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Healthcare Social Worker Salary in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York

The annual salary statistics of healthcare social workers in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of healthcare social workers in Albany-Schenectady-Troy 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 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$33,080
25th Percentile Wage
$38,270
50th Percentile Wage
$47,780
75th Percentile Wage
$58,390
90th Percentile Wage
$73,720

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for healthcare social workers in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $73,720. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $47,780. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $33,080.

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
$47,780
-3.70% 0.48%
2021
$49,550
-3.53% -
2020
$51,300
-1.75% -
2019
$52,200
-3.75% -
2018
$54,160
2.60% -
2017
$52,750
-1.73% -
2016
$53,660
5.31% -
2015
$50,810
1.48% -
2014
$50,060
3.68% -
2013
$48,220
1.39% -
2012
$47,550
- -

Table 2. Compare Healthcare Social Worker Salary in Albany-Schenectady-Troy with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $47,780 in Albany-Schenectady-Troy is in the middle of salary range for healthcare social workers in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of healthcare social workers in Albany-Schenectady-Troy is 24.7 percent (24.7%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-White Plains-Wayne and 9.4 percent (9.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Rochester.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$63,430
Nassau-Suffolk
$61,110
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$60,180
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown
$55,100
Glens Falls
$52,200
East Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$52,050
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$49,870
Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$49,180
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$49,160
Syracuse
$48,900
Elmira
$48,680
Kingston
$47,910
Utica-Rome
$47,820
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$47,780
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$47,330
Ithaca
$47,080
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$46,500
Binghamton
$44,540
Watertown-Fort Drum
$43,910
Rochester
$43,270

See also: Top paying jobs in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York.