Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Worker Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

The annual salary statistics of mental health and substance abuse social workers in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of mental health and substance abuse social workers in Fort Worth-Arlington 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 Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$25,470
25th Percentile Wage
$34,280
50th Percentile Wage
$44,110
75th Percentile Wage
$60,350
90th Percentile Wage
$89,750

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for mental health and substance abuse social workers in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $89,750. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $44,110. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $25,470.

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 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$44,110
-0.54% 34.53%
2016
$44,350
-4.24% -
2015
$46,230
26.00% -
2014
$34,210
3.24% -
2013
$33,100
12.75% -
2012
$28,880
- -

Table 2. Compare Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Worker Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $44,110 in Fort Worth-Arlington is in the middle of salary range for mental health and substance abuse social workers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of mental health and substance abuse social workers in Fort Worth-Arlington is 13.9 percent (13.9%) lower than that in the highest paying Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood and 41.7 percent (41.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Brownsville-Harlingen.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$51,260
College Station-Bryan
$48,390
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$46,530
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$46,530
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$46,120
San Angelo
$45,160
Lubbock
$45,160
Corpus Christi
$45,160
Midland
$44,210
Fort Worth-Arlington
$44,110
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$42,220
Odessa
$42,110
Abilene
$41,010
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$40,260
Texarkana-Texarkana
$40,090
Tyler
$39,660
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$39,470
Waco
$39,460
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$39,140
El Paso
$38,730
Wichita Falls
$38,180
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$38,120
Victoria
$37,740
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$37,440
Laredo
$36,850
Sherman-Denison
$36,800
Longview
$36,400
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$35,170
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$35,160
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$30,090
Amarillo
$29,380
Brownsville-Harlingen
$25,700