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Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers · SOC 21-1023

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers Salary in the Trenton Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Trenton-Princeton, NJ metro area

Figures describe the Trenton-Princeton, NJ metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Trenton city limits.

Median annual wage$66,590
Median hourly wage$32.02

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ metro area earned a median of $66,590 per year ($32.02 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $43,540 at the 10th percentile to $102,130 at the 90th. BLS estimates 260 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers in the Trenton metro area earn more than $66,590 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $47,330 and $85,340.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$43,540$47,330$66,590$85,340$102,130
Hourly$20.93$22.76$32.02$41.03$49.10

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.

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How this area compares

  • Trenton metro areathis metro area
    $66,590
  • New Jerseystate (NJ)
    $66,590
  • United Statesnational
    $60,280

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is about the same vs New Jersey overall and +10% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$26,500$58,643$90,787$122,930San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $26,500Terre Haute, IN — $35,060Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $35,590Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $36,210Jackson, TN — $37,170Owensboro, KY — $37,490Longview, TX — $37,630Birmingham, AL — $38,140Mobile, AL — $38,970Albany, GA — $39,980Greenville, NC — $40,520Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $41,080Bowling Green, KY — $41,860Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $42,060Waco, TX — $42,140Johnson City, TN — $42,170Corpus Christi, TX — $42,230Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $42,570Clarksville, TN-KY — $42,780Morristown, TN — $42,800Elizabethtown, KY — $42,860Montgomery, AL — $42,910Abilene, TX — $43,140Billings, MT — $43,310McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $43,380Ocala, FL — $43,400Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $43,490Youngstown-Warren, OH — $43,640Mansfield, OH — $43,980Evansville, IN — $44,000Altoona, PA — $44,060Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $44,100El Paso, TX — $44,150Rapid City, SD — $44,250Joplin, MO-KS — $44,420Tulsa, OK — $44,500Oklahoma City, OK — $44,690Lincoln, NE — $44,720Omaha, NE-IA — $44,730Idaho Falls, ID — $44,920Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $44,950York-Hanover, PA — $45,050Springfield, OH — $45,120Great Falls, MT — $45,160Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $45,260Rockford, IL — $45,280Chattanooga, TN-GA — $45,360Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $45,390Cleveland, OH — $45,390Columbus, IN — $45,390Killeen-Temple, TX — $45,640Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $45,660Knoxville, TN — $45,660Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $45,670Pocatello, ID — $45,760Wheeling, WV-OH — $45,920Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $45,930San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $45,930Springfield, IL — $46,010Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $46,340Missoula, MT — $46,360Fort Smith, AR-OK — $46,430Lubbock, TX — $46,550Boise City, ID — $46,570Toledo, OH — $46,600Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $46,630Lancaster, PA — $46,680Akron, OH — $46,760Longview-Kelso, WA — $46,790Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $46,810Alexandria, LA — $46,830Lexington-Fayette, KY — $46,860Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $47,030Pittsburgh, PA — $47,100Cedar Rapids, IA — $47,240Springfield, MO — $47,370Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $47,390Port St. Lucie, FL — $47,630Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $47,740Columbus, OH — $47,820Lima, OH — $47,910Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $47,990Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $48,010Columbia, SC — $48,250Tucson, AZ — $48,370Flagstaff, AZ — $48,410Lexington Park, MD — $48,570Jackson, MS — $48,610Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $48,630Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $48,630Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $48,650El Centro, CA — $48,770Charleston, WV — $48,790Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $48,880Morgantown, WV — $48,970Peoria, IL — $49,000St. George, UT — $49,190Anchorage, AK — $49,460Greeley, CO — $49,510St. Louis, MO-IL — $49,520Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $49,590Canton-Massillon, OH — $49,700Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $49,750Casper, WY — $49,770Cleveland, TN — $49,850College Station-Bryan, TX — $49,850Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $49,920Reading, PA — $49,920Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $49,940Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $50,020Fayetteville, NC — $50,150Jefferson City, MO — $50,170Urban Honolulu, HI — $50,360Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $50,520Dubuque, IA — $50,700Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $50,720Monroe, LA — $51,250Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $51,320Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $51,510Topeka, KS — $51,670Winchester, VA-WV — $51,900Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $52,730Chambersburg, PA — $52,750Tuscaloosa, AL — $53,130North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $53,300Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $53,330Tallahassee, FL — $53,400Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $53,650Yakima, WA — $53,850Hattiesburg, MS — $53,870Columbia, MO — $54,140Sheboygan, WI — $54,160Green Bay, WI — $54,200Jacksonville, FL — $54,420Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $54,510Fort Wayne, IN — $54,610Wilmington, NC — $54,990Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $55,190Traverse City, MI — $55,260Iowa City, IA — $55,350Gainesville, FL — $55,500Goldsboro, NC — $55,660Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $55,840Ogden, UT — $55,970Chico, CA — $56,030Pittsfield, MA — $56,660Yuba City, CA — $56,790Fairbanks-College, AK — $56,800Naples-Marco Island, FL — $56,860Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $57,150Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $57,370Sandusky, OH — $57,470Reno, NV — $57,700Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $57,720Burlington, NC — $57,880Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $58,090Kansas City, MO-KS — $58,320Lynchburg, VA — $58,320Roanoke, VA — $58,320Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $58,500Dover, DE — $58,670Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $58,770Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $58,830Bloomington, IN — $58,880Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $58,960Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $58,970Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $58,980Portland-South Portland, ME — $59,010New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $59,150Kennewick-Richland, WA — $59,230Raleigh-Cary, NC — $59,380Merced, CA — $59,500Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $59,520Greensboro-High Point, NC — $59,550Baton Rouge, LA — $59,700Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $59,760Rocky Mount, NC — $59,780Helena, MT — $59,850Fargo, ND-MN — $59,870Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $59,930Winston-Salem, NC — $60,110Grand Forks, ND-MN — $60,160Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $60,160Eau Claire, WI — $60,210Flint, MI — $60,250Springfield, MA — $60,250Lewiston, ID-WA — $60,270Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $60,340Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $60,390Gainesville, GA — $60,430Midland, MI — $60,440Worcester, MA — $60,480Bangor, ME — $60,700Janesville-Beloit, WI — $60,800Bismarck, ND — $60,850Medford, OR — $60,940Albuquerque, NM — $61,280Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $61,760Wausau, WI — $61,780Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $61,800Charlottesville, VA — $61,970Saginaw, MI — $61,980Manchester-Nashua, NH — $61,990South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $62,010Appleton, WI — $62,100Jonesboro, AR — $62,440Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $62,520Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $62,680Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $62,770Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $62,900Barnstable Town, MA — $62,990Richmond, VA — $63,020Asheville, NC — $63,400Madison, WI — $63,690Ann Arbor, MI — $63,770Wichita Falls, TX — $63,770Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $63,830Colorado Springs, CO — $63,860Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $64,080Grants Pass, OR — $64,130Visalia, CA — $64,540Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $64,660Redding, CA — $64,760Fresno, CA — $64,910Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $64,990Eugene-Springfield, OR — $65,020Wichita, KS — $65,300Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $65,500Pueblo, CO — $65,620Bellingham, WA — $65,770Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $66,590Bend, OR — $66,710La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $66,770San Angelo, TX — $66,770New Haven, CT — $67,330Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $68,020Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $68,060Salem, OR — $68,210St. Cloud, MN — $68,240Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $68,800Napa, CA — $68,830Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $68,850Rochester, NY — $68,880Binghamton, NY — $68,940Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $69,960Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $70,230Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $70,360Duluth, MN-WI — $70,390Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $70,920Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $71,140Syracuse, NY — $71,170Glens Falls, NY — $71,710Kingston, NY — $71,790Utica-Rome, NY — $73,200Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $73,210Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $73,740Logan, UT-ID — $73,750Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $74,380Albany, OR — $74,980Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $75,020San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $75,570Santa Fe, NM — $76,860Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $76,970Rochester, MN — $77,030Salisbury, MD — $77,360Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $77,500Stockton-Lodi, CA — $77,770Las Cruces, NM — $77,990Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $78,210Ithaca, NY — $78,220Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $78,350Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $78,410Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $78,640Modesto, CA — $78,880Elmira, NY — $79,410Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $79,870Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $79,940Grand Junction, CO — $80,030Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $81,240Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $81,990New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $82,450Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $83,150Mankato, MN — $83,530Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $84,190Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $84,260Boulder, CO — $84,450Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $87,370San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $87,550Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $91,730Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $96,420Salinas, CA — $97,200San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $98,800San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $109,050Cheyenne, WY — $118,900Vallejo, CA — $122,930

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 Trenton metro area has the 65th-highest published median for this occupation among the 295 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 New Jersey

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.

  • Trenton metro areathis page
    $66,590
  • Atlantic City metro area
    $45,660

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:

Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$65,940Social and Human Service Assistants$51,370Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other$60,890Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$77,320Child, Family, and School Social Workers$72,730Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists$80,610

Highest-paying metro areas for mental health and substance abuse social workerss · Highest-paying occupations in Trenton 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.

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.