Pay distribution $52,830 10th $58,760 25th $102,660 75th $124,320 90th
Half of Child, Family, and School Social Workers in the San Francisco metro area earn more than $72,020 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $58,760 and $102,660.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $52,830 $58,760 $72,020 $102,660 $124,320 Hourly $25.40 $28.25 $34.62 $49.36 $59.77
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares San Francisco metro areathis metro area
$72,020 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $58,760 to $102,660
$65,200 median for California; middle half earns $52,270 to $82,080
$59,550 median for United States; middle half earns $48,270 to $76,070
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +10% vs California overall and +21% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $35,260 $52,707 $70,153 $87,600 Alexandria, LA — $35,260 Lafayette, LA — $36,340 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $40,580 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $40,580 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $42,160 Monroe, LA — $42,290 Hot Springs, AR — $42,310 Altoona, PA — $42,590 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $42,990 Jonesboro, AR — $43,740 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $43,790 Enid, OK — $43,950 Lawton, OK — $43,950 Oklahoma City, OK — $43,950 Tulsa, OK — $43,950 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $44,400 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $44,610 Tuscaloosa, AL — $44,640 Erie, PA — $44,810 Johnstown, PA — $45,010 Valdosta, GA — $45,230 Longview, TX — $45,400 Columbia, MO — $45,460 State College, PA — $45,460 Dothan, AL — $45,530 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $45,820 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $45,920 Lincoln, NE — $46,230 Ames, IA — $46,370 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $46,430 Hattiesburg, MS — $46,530 Birmingham, AL — $46,540 Jackson, MS — $46,610 Huntsville, AL — $46,860 Texarkana, TX-AR — $46,900 Las Cruces, NM — $46,960 Sandusky, OH — $46,990 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $47,010 Tucson, AZ — $47,010 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $47,080 Columbus, GA-AL — $47,080 Gainesville, GA — $47,080 Hinesville, GA — $47,080 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $47,080 Rome, GA — $47,080 Warner Robins, GA — $47,080 Logan, UT-ID — $47,180 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $47,190 Mansfield, OH — $47,310 Lake Charles, LA — $47,490 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $47,550 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $47,570 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $47,670 Morgantown, WV — $47,740 Yuma, AZ — $47,820 Ocala, FL — $47,900 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $47,940 Springfield, MO — $47,980 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $47,980 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $47,990 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $48,040 Gettysburg, PA — $48,050 Savannah, GA — $48,340 Albany, GA — $48,460 Mobile, AL — $48,460 Lubbock, TX — $48,490 Joplin, MO-KS — $48,600 Bloomington, IN — $48,730 Evansville, IN — $48,730 Kokomo, IN — $48,730 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $48,730 Terre Haute, IN — $48,730 Abilene, TX — $48,790 Amarillo, TX — $48,790 Iowa City, IA — $48,790 Akron, OH — $48,800 Tallahassee, FL — $48,880 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $48,940 Decatur, AL — $48,980 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $49,000 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $49,060 Columbus, IN — $49,150 Roanoke, VA — $49,230 Cedar Rapids, IA — $49,250 Gainesville, FL — $49,280 Omaha, NE-IA — $49,490 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $49,630 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $49,720 Pittsburgh, PA — $49,800 Grand Island, NE — $49,810 Kansas City, MO-KS — $49,880 Laredo, TX — $49,900 Rocky Mount, NC — $49,940 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $49,970 Lima, OH — $50,020 Flagstaff, AZ — $50,060 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $50,150 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $50,150 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $50,150 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $50,150 Missoula, MT — $50,200 Sumter, SC — $50,230 Montgomery, AL — $50,240 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $50,240 Billings, MT — $50,310 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $50,440 Wheeling, WV-OH — $50,450 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $50,470 Muncie, IN — $50,470 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $50,470 Fort Wayne, IN — $50,490 Rapid City, SD — $50,490 Springfield, OH — $50,500 Canton-Massillon, OH — $50,590 Columbia, SC — $50,610 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $50,710 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $50,710 Sheboygan, WI — $50,750 Dalton, GA — $50,760 Midland, MI — $50,890 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $50,910 Ogden, UT — $50,990 Reading, PA — $51,050 St. Louis, MO-IL — $51,080 Lancaster, PA — $51,130 Mayaguez, PR — $51,170 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $51,400 College Station-Bryan, TX — $51,410 Chambersburg, PA — $51,490 Gadsden, AL — $51,490 Port St. Lucie, FL — $51,490 Dover, DE — $51,690 Jefferson City, MO — $51,710 Midland, TX — $51,790 Florence, SC — $51,800 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $51,800 Spartanburg, SC — $51,800 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $51,960 