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Highest Paying Industries for Healthcare Social Workers

The top 87 highest paying industries 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 in those industries are also shown. As shown in the table, with an average annual salary of $78,080, health and personal care stores is the highest paying industry for healthcare social workers. It is followed by retail trade industry (average annual salary $77,760). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2015 [1]. For more information about salaries of healthcare social workers in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 87 Highest Paying Industries for Healthcare Social Workers

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Health and Personal Care Stores	$78,080	$51,930	n/a
2	Retail Trade	$77,760	$51,070	n/a
3	Educational Services - Local government owned	$62,690	$33,980	160
4	Other Insurance Related Activities	$62,020	$40,910	560
5	Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities	$62,020	$40,910	560
6	Temporary Help Services	$61,830	$38,110	680
7	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$61,170	$41,550	1,940
8	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$60,890	$41,290	2,160
9	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	$59,790	$38,700	1,950
10	Finance and Insurance	$59,790	$38,700	1,950
11	Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists	$59,000	$41,100	610
12	Specialty hospitals - State government owned	$58,840	$40,560	210
13	Employment Services	$58,830	$36,210	970
14	Insurance Carriers	$58,790	$37,560	1,390
15	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$58,600	$39,930	34,990
16	Hospitals - Privately owned	$58,490	$39,680	38,220
17	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$58,290	$39,690	41,570
18	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - State government owned	$58,230	$38,740	1,880
19	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$58,180	$39,340	46,000
20	Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers	$58,100	$37,330	1,150
21	Hospitals - State government owned	$57,710	$35,850	3,040
22	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$57,680	$38,950	230
23	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$56,920	$35,320	310
24	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned	$55,990	$37,990	4,700
25	Hospitals - Local government owned	$55,920	$38,010	4,740
26	Administrative and Support Services	$55,790	$33,830	1,400
27	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$55,790	$33,830	1,400
28	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - State government owned	$55,600	$33,490	950
29	State government, including schools and hospitals	$55,390	$35,490	11,040
30	Scientific Research and Development Services	$55,220	$39,350	440
31	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$54,860	$35,660	7,290
32	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$54,620	$34,480	1,080
33	Home Health Care Services	$54,140	$35,040	17,220
34	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Local government owned	$53,350	$27,350	60
35	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$53,330	$32,570	33,370
36	Educational Services - Privately owned	$53,300	$30,250	500
37	Educational Services	$53,250	$32,740	1,360
38	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$53,240	$33,750	23,810
39	Outpatient Care Centers	$53,090	$30,670	9,110
40	Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$52,700	$32,700	910
41	All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$52,690	$32,690	910
42	Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities	$52,670	$39,870	200
43	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$52,540	$33,690	1,060
44	Health Care and Social Assistance	$51,990	$31,900	121,290
45	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	$51,540	$32,800	2,280
46	Offices of Physicians	$51,480	$30,730	4,340
47	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$51,460	$32,790	15,160
48	Federal, State, and Local Government	$51,460	$32,790	15,160
49	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$51,270	$32,430	12,770
50	Educational Support Services - Privately owned	$51,120	$31,970	n/a
51	Office Administrative Services	$50,960	$31,320	410
52	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$50,910	$33,700	680
53	Educational Services - State government owned	$50,870	$33,810	710
54	Offices of Other Health Practitioners	$50,250	$31,490	1,720
55	Educational Support Services	$50,110	$31,980	n/a
56	Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services	$49,620	$28,830	160
57	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - Privately owned	$49,450	$32,110	1,290
58	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$49,240	$32,260	1,120
59	Offices of All Other Health Practitioners	$48,920	$31,360	100
60	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$47,990	$30,330	7,870
61	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$46,780	$32,120	350
62	Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)	$46,470	$31,660	15,960
63	Elementary and Secondary Schools	$46,080	$26,720	180
64	Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly	$45,620	$30,420	3,610
65	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	$45,350	$29,860	22,480
66	Grantmaking and Giving Services	$45,240	$29,540	1,180
67	Consumer Goods Rental	$45,130	$39,550	50
68	Rental and Leasing Services	$45,130	$39,550	50
69	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$44,050	$28,560	2,170
70	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$44,000	$28,460	2,140
71	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	$43,580	$34,260	80
72	Civic and Social Organizations	$42,430	$23,410	120
73	Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers	$42,160	$26,340	1,960
74	Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities	$42,040	$27,670	10,960
75	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Privately owned	$41,980	$26,540	120
76	Social Advocacy Organizations	$41,530	$28,630	810
77	Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians)	$41,510	$29,790	990
78	Individual and Family Services	$41,040	$27,590	17,140
79	Social Assistance	$40,600	$27,150	19,440
80	Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services	$40,150	$27,920	710
81	Other Residential Care Facilities	$40,120	$26,360	830
82	Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories	$38,060	$24,660	60
83	Vocational Rehabilitation Services	$37,870	$22,130	1,100
84	Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities	$37,740	$23,020	960
85	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities	$36,790	$23,020	2,080
86	Child Day Care Services	$35,900	$24,510	500
87	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities	$35,900	$23,030	1,120