Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers · SOC 21-1023
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers Salary in the North Missouri nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025North Missouri nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the North Missouri nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers in the North Missouri nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $48,900 per year ($23.51 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $39,510 at the 10th percentile to $58,140 at the 90th. BLS estimates 100 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers in the North Missouri nonmetropolitan area earn more than $48,900 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $40,130 and $54,220.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $39,510 | $40,130 | $48,900 | $54,220 | $58,140 |
| Hourly | $19.00 | $19.30 | $23.51 | $26.07 | $27.95 |
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
- North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$48,900 median for North Missouri nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $40,130 to $54,220
- Missouristate$49,560 median for Missouri; middle half earns $43,350 to $59,200
- 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 −1% vs Missouri overall and −19% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Missouri
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.
- North Missouri nonmetropolitan areathis page$48,900 median for North Missouri nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $40,130 to $54,220
- $58,320 median for Kansas City metro area; middle half earns $51,740 to $66,290
- $54,140 median for Columbia metro area; middle half earns $46,450 to $58,410
- $50,170 median for Jefferson City metro area; middle half earns $36,920 to $54,130
- $49,520 median for St. Louis metro area; middle half earns $43,420 to $59,550
- $47,370 median for Springfield metro area; middle half earns $44,040 to $58,700
- $44,420 median for Joplin metro area; middle half earns $40,710 to $55,740
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 North Missouri 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.