	240
13	Bend, Oregon	$81,850	$40,990	110
14	Salinas, California	$81,690	$50,950	120
15	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$80,790	$52,020	120
16	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$80,390	$44,920	80
17	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$80,240	$51,010	60
18	Yuba City, California	$80,120	$46,040	30
19	Albany, Oregon	$79,960	$55,840	40
20	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$79,000	$60,080	590
21	Medford, Oregon	$78,830	$59,680	90
22	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$78,680	$47,790	2,530
23	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$78,580	$48,010	120
24	New Haven, Connecticut	$78,150	$50,830	360
25	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$78,120	$47,180	220
26	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$78,020	$37,130	260
27	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$77,940	$49,580	5,600
28	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$77,770	$47,360	1,150
29	Salt Lake City, Utah	$77,730	$42,390	850
30	Anchorage, Alaska	$77,260	$43,640	90
31	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$77,250	$47,870	1,310
32	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$77,040	$45,980	40
33	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$76,730	$48,880	620
34	El Centro, California	$76,560	$42,750	30
35	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$76,550	$51,980	130
36	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$76,510	$52,000	100
37	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$76,480	$47,200	50
38	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$76,440	$48,060	1,160
39	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$76,260	$50,090	200
40	Redding, California	$76,040	$46,830	60
41	Worcester, Massachusetts	$75,320	$45,740	1,010
42	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$74,990	$47,030	90
43	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$74,010	$48,650	140
44	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$73,580	$40,500	1,050
45	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$73,450	$57,170	330
46	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$73,410	$53,090	1,370
47	Longview, Washington	$73,250	$37,600	50
48	Corvallis, Oregon	$72,960	$55,460	30
49	Visalia-Porterville, California	$72,780	$47,720	130
50	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$72,570	$39,530	5,970
51	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$72,270	$44,130	40
52	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$72,160	$58,180	30
53	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$71,930	$54,080	60
54	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$71,340	$52,360	60
55	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$71,190	$49,550	1,010
56	Salem, Oregon	$70,740	$45,250	150
57	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$70,040	$44,950	2,510
58	Olympia, Washington	$69,340	$47,310	130
59	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$69,320	$48,440	40
60	Western New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$68,220	$50,450	60
61	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$67,970	$37,380	200
62	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$67,950	$43,620	90
63	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$67,660	$39,780	90
64	Charlottesville, Virginia	$67,550	$47,710	130
65	Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$67,500	$52,270	40
66	Northwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$67,390	$42,150	130
67	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$66,950	$49,880	830
68	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$66,840	$42,090	970
69	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$66,610	$48,360	90
70	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$66,370	$43,680	230
71	Carson City, Nevada	$66,370	$48,630	110
72	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$66,370	$32,180	910
73	Rocky Mount, North Carolina	$66,220	$45,380	40
74	Logan, Utah	$66,160	$37,880	70
75	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$66,060	$39,790	100
76	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$66,030	$47,550	1,050
77	Chambersburg-Waynesboro, Pennsylvania	$65,880	$49,920	40
78	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$65,730	$48,730	80
79	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$65,680	$49,750	620
80	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$65,640	$46,910	50
81	St George, Utah	$65,410	$37,050	90
82	Coeur dAlene, Idaho	$65,320	$41,290	70
83	Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$65,300	$47,270	40
84	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$65,270	$44,190	2,950
85	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$65,220	$49,710	170
86	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$65,190	$40,750	70
87	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$65,170	$38,480	320
88	The Villages, Florida	$65,100	$26,740	50
89	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$65,000	$47,150	120
90	Billings, Montana	$65,000	$38,720	170
91	Manchester, New Hampshire	$64,980	$60,060	90
92	Odessa, Texas	$64,960	$49,420	40
93	Fairbanks, Alaska	$64,820	$37,080	n/a
94	Iowa City, Iowa	$64,720	$50,830	150
95	Santa Fe, New Mexico	$64,700	$46,420	30
96	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$64,660	$32,020	60
97	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$64,640	$47,900	110
98	Walla Walla, Washington	$64,590	$38,900	30
99	Idaho Falls, Idaho	$64,530	$42,440	70
100	Framingham, Massachusetts	$64,440	$38,830	260

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for healthcare social workers.