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Healthcare Social Worker Salary in Nassau-Suffolk, New York

The annual salary statistics of healthcare social workers in Nassau-Suffolk, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of healthcare social workers in Nassau-Suffolk 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 Nassau-Suffolk, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$29,730
25th Percentile Wage
$44,230
50th Percentile Wage
$61,110
75th Percentile Wage
$74,280
90th Percentile Wage
$81,850

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for healthcare social workers in Nassau-Suffolk, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $81,850. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $61,110. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $29,730.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of healthcare social workers from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$61,110
-3.47% 9.02%
2016
$63,230
2.59% -
2015
$61,590
3.34% -
2014
$59,530
7.14% -
2013
$55,280
-0.58% -
2012
$55,600
- -

Table 2. Compare Healthcare Social Worker Salary in Nassau-Suffolk with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $61,110, Nassau-Suffolk is the second highest paying city for healthcare social workers in state of New York, following the highest paying city New York-White Plains-Wayne (median annual salary of $63,430). Compared with New York-White Plains-Wayne, the median annual salary of healthcare social workers in Nassau-Suffolk is 3.7 percent (3.7%) lower.

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