Pay distribution $51,060 10th $61,560 25th $79,890 75th $85,170 90th
Half of Healthcare Social Workers in the Lubbock metro area earn more than $67,930 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $61,560 and $79,890.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $51,060 $61,560 $67,930 $79,890 $85,170 Hourly $24.55 $29.60 $32.66 $38.41 $40.95
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 Lubbock metro areathis metro area
$67,930 median for Lubbock metro area; middle half earns $61,560 to $79,890
$69,990 median for Texas; middle half earns $52,950 to $80,910
$67,880 median for United States; middle half earns $56,710 to $82,240
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −3% vs Texas overall and about the same vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $27,840 $66,207 $104,573 $142,940 Ponce, PR — $27,840 Mayaguez, PR — $28,660 Aguadilla, PR — $28,700 Arecibo, PR — $30,320 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $36,670 Elmira, NY — $48,970 Cheyenne, WY — $49,070 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $49,130 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $49,490 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $49,570 Helena, MT — $50,410 Valdosta, GA — $50,680 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $50,970 Binghamton, NY — $51,290 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $51,910 Johnson City, TN — $52,020 Decatur, IL — $52,680 Jonesboro, AR — $52,710 Greeley, CO — $53,660 Jackson, TN — $54,520 Decatur, AL — $55,310 Hattiesburg, MS — $55,330 Jacksonville, NC — $55,470 Joplin, MO-KS — $55,510 El Paso, TX — $55,680 Anchorage, AK — $56,160 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $56,430 Owensboro, KY — $56,560 Tulsa, OK — $56,670 Tuscaloosa, AL — $56,860 Dalton, GA — $57,200 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $57,200 Springfield, MO — $57,220 Great Falls, MT — $57,430 Yuma, AZ — $57,570 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $57,750 Missoula, MT — $57,860 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $58,030 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $58,080 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $58,140 Gadsden, AL — $58,190 Monroe, LA — $58,200 Cleveland, TN — $58,240 Florence, SC — $58,260 Lebanon, PA — $58,260 Mansfield, OH — $58,350 Kankakee, IL — $58,400 Montgomery, AL — $58,410 Niles, MI — $58,420 Albany, GA — $58,460 Dover, DE — $58,470 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $58,510 Lawton, OK — $58,570 Chambersburg, PA — $58,580 Utica-Rome, NY — $58,780 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $58,900 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $58,920 Oklahoma City, OK — $58,940 Pittsfield, MA — $59,110 Clarksville, TN-KY — $59,210 Peoria, IL — $59,210 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $59,270 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $59,280 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $59,290 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $59,340 Beckley, WV — $59,350 Casper, WY — $59,360 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $59,370 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $59,610 Columbus, GA-AL — $59,650 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $59,650 Morgantown, WV — $59,660 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $59,680 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $59,840 Billings, MT — $59,910 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $59,950 Altoona, PA — $59,970 Alexandria, LA — $60,000 Dothan, AL — $60,000 Tucson, AZ — $60,030 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $60,070 Savannah, GA — $60,200 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $60,300 Erie, PA — $60,390 Tallahassee, FL — $60,390 Hot Springs, AR — $60,430 Muncie, IN — $60,430 Pittsburgh, PA — $60,430 Roanoke, VA — $60,430 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $60,460 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $60,470 Columbia, MO — $60,540 Toledo, OH — $60,540 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $60,570 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $60,680 Warner Robins, GA — $60,690 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $60,750 Abilene, TX — $60,800 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $60,820 Wheeling, WV-OH — $60,830 Greenville, NC — $60,880 Mobile, AL — $60,880 Williamsport, PA — $60,970 Birmingham, AL — $60,980 Rome, GA — $60,980 Jefferson City, MO — $61,000 Winston-Salem, NC — $61,030 Lynchburg, VA — $61,190 Lima, OH — $61,290 Wilmington, NC — $61,290 Tyler, TX — $61,320 Bismarck, ND — $61,360 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $61,390 Elizabethtown, KY — $61,450 Burlington, NC — $61,470 Kenosha, WI — $61,550 Evansville, IN — $61,560 Knoxville, TN — $61,560 Lafayette, LA — $61,590 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $61,590 Bowling Green, KY — $61,610 Rochester, NY — $61,610 Asheville, NC — $61,650 Appleton, WI — $61,680 Ames, IA — $61,760 Canton-Massillon, OH — $61,760 Springfield, OH — $61,830 Morristown, TN — $61,840 Jackson, MS — $61,890 Fayetteville, NC — $61,930 Laredo, TX — $61,930 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $61,980 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $61,980 Pueblo, CO — $62,030 Columbia, SC — $62,130 Saginaw, MI — $62,150 Jackson, MI — $62,160 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $62,170 St. Louis, MO-IL — $62,200 Farmington, NM — $62,220 Dubuque, IA — $62,240 Charleston, WV — $62,260 Lancaster, PA — $62,300 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $62,310 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $62,360 State College, PA — $62,380 Cedar Rapids, IA — $62,400 St. George, UT — $62,400 Huntsville, AL — $62,560 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $62,560 Ithaca, NY — $62,570 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $62,640 Yakima, WA — $62,640 York-Hanover, PA — $62,690 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $62,840 Glens Falls, NY — $62,850 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $62,860 Fargo, ND-MN — $62,860 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $62,870 Wausau, WI — $63,000 Lawrence, KS — $63,010 Lincoln, NE — $63,020 Rockford, IL — $63,070 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $63,080 Winchester, VA-WV — $63,110 Akron, OH — $63,130 Omaha, NE-IA — $63,360 Traverse City, MI — $63,360 Springfield, IL — $63,370 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $63,460 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $63,480 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $63,510 Duluth, MN-WI — $63,590 Terre Haute, IN — $63,700 Baton Rouge, LA — $63,720 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $63,750 Johnstown, PA — $63,800 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $63,880 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $63,940 Spartanburg, SC — $63,940 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $64,040 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $64,070 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $64,080 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $64,100 Amarillo, TX — $64,120 Syracuse, NY — $64,310 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $64,390 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $64,430 Reading, PA — $64,490 Killeen-Temple, TX — $64,500 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $64,510 Longview, TX — $64,520 Wichita, KS — $64,650 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $64,790 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $64,790 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $64,930 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $64,940 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $65,040 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $65,070 Bloomington, IN — $65,080 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $65,090 Lake Charles, LA — $65,120 Albuquerque, NM — $65,200 Eau Claire, WI — $65,200 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $65,280 Columbus, OH — $65,280 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $65,450 Rocky Mount, NC — $65,550 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $65,680 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $65,710 Topeka, KS — $65,740 Sherman-Denison, TX — $65,850 Sumter, SC — $65,850 Las Cruces, NM — $65,890 Sheboygan, WI — $65,940 St. Cloud, MN — $65,970 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $65,990 Wichita Falls, TX — $66,000 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $66,080 Fort Wayne, IN — $66,090 Harrisonburg, VA — $66,190 Port St. Lucie, FL — $66,190 Ocala, FL — $66,200 Cleveland, OH — $66,230 Kansas City, MO-KS — $66,260 Grand Island, NE — $66,280 Jacksonville, FL — $66,300 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $66,360 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $66,380 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $66,410 Fond du Lac, WI — $66,420 Goldsboro, NC — $66,470 Columbus, IN — $66,590 Midland, MI — $66,760 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $66,900 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $67,030 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $67,060 Green Bay, WI — $67,080 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $67,090 Gainesville, GA — $67,180 Victoria, TX — $67,180 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $67,190 Corpus Christi, TX — $67,260 Iowa City, IA — $67,820 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $67,860 Lubbock, TX — $67,930 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $68,040 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $68,140 Punta Gorda, FL — $68,140 Springfield, MA — $68,150 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $68,230 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $68,310 Charlottesville, VA — $68,370 Salisbury, MD — $68,670 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $68,920 Waco, TX — $68,960 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $68,970 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $69,090 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $69,180 Gainesville, FL — $69,330 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $69,330 Hammond, LA — $69,500 Bangor, ME — $69,550 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $69,810 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $69,960 Flint, MI — $70,380 Texarkana, TX-AR — $70,390 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $70,600 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $70,670 Battle Creek, MI — $70,820 Bay City, MI — $70,960 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $71,430 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $71,630 College Station-Bryan, TX — $71,670 Richmond, VA — $71,690 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $71,900 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $72,180 