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

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

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$32,010
25th Percentile Wage
$35,880
50th Percentile Wage
$39,660
75th Percentile Wage
$46,480
90th Percentile Wage
$46,480

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for mental health and substance abuse social workers in Tyler, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $46,480. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $39,660. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $32,010.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of mental health and substance abuse social workers from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$39,660
2.55% 0.55%
2021
$38,650
-9.34% -
2014
$42,260
1.77% -
2013
$41,510
4.99% -
2012
$39,440
- -

Table 2. Compare Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Worker Salary in Tyler with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $39,660 in Tyler 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 Tyler is 22.6 percent (22.6%) lower than that in the highest paying Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood and 35.2 percent (35.2%) 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 Tyler, Texas.