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Other Social Worker Salary in Rochester, New York

The annual salary statistics of other social workers in Rochester, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of other social workers in Rochester 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 Other Social Workers in Rochester, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$68,410
25th Percentile Wage
$70,620
50th Percentile Wage
$73,230
75th Percentile Wage
$79,440
90th Percentile Wage
$89,940

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for other social workers in Rochester, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $89,940. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $73,230. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $68,410.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of other social workers from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$73,230
-2.99% 33.57%
2021
$75,420
6.63% -
2020
$70,420
-1.41% -
2019
$71,410
2.84% -
2018
$69,380
13.06% -
2017
$60,320
7.66% -
2016
$55,700
3.57% -
2015
$53,710
-1.69% -
2014
$54,620
7.38% -
2013
$50,590
3.83% -
2012
$48,650
- -

Table 2. Compare Other Social Worker Salary in Rochester with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $73,230 in Rochester is in the middle of salary range for other social workers in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of other social workers in Rochester is 5.2 percent (5.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area and 35.8 percent (35.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Glens Falls.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$77,230
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$76,860
Watertown-Fort Drum
$76,720
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$76,580
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$76,350
Binghamton
$74,720
Syracuse
$74,070
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown
$73,570
Rochester
$73,230
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$73,170
Utica-Rome
$71,520
Nassau-Suffolk
$70,670
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$63,340
Ithaca
$62,630
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$60,300
Kingston
$60,250
East Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$60,020
Elmira
$50,270
Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$49,660
Glens Falls
$47,050

See also: Top paying jobs in Rochester, New York.