Social and Human Service Assistants · SOC 21-1093
Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Social and Human Service Assistantss
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas
Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for social and human service assistants. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Top 25 of 391 metro areas
| # | Metro area | Median annual | Employment | Per 1,000 jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eau Claire, WI | $63,870 | 390 | 4.5 |
| 2 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $60,650 | 1,930 | 1.7 |
| 3 | Fond du Lac, WI | $58,940 | 180 | 4.1 |
| 4 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | $58,580 | 790 | 3.8 |
| 5 | Napa, CA | $58,470 | 230 | 2.9 |
| 6 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $58,090 | 3,910 | 1.9 |
| 7 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $57,580 | 7,970 | 3.4 |
| 8 | Salem, OR | $57,560 | 1,200 | 6.4 |
| 9 | Duluth, MN-WI | $56,120 | 600 | 4.8 |
| 10 | Modesto, CA | $55,330 | 710 | 3.6 |
| 11 | Wausau, WI | $55,330 | 110 | 1.6 |
| 12 | Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | $55,160 | 710 | 3.5 |
| 13 | San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | $54,960 | 330 | 2.7 |
| 14 | Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | $54,870 | 390 | 3.9 |
| 15 | Bellingham, WA | $54,320 | 190 | 2.1 |
| 16 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $53,810 | 3,190 | 2.9 |
| 17 | Ithaca, NY | $53,550 | 310 | 6.5 |
| 18 | Walla Walla, WA | $52,990 | 90 | 3.7 |
| 19 | Boulder, CO | $52,830 | 240 | 1.2 |
| 20 | Yuba City, CA | $52,750 | 270 | 5.2 |
| 21 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | $52,180 | 940 | 2.9 |
| 22 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $51,710 | 5,930 | 4.9 |
| 23 | Springfield, IL | $51,680 | 600 | 6.0 |
| 24 | Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $51,370 | 1,370 | 5.7 |
| 25 | Longview-Kelso, WA | $51,050 | 90 | 2.1 |
Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Social and Human Service Assistants overview.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.