The annual salary statistics of healthcare social workers in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of healthcare social workers in Watertown-Fort Drum 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 | $32,080 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $35,010 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $43,910 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $51,360 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $69,110 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for healthcare social workers in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $69,110. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $43,910. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $32,080.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of healthcare social workers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 7-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $43,910 | -2.92% | -30.47% |
| 2021 | $45,190 | -10.78% | - |
| 2020 | $50,060 | 2.20% | - |
| 2019 | $48,960 | -5.37% | - |
| 2018 | $51,590 | -11.05% | - |
| 2015 | $57,290 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $43,910 in Watertown-Fort Drum 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 Watertown-Fort Drum is 30.8 percent (30.8%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-White Plains-Wayne and 1.5 percent (1.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Rochester.