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Healthcare Social Worker Salary in New Bedford, Massachusetts

The annual salary statistics of healthcare social workers in New Bedford, Massachusetts is shown in Table 1. The wage information of healthcare social workers in New Bedford 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 Healthcare Social Workers in New Bedford, Massachusetts

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$44,350
25th Percentile Wage
$48,650
50th Percentile Wage
$61,400
75th Percentile Wage
$75,110
90th Percentile Wage
$98,530

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for healthcare social workers in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $98,530. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $61,400. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $44,350.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of healthcare social workers from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$61,400
0.78% 13.03%
2021
$60,920
-2.18% -
2020
$62,250
-14.25% -
2019
$71,120
-2.45% -
2018
$72,860
16.06% -
2017
$61,160
41.43% -
2016
$35,820
0.73% -
2015
$35,560
-73.96% -
2014
$61,860
6.27% -
2013
$57,980
7.90% -
2012
$53,400
- -

Table 2. Compare Healthcare Social Worker Salary in New Bedford with Other Massachusetts Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $61,400 in New Bedford 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 New Bedford is 21.3 percent (21.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area and 19.7 percent (19.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Taunton-Norton-Raynham.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area
$78,020
Worcester
$75,320
Barnstable Town
$67,970
Northwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area
$67,390
Framingham
$64,440
New Bedford
$61,400
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy
$61,280
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner
$60,980
North Central Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area
$59,220
Pittsfield
$58,640
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy
$57,000
Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area
$55,260
Peabody
$55,160
Springfield
$51,610
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton
$50,880
Taunton-Norton-Raynham
$49,320

See also: Top paying jobs in New Bedford, Massachusetts.