The annual salary statistics of healthcare social workers in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois is shown in Table 1. The wage data of healthcare 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].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $30,740 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $39,270 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $56,260 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $72,520 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $81,760 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for healthcare 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 $81,760. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $56,260. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $30,740.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of healthcare social workers from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $56,260 | -5.55% | 7.63% |
| 2016 | $59,380 | 1.15% | - |
| 2015 | $58,700 | 9.32% | - |
| 2014 | $53,230 | 9.67% | - |
| 2013 | $48,080 | -8.09% | - |
| 2012 | $51,970 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $56,260 in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) is in the middle of salary range for healthcare social workers in state of Illinois. In comparison, the annual salary of healthcare social workers in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) is 9.6 percent (9.6%) lower than that in the highest paying Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area) and 20.3 percent (20.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area) | |
| Springfield | |
| Decatur | |
| Rockford | |
| Kankakee-Bradley | |
| Carbondale-Marion | |
| Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) | |
| East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area | |
| South Illinois nonmetropolitan area | |
| Peoria | |
| Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area | |
| Bloomington-Normal | |
| Champaign-Urbana | |
| West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area |