The annual salary statistics of healthcare social workers in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts is shown in Table 1. The wage data of healthcare 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].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $34,350 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $43,600 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $57,000 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $71,990 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $82,400 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for healthcare 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 $82,400. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $57,000. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $34,350.
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 | $57,000 | 4.46% | -1.30% |
| 2016 | $54,460 | 4.15% | - |
| 2015 | $52,200 | -17.91% | - |
| 2014 | $61,550 | 1.09% | - |
| 2013 | $60,880 | 5.16% | - |
| 2012 | $57,740 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $57,000 in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy is in the middle of salary range for healthcare social workers in state of Massachusetts. In comparison, the annual salary of healthcare social workers in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy is 26.9 percent (26.9%) lower than that in the highest paying Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area and 13.5 percent (13.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Taunton-Norton-Raynham.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area | |
| Worcester | |
| Barnstable Town | |
| Northwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area | |
| Framingham | |
| New Bedford | |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy | |
| Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner | |
| North Central Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area | |
| Pittsfield | |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy | |
| Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area | |
| Peabody | |
| Springfield | |
| Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton | |
| Taunton-Norton-Raynham |