Healthcare Social Worker Salary in Waco, Texas

The annual salary statistics of healthcare social workers in Waco, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of healthcare social workers in Waco 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 Waco, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$38,350
25th Percentile Wage
$46,900
50th Percentile Wage
$56,840
75th Percentile Wage
$62,700
90th Percentile Wage
$74,090

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for healthcare social workers in Waco, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $74,090. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $56,840. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $38,350.

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
$56,840
-5.14% 13.78%
2021
$59,760
13.14% -
2020
$51,910
-5.59% -
2019
$54,810
5.05% -
2018
$52,040
0.31% -
2017
$51,880
5.63% -
2016
$48,960
1.96% -
2015
$48,000
11.08% -
2014
$42,680
-0.54% -
2013
$42,910
-14.22% -
2012
$49,010
- -

Table 2. Compare Healthcare Social Worker Salary in Waco with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $56,840 in Waco is in the middle of salary range for healthcare social workers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of healthcare social workers in Waco is 15.0 percent (15.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos and 17.3 percent (17.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Wichita Falls.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$66,840
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$65,270
Odessa
$64,960
Sherman-Denison
$63,480
Midland
$63,380
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$61,620
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$61,470
Texarkana-Texarkana
$61,130
College Station-Bryan
$61,040
Tyler
$61,000
San Angelo
$60,940
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$60,580
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$60,530
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$60,370
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$60,370
Amarillo
$60,180
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$60,070
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$59,970
Victoria
$59,470
Corpus Christi
$59,360
Abilene
$58,960
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$58,860
Longview
$58,840
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$58,800
Lubbock
$58,070
Waco
$56,840
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$56,430
Laredo
$56,310
Brownsville-Harlingen
$55,730
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$55,650
Fort Worth-Arlington
$53,960
El Paso
$51,030
Wichita Falls
$46,980

See also: Top paying jobs in Waco, Texas.