The annual salary statistics of healthcare social workers in Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington is shown in Table 1. The wage information of healthcare social workers in Kennewick-Pasco-Richland 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 | $39,790 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $48,990 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $66,060 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $75,920 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $87,200 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for healthcare social workers in Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $87,200. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $66,060. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $39,790.
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 | $66,060 | 7.10% | 20.74% |
| 2021 | $61,370 | 1.11% | - |
| 2020 | $60,690 | 34.68% | - |
| 2019 | $39,640 | 0.25% | - |
| 2018 | $39,540 | 0.33% | - |
| 2017 | $39,410 | -45.09% | - |
| 2016 | $57,180 | 9.02% | - |
| 2015 | $52,020 | 5.27% | - |
| 2014 | $49,280 | -2.54% | - |
| 2013 | $50,530 | -3.62% | - |
| 2012 | $52,360 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $66,060 in Kennewick-Pasco-Richland is in the middle of salary range for healthcare social workers in state of Washington. In comparison, the annual salary of healthcare social workers in Kennewick-Pasco-Richland is 16.0 percent (16.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue and 40.3 percent (40.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Central Washington nonmetropolitan area.