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Child, Family, and School Social Worker Salary in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts

The annual salary statistics of child, family, and school social workers in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts is shown in Table 1. The wage information of child, family, and school social workers in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy 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 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$31,610
25th Percentile Wage
$39,150
50th Percentile Wage
$55,160
75th Percentile Wage
$71,280
90th Percentile Wage
$87,220

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for child, family, and school social workers in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $87,220. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $55,160. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $31,610.

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
$55,160
7.67% 4.15%
2016
$50,930
5.58% -
2015
$48,090
-11.94% -
2014
$53,830
-1.56% -
2013
$54,670
3.29% -
2012
$52,870
- -

Table 2. Compare Child, Family, and School Social Worker Salary in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy with Other Massachusetts Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $55,160, Boston-Cambridge-Quincy is the second highest paying city for child, family, and school social workers in state of Massachusetts, following the highest paying city Boston-Cambridge-Quincy (median annual salary of $60,460). Compared with Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, the median annual salary of child, family, and school social workers in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy is 8.8 percent (8.8%) lower.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy
$60,460
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy
$55,160
Barnstable Town
$54,280
Taunton-Norton-Raynham
$50,470
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner
$49,780
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area
$49,690
Framingham
$48,530
Pittsfield
$47,450
Worcester
$47,360
Peabody
$47,350
New Bedford
$46,850
North Central Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area
$46,620
Springfield
$40,070
Northwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area
$39,510
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton
$28,860