The annual salary statistics of healthcare social workers in Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky is shown in Table 1. The wage data of healthcare social workers in Louisville-Jefferson County 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 | $41,400 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $49,440 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $60,740 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $73,380 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $77,190 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for healthcare social workers in Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $77,190. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $60,740. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $41,400.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of healthcare social workers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $60,740 | -1.12% | 25.06% |
| 2021 | $61,420 | 17.99% | - |
| 2020 | $50,370 | 5.88% | - |
| 2019 | $47,410 | -11.01% | - |
| 2018 | $52,630 | 2.60% | - |
| 2017 | $51,260 | -2.50% | - |
| 2016 | $52,540 | 8.81% | - |
| 2015 | $47,910 | 0.13% | - |
| 2014 | $47,850 | 5.83% | - |
| 2013 | $45,060 | -1.02% | - |
| 2012 | $45,520 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $60,740 in Louisville-Jefferson County is in the middle of salary range for healthcare social workers in state of Kentucky. In comparison, the annual salary of healthcare social workers in Louisville-Jefferson County is .7 percent (.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Owensboro and 35.9 percent (35.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Owensboro | |
| Lexington-Fayette | |
| Louisville-Jefferson County | |
| Elizabethtown | |
| Bowling Green | |
| Evansville | |
| South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area |