Healthcare Social Workers · SOC 21-1022
Healthcare Social Workers Salary in the Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Healthcare Social Workers in the Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $61,360 per year ($29.50 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $46,790 at the 10th percentile to $80,460 at the 90th. BLS estimates 140 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Healthcare Social Workers in the Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area earn more than $61,360 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $56,440 and $72,170.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $46,790 | $56,440 | $61,360 | $72,170 | $80,460 |
| Hourly | $22.50 | $27.14 | $29.50 | $34.70 | $38.68 |
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
- Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$61,360 median for Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $56,440 to $72,170
- Indianastate$64,580 median for Indiana; middle half earns $57,270 to $78,880
- United Statesnational$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 −5% vs Indiana overall and −10% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Indiana
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for healthcare social workers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan areathis page$61,360 median for Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $56,440 to $72,170
- $74,140 median for Lafayette metro area; middle half earns $56,160 to $79,990
- $66,590 median for Columbus metro area; middle half earns $60,900 to $76,590
- $66,090 median for Fort Wayne metro area; middle half earns $57,410 to $77,650
- $65,090 median for Indianapolis metro area; middle half earns $59,310 to $79,700
- $65,080 median for Bloomington metro area; middle half earns $57,270 to $79,560
- $64,100 median for Michigan City metro area; middle half earns $61,580 to $80,550
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:
Highest-paying metro areas for healthcare social workerss · Highest-paying occupations in Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area
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.
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.