Dubuque, IA — $51,980 Beckley, WV — $52,220 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $52,220 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $52,220 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $52,220 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $52,280 Tyler, TX — $52,290 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $52,310 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $52,330 Santa Fe, NM — $52,740 Williamsport, PA — $52,790 York-Hanover, PA — $52,850 Lebanon, PA — $52,890 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $53,040 Charleston, WV — $53,070 Guayama, PR — $53,100 Lynchburg, VA — $53,110 Manhattan, KS — $53,130 Arecibo, PR — $53,280 Ponce, PR — $53,440 Waco, TX — $53,670 Aguadilla, PR — $53,750 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $53,800 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $53,830 Jackson, TN — $53,960 Johnson City, TN — $53,980 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $54,060 Topeka, KS — $54,310 Wichita, KS — $54,310 El Paso, TX — $54,340 Odessa, TX — $54,510 Goldsboro, NC — $54,780 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $54,820 Wichita Falls, TX — $54,950 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $55,030 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $55,080 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $55,090 Albuquerque, NM — $55,420 St. George, UT — $55,530 Kenosha, WI — $55,590 Punta Gorda, FL — $55,600 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $55,620 Jacksonville, FL — $55,630 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $55,630 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $55,650 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $55,710 Bay City, MI — $55,810 Corvallis, OR — $55,810 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $55,930 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $56,070 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $56,090 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $56,280 Knoxville, TN — $56,310 Cheyenne, WY — $56,420 Pueblo, CO — $56,440 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $56,470 Burlington, NC — $56,480 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $56,530 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $56,660 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $56,670 Killeen-Temple, TX — $56,670 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $56,670 Peoria, IL — $56,740 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $56,810 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $56,810 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $56,860 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $56,930 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $56,940 Fond du Lac, WI — $56,980 Battle Creek, MI — $57,000 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $57,080 Green Bay, WI — $57,140 Decatur, IL — $57,270 Paducah, KY-IL — $57,280 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $57,410 Corpus Christi, TX — $57,490 Casper, WY — $57,510 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $57,550 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $57,710 Wausau, WI — $57,720 Cleveland, OH — $57,860 Toledo, OH — $57,990 Cleveland, TN — $58,020 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $58,040 Morristown, TN — $58,090 Kankakee, IL — $58,180 Elmira, NY — $58,400 Bloomington, IL — $58,440 Columbus, OH — $58,460 Glens Falls, NY — $58,460 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $58,540 Lewiston, ID-WA — $58,550 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $58,640 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $58,640 Saginaw, MI — $58,700 Monroe, MI — $58,710 Bozeman, MT — $58,720 Great Falls, MT — $58,810 Owensboro, KY — $58,920 Winston-Salem, NC — $58,930 Sherman-Denison, TX — $58,950 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $58,970 Utica-Rome, NY — $59,090 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $59,100 Pocatello, ID — $59,100 Greenville, NC — $59,110 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $59,180 Charlottesville, VA — $59,190 Clarksville, TN-KY — $59,230 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $59,270 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $59,330 Redding, CA — $59,520 Traverse City, MI — $59,550 Asheville, NC — $59,680 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $59,710 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $59,770 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $59,780 Niles, MI — $59,790 Appleton, WI — $59,840 Boise City, ID — $59,840 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $59,840 Fargo, ND-MN — $59,860 Victoria, TX — $59,900 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $59,940 Harrisonburg, VA — $60,000 Grand Junction, CO — $60,050 Ithaca, NY — $60,120 Flint, MI — $60,160 San Angelo, TX — $60,180 Merced, CA — $60,200 Helena, MT — $60,280 Colorado Springs, CO — $60,320 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $60,360 Baton Rouge, LA — $60,440 Richmond, VA — $60,520 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $60,590 Reno, NV — $60,600 El Centro, CA — $60,690 St. Cloud, MN — $60,790 Winchester, VA-WV — $60,820 Farmington, NM — $60,890 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $60,900 Modesto, CA — $60,900 Ann Arbor, MI — $60,940 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $60,950 Lawrence, KS — $60,980 Albany, OR — $61,020 Visalia, CA — $61,040 Idaho Falls, ID — $61,400 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $61,480 Mankato, MN — $61,500 Chico, CA — $61,720 Rockford, IL — $61,940 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $61,960 