Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers · SOC 21-1023
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers Salary in the High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers in the High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $42,040 per year ($20.21 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $37,240 at the 10th percentile to $65,880 at the 90th.
Pay distribution
Half of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers in the High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area earn more than $42,040 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $37,240 and $54,600.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $37,240 | $37,240 | $42,040 | $54,600 | $65,880 |
| Hourly | $17.90 | $17.91 | $20.21 | $26.25 | $31.67 |
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
- High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$42,040 median for High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $37,240 to $54,600
- Utahstate$50,770 median for Utah; middle half earns $42,040 to $79,540
- United Statesnational$60,280 median for United States; middle half earns $47,070 to $79,730
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −17% vs Utah overall and −30% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Utah
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for mental health and substance abuse social workers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan areathis page$42,040 median for High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $37,240 to $54,600
- $73,750 median for Logan metro area; middle half earns $52,300 to $86,310
- $55,970 median for Ogden metro area; middle half earns $40,210 to $88,140
- $49,190 median for St. George metro area; middle half earns $42,800 to $74,210
- $47,030 median for Provo metro area; middle half earns $38,150 to $80,990
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 mental health and substance abuse social workerss · Highest-paying occupations in High Desert Utah 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.