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Healthcare Social Worker Salary in the Industry of Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned

The salary statistics and trend of healthcare social workers in the industry of colleges, universities, and professional schools - privately owned are shown in the following tables and chart. In Table 3 we compare healthcare social worker salaries in different industries within the educational services sector.

Table 1. Average Annual Salary

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$37,220
25th Percentile Wage
$44,530
50th Percentile Wage
$54,670
75th Percentile Wage
$64,790
90th Percentile Wage
$79,300

Table 1 shows the average annual salaries for healthcare social workers in the industry of colleges, universities, and professional schools - privately owned. The salaries are shown in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) healthcare social workers is $79,300. The median annual salary (50th percentile) is $54,670. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent healthcare social workers is $37,220.

Salary Trend (2012 to 2017)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of healthcare social workers in the industry of Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$54,670
2.45% 5.82%
2016
$53,330
-6.77% -
2015
$56,940
0.04% -
2014
$56,920
4.71% -
2013
$54,240
5.07% -
2012
$51,490
- -

Table 3. Compare Healthcare Social Worker Salary in Different Industries within the Educational Services Sector

The average salaries of healthcare social workers in 14 industries within the educational services sector are shown in Table 3. For salary information of healthcare social workers in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Industry Median Annual Salary
Elementary and Secondary Schools - Local government owned
$69,210
Educational Services - Local government owned
$68,580
Elementary and Secondary Schools
$68,260
Elementary and Secondary Schools - Privately owned
$61,910
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
$57,860
Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned
$56,820
Educational Services - State government owned
$56,350
Educational Support Services - Privately owned
$56,120
Educational Support Services
$56,020
Educational Services
$55,000
Educational Services - Privately owned
$54,800
Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned
$54,670
Junior colleges - Local government owned
$29,070
Junior Colleges (including private, state, and local government schools)
$28,850

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