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Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Worker Salary in New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York

The annual salary statistics of mental health and substance abuse social workers in New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of mental health and substance abuse social workers in New York-White Plains-Wayne 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 Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers in New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$34,010
25th Percentile Wage
$41,160
50th Percentile Wage
$51,440
75th Percentile Wage
$67,540
90th Percentile Wage
$82,310

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for mental health and substance abuse social workers in New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $82,310. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $51,440. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $34,010.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of mental health and substance abuse social workers from 2012 to 2014. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth2-Year Growth
2014
$51,440
-0.19% 8.83%
2013
$51,540
9.00% -
2012
$46,900
- -

Table 2. Compare Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Worker Salary in New York-White Plains-Wayne with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $51,440 in New York-White Plains-Wayne is in the middle of salary range for mental health and substance abuse social workers in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of mental health and substance abuse social workers in New York-White Plains-Wayne is 38.2 percent (38.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Ithaca and 10.1 percent (10.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Ithaca
$83,200
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$78,310
Elmira
$76,730
Utica-Rome
$76,440
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$65,190
Binghamton
$64,590
Glens Falls
$64,310
Syracuse
$64,160
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$63,820
Rochester
$63,510
East Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$63,170
Kingston
$62,820
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$62,310
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$62,220
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$59,890
Nassau-Suffolk
$58,880
Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$51,570
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$51,440
Watertown-Fort Drum
$48,480
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown
$46,230