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Child, Family, and School Social Worker Salary in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois

The annual salary statistics of child, family, and school social workers in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois is shown in Table 1. The wage information of child, family, and school social workers in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Child, Family, and School Social Workers in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$24,900
25th Percentile Wage
$34,670
50th Percentile Wage
$52,870
75th Percentile Wage
$81,360
90th Percentile Wage
$101,880

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for child, family, and school social workers in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $101,880. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $52,870. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $24,900.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of child, family, and school social workers from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$52,870
-3.52% 10.93%
2016
$54,730
11.02% -
2015
$48,700
0.29% -
2014
$48,560
-2.27% -
2013
$49,660
5.18% -
2012
$47,090
- -

Table 2. Compare Child, Family, and School Social Worker Salary in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) with Other Illinois Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $52,870 in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) is in the middle of salary range for child, family, and school social workers in state of Illinois. In comparison, the annual salary of child, family, and school social workers in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) is 13.7 percent (13.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Springfield and 11.4 percent (11.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Peoria.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Springfield
$61,240
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$59,990
Carbondale-Marion
$57,820
Champaign-Urbana
$57,300
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area)
$56,940
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$54,930
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$54,080
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division)
$52,870
Bloomington
$50,970
Bloomington-Normal
$50,860
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$50,700
Danville
$48,970
Rockford
$48,940
Kankakee-Bradley
$48,520
Decatur
$47,700
Peoria
$46,840