Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Worker Salary in Midland, Texas

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

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$34,300
25th Percentile Wage
$38,320
50th Percentile Wage
$44,210
75th Percentile Wage
$49,800
90th Percentile Wage
$59,640

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for mental health and substance abuse social workers in Midland, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $59,640. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $44,210. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $34,300.

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 2019. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth1-Year Growth
2019
$44,210
3.39% 3.39%
2018
$42,710
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Table 2. Compare Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Worker Salary in Midland with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $44,210 in Midland 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 Midland is 13.8 percent (13.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood and 41.9 percent (41.9%) 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

See also: Top paying jobs in Midland, Texas.