Pay distribution $39,780 10th $44,200 25th $57,580 75th $63,100 90th
Half of Social and Human Service Assistants in the Boston metro area earn more than $47,530 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $44,200 and $57,580.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $39,780 $44,200 $47,530 $57,580 $63,100 Hourly $19.13 $21.25 $22.85 $27.68 $30.34
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 Boston metro areathis metro area
$47,530 median for Boston metro area; middle half earns $44,200 to $57,580
$47,130 median for Massachusetts; middle half earns $43,960 to $57,320
$45,930 median for United States; middle half earns $38,150 to $54,350
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +1% vs Massachusetts overall and +3% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $24,020 $37,303 $50,587 $63,870 Dothan, AL — $24,020 Aguadilla, PR — $29,160 Gadsden, AL — $29,800 Ponce, PR — $29,840 Guayama, PR — $30,240 Monroe, LA — $30,580 Mayaguez, PR — $30,820 Arecibo, PR — $30,930 Jackson, MS — $31,270 Valdosta, GA — $31,370 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $31,570 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $32,390 Warner Robins, GA — $33,060 Mobile, AL — $33,740 Owensboro, KY — $33,740 Albany, GA — $33,910 Elizabethtown, KY — $34,110 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $34,350 Alexandria, LA — $34,390 Lawton, OK — $34,750 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $34,940 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $34,950 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $34,960 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $35,010 Mansfield, OH — $35,020 Montgomery, AL — $35,150 Fayetteville, NC — $35,230 Florence, SC — $35,260 Jonesboro, AR — $35,280 Rome, GA — $35,360 Tuscaloosa, AL — $35,360 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $35,370 Columbus, GA-AL — $35,530 Sandusky, OH — $35,650 Springfield, OH — $35,780 Hammond, LA — $35,870 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $35,900 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $35,900 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $35,920 Morristown, TN — $36,000 Wichita Falls, TX — $36,040 Huntsville, AL — $36,070 Lake Charles, LA — $36,070 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $36,080 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $36,090 Johnson City, TN — $36,100 Dalton, GA — $36,190 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $36,430 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $36,440 Decatur, AL — $36,450 Birmingham, AL — $36,510 Lynchburg, VA — $36,530 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $36,560 Jackson, MI — $36,650 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $36,710 Canton-Massillon, OH — $36,750 Great Falls, MT — $36,800 Sumter, SC — $36,800 Wheeling, WV-OH — $36,960 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $36,960 Tulsa, OK — $37,010 Clarksville, TN-KY — $37,020 St. George, UT — $37,020 Bay City, MI — $37,100 Baton Rouge, LA — $37,140 Helena, MT — $37,160 Knoxville, TN — $37,250 Toledo, OH — $37,290 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $37,310 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $37,320 Longview, TX — $37,340 Bowling Green, KY — $37,360 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $37,370 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $37,420 Paducah, KY-IL — $37,430 Cedar Rapids, IA — $37,490 Roanoke, VA — $37,490 Hattiesburg, MS — $37,500 Akron, OH — $37,530 Lima, OH — $37,560 Beckley, WV — $37,600 Kokomo, IN — $37,690 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $37,700 Lafayette, LA — $37,790 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $37,790 Tucson, AZ — $37,880 Morgantown, WV — $37,940 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $37,990 Kenosha, WI — $38,000 Altoona, PA — $38,030 Hot Springs, AR — $38,100 Flint, MI — $38,130 Cleveland, TN — $38,170 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $38,170 Ames, IA — $38,240 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $38,300 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $38,330 Yuma, AZ — $38,360 Ocala, FL — $38,390 Niles, MI — $38,430 Rapid City, SD — $38,440 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $38,440 Ann Arbor, MI — $38,530 Winchester, VA-WV — $38,530 Columbia, SC — $38,550 Spartanburg, SC — $38,560 Billings, MT — $38,570 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $38,580 Joplin, MO-KS — $38,650 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $38,650 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $38,660 Flagstaff, AZ — $38,690 Traverse City, MI — $38,690 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $38,710 Gettysburg, PA — $38,730 Springfield, MO — $38,840 Logan, UT-ID — $38,880 Gainesville, GA — $38,910 Missoula, MT — $38,970 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $38,980 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $39,000 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $39,030 Rocky Mount, NC — $39,100 Lincoln, NE — $39,140 Midland, MI — $39,150 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $39,160 Monroe, MI — $39,210 Saginaw, MI — $39,250 Savannah, GA — $39,320 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $39,350 Bloomington, IN — $39,430 Oklahoma City, OK — $39,510 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $39,520 Hinesville, GA — $39,520 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $39,550 Harrisonburg, VA — $39,600 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $39,610 Erie, PA — $39,710 Tyler, TX — $39,730 Cleveland, OH — $39,780 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $39,790 Evansville, IN — $39,840 Wichita, KS — $39,850 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $39,860 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $39,890 Iowa City, IA — $39,940 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $39,940 Homosassa Springs, FL — $39,960 Dover, DE — $40,000 El Paso, TX — $40,050 Texarkana, TX-AR — $40,060 Columbia, MO — $40,090 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $40,150 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $40,150 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $40,250 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $40,440 Omaha, NE-IA — $40,510 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $40,530 Port St. Lucie, FL — $40,580 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $40,650 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $40,720 Jackson, TN — $40,820 Battle Creek, MI — $40,850 Gainesville, FL — $40,980 Eagle Pass, TX — $41,020 Dubuque, IA — $41,030 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $41,040 Laredo, TX — $41,160 Ogden, UT — $41,250 Charleston, WV — $41,260 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $41,290 Williamsport, PA — $41,320 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $41,340 Waco, TX — $41,430 Johnstown, PA — $41,450 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $41,470 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $41,530 Bloomington, IL — $41,560 York-Hanover, PA — $41,580 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $41,600 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $41,650 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $41,650 State College, PA — $41,710 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $41,800 Urban Honolulu, HI — $41,800 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $41,880 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $41,980 Jefferson City, MO — $42,110 San Angelo, TX — $42,120 Richmond, VA — $42,170 Columbus, OH — $42,190 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $42,190 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $42,310 Abilene, TX — $42,450 Manhattan, KS — $42,520 Peoria, IL — $42,530 Tallahassee, FL — $42,530 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $42,540 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $42,600 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $42,640 Goldsboro, NC — $42,690 Utica-Rome, NY — $42,780 College Station-Bryan, TX — $42,820 Reading, PA — $42,910 Corpus Christi, TX — $42,930 Victoria, TX — $43,020 Sherman-Denison, TX — $43,040 Asheville, NC — $43,110 Columbus, IN — $43,160 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $43,230 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $43,240 Kankakee, IL — $43,250 Terre Haute, IN — $43,250 Muncie, IN — $43,270 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $43,340 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $43,480 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $43,480 Binghamton, NY — $43,550 Odessa, TX — $43,560 Topeka, KS — $43,560 Pueblo, CO — $43,660 Sebring, FL — $43,700 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $43,720 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $43,750 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $43,860 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $43,860 Fort Wayne, IN — $43,870 Lubbock, TX — $43,880 Glens Falls, NY — $43,940 Pittsburgh, PA — $43,970 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $44,030 Lancaster, PA — $44,070 Reno, NV — $44,070 Carson City, NV — $44,100 Burlington, NC — $44,190 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $44,250 Charlottesville, VA — $44,270 Mankato, MN — $44,320 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $44,340 Chambersburg, PA — $44,360 Jacksonville, FL — $44,420 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $44,460 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $44,460 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $44,470 Colorado Springs, CO — $44,560 Rockford, IL — $44,570 Amarillo, TX — $44,600 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $44,640 Pittsfield, MA — $44,730 Rochester, NY — $44,800 Casper, WY — $44,810 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $44,820 Lebanon, PA — $44,840 Jacksonville, NC — $44,850 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $44,870 Winston-Salem, NC — $44,890 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $44,900 Springfield, MA — $44,970 Cheyenne, WY — $44,990 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $45,000 Decatur, IL — $45,040 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $45,040 Lawrence, KS — $45,040 El Centro, CA — $45,140 Farmington, NM — $45,140 New Haven, CT — $45,140 Greenville, NC — $45,190 Sheboygan, WI — $45,330 Punta Gorda, FL — $45,350 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $45,360 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $45,370 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $45,370 Pocatello, ID — $45,380 St. Louis, MO-IL — $45,430 Las Cruces, NM — $45,460 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $45,490 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $45,490 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $45,490 Grand Junction, CO — $45,580 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $45,590 Corvallis, OR — $45,590 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $45,680 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $45,750 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $45,760 Lexington Park, MD — $45,830 Kansas City, MO-KS — $45,860 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $45,880 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $45,970 Worcester, MA — $46,030 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $46,040 Anchorage, AK — $46,060 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $46,100 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $46,140 St. Cloud, MN — $46,220 Twin Falls, ID — $46,230 Bismarck, ND — $46,290 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $46,310 Albuquerque, NM — $46,340 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $46,400 Midland, TX — $46,420 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $46,550 Bangor, ME — $46,590 Madison, WI — $46,650 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $46,650 Idaho Falls, ID — $46,710 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $46,800 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $46,850 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $46,870 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $46,880 Fargo, ND-MN — $46,960 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $47,180 Fresno, CA — $47,260 Greeley, CO — $47,270 Kingston, NY — $47,290 Minot, ND — $47,330 Syracuse, NY — $47,330 Albany, OR — $47,370 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $47,440 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $47,530 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $47,760 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $47,790 Elmira, NY — $47,850 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $47,860 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $47,910 Barnstable Town, MA — $47,990 Boise City, ID — $48,090 Bozeman, MT — $48,110 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $48,110 Lewiston, ID-WA — $48,220 Appleton, WI — $48,260 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $48,280 Wilmington, NC — $48,280 Rochester, MN — $48,300 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $48,370 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $48,370 Merced, CA — $48,410 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $48,420 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $48,430 Vineland, NJ — $48,520 Redding, CA — $48,530 Salisbury, MD — $48,650 Santa Fe, NM — $48,810 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $48,820 Chico, CA — $48,890 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $48,890 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $49,070 Medford, OR — $49,090 Portland-South Portland, ME — $49,110 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $49,150 Yakima, WