The annual salary statistics of healthcare social workers in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania is shown in Table 1. The wage data of healthcare social workers in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 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 | $45,830 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $54,860 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $63,320 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $76,940 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $82,220 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for healthcare social workers in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $82,220. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $63,320. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $45,830.
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 | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $63,320 | 2.20% | 18.16% |
| 2021 | $61,930 | 6.99% | - |
| 2020 | $57,600 | 2.10% | - |
| 2019 | $56,390 | 1.19% | - |
| 2018 | $55,720 | 2.60% | - |
| 2017 | $54,270 | 1.64% | - |
| 2016 | $53,380 | 2.92% | - |
| 2015 | $51,820 | 1.18% | - |
| 2014 | $51,210 | 0.74% | - |
| 2013 | $50,830 | -1.95% | - |
| 2012 | $51,820 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $63,320 in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington is in the middle of salary range for healthcare social workers in state of Pennsylvania. In comparison, the annual salary of healthcare social workers in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington is 5.4 percent (5.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Newark-Union and 36.0 percent (36.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area.