Idaho Falls, ID — $72,490 Colorado Springs, CO — $72,670 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $72,720 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $73,200 San Angelo, TX — $73,410 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $73,600 Santa Fe, NM — $73,610 Lexington Park, MD — $73,770 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $73,810 Logan, UT-ID — $73,910 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $73,970 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $74,140 Flagstaff, AZ — $74,290 Yuba City, CA — $74,310 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $74,350 Worcester, MA — $74,520 Boise City, ID — $74,570 Portland-South Portland, ME — $74,650 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $74,720 Merced, CA — $74,880 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $74,940 Ann Arbor, MI — $75,070 Kingston, NY — $75,300 Bellingham, WA — $75,470 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $75,550 Grand Junction, CO — $75,560 Walla Walla, WA — $75,610 Ogden, UT — $75,700 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $75,720 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $75,780 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $75,870 Albany, OR — $75,880 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $75,930 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $76,020 Madison, WI — $76,720 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $76,840 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $77,160 Corvallis, OR — $77,270 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $77,390 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $77,450 Carson City, NV — $77,540 Rapid City, SD — $77,790 Boulder, CO — $77,820 Barnstable Town, MA — $78,160 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $78,280 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $78,360 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $78,410 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $78,610 Paducah, KY-IL — $78,660 Mankato, MN — $78,800 Midland, TX — $78,900 Bloomington, IL — $78,960 Grants Pass, OR — $79,050 Bend, OR — $79,090 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $79,090 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $79,800 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $79,830 Salem, OR — $80,020 Pocatello, ID — $80,090 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $80,140 Reno, NV — $80,330 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $80,550 Medford, OR — $80,590 Rochester, MN — $80,590 El Centro, CA — $80,710 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $80,710 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $81,110 Redding, CA — $81,220 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $81,270 Odessa, TX — $81,310 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $81,610 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $82,190 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $82,630 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $83,040 New Haven, CT — $83,340 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $83,550 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $83,940 Chico, CA — $84,810 Fresno, CA — $84,860 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $85,360 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $85,790 Urban Honolulu, HI — $86,970 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $87,570 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $89,430 Longview-Kelso, WA — $89,650 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $91,820 Salinas, CA — $92,540 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $93,200 Modesto, CA — $95,250 Visalia, CA — $96,790 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $97,070 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $99,640 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $107,170 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $108,530 Vallejo, CA — $122,450 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $133,340 Napa, CA — $142,940 Lubbock 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 Lubbock metro area has the 129th-highest published median for this occupation among the 374 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 Texas Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for healthcare social workers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Lubbock metro areathis page
$67,930 median for Lubbock metro area; middle half earns $61,560 to $79,890
$81,310 median for Odessa metro area; middle half earns $72,180 to $95,620
$78,900 median for Midland metro area; middle half earns $65,010 to $91,610
$76,020 median for Austin metro area; middle half earns $48,680 to $81,410
$75,930 median for Dallas metro area; middle half earns $61,360 to $84,020
$73,410 median for San Angelo metro area; middle half earns $60,620 to $82,120
$71,900 median for Houston metro area; middle half earns $52,950 to $81,600
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors $67,900 Child, Family, and School Social Workers $48,490 Social and Human Service Assistants $43,880 Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors $46,390 Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers $46,550 Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other $51,380 Highest-paying metro areas for healthcare social workerss · Highest-paying occupations in Lubbock 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 .