Bangor, ME — $61,980 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $61,980 Madison, WI — $62,020 Rochester, NY — $62,030 Fresno, CA — $62,080 Rochester, MN — $62,090 Elizabethtown, KY — $62,130 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $62,140 Binghamton, NY — $62,160 Duluth, MN-WI — $62,240 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $62,360 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $62,370 Salinas, CA — $62,520 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $62,610 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $62,640 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $62,700 Wilmington, NC — $62,710 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $62,720 Bend, OR — $62,760 Napa, CA — $62,760 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $62,810 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $63,070 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $63,100 Syracuse, NY — $63,120 Bellingham, WA — $63,130 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $63,230 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $63,270 Fayetteville, NC — $63,320 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $63,480 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $63,520 Portland-South Portland, ME — $63,700 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $63,780 Eau Claire, WI — $63,930 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $64,020 Yuba City, CA — $64,040 Bowling Green, KY — $64,050 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $64,230 Anchorage, AK — $64,640 Boulder, CO — $64,660 Salem, OR — $64,700 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $64,790 Minot, ND — $65,180 Carson City, NV — $65,250 Homosassa Springs, FL — $65,810 Twin Falls, ID — $65,980 Jacksonville, NC — $66,520 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $66,540 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $66,540 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $66,620 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $66,910 Medford, OR — $67,170 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $67,560 Yakima, WA — $67,650 Kingston, NY — $67,670 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $67,910 Fairbanks-College, AK — $68,180 Urban Honolulu, HI — $68,270 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $68,280 Vineland, NJ — $68,530 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $68,560 Grants Pass, OR — $68,960 Bismarck, ND — $69,400 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $69,570 Lexington Park, MD — $69,700 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $69,960 Jackson, MI — $70,350 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $70,530 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $70,900 Worcester, MA — $70,900 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $71,140 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $71,250 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $72,020 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $72,730 Walla Walla, WA — $72,910 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $74,960 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $75,280 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $75,550 Barnstable Town, MA — $75,570 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $75,580 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $76,270 Springfield, IL — $76,330 Pittsfield, MA — $76,440 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $77,260 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $77,300 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $77,420 Vallejo, CA — $77,490 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $77,710 Springfield, MA — $78,250 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $78,270 Greeley, CO — $78,530 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $78,970 New Haven, CT — $78,970 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $79,920 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $80,430 Longview-Kelso, WA — $80,450 Salisbury, MD — $81,520 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $81,830 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $87,600 San Francisco metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The San Francisco metro area has the 27th-highest published median for this occupation among the 390 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in California Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for child, family, and school social workers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
San Francisco metro areathis page
$72,020 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $58,760 to $102,660
$87,600 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $63,310 to $106,000
$78,270 median for Hanford metro area; middle half earns $59,960 to $82,790
$77,490 median for Vallejo metro area; middle half earns $62,030 to $99,180
$75,580 median for Oxnard metro area; middle half earns $58,290 to $89,640
$71,250 median for Los Angeles metro area; middle half earns $50,430 to $97,760
$68,560 median for San Luis Obispo metro area; middle half earns $55,530 to $95,250
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors $68,400 Social and Human Service Assistants $57,580 Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors $94,600 Healthcare Social Workers $99,640 Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other $68,390 Community Health Workers $72,710 Highest-paying metro areas for child, family, and school social workerss · Highest-paying occupations in San Francisco Metro
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .