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Healthcare Social Worker Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

The annual salary statistics of healthcare social workers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of healthcare social workers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 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 York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$41,060
25th Percentile Wage
$48,090
50th Percentile Wage
$60,180
75th Percentile Wage
$79,430
90th Percentile Wage
$96,190

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for healthcare social workers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $96,190. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $60,180. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $41,060.

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
$60,180
-1.36% 3.71%
2021
$61,000
-1.33% -
2020
$61,810
-0.57% -
2019
$62,160
-5.05% -
2018
$65,300
1.87% -
2017
$64,080
3.45% -
2016
$61,870
2.72% -
2015
$60,190
-2.29% -
2014
$61,570
2.48% -
2013
$60,040
3.48% -
2012
$57,950
- -

Table 2. Compare Healthcare Social Worker Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $60,180 in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 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 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is 5.1 percent (5.1%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-White Plains-Wayne and 28.1 percent (28.1%) 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 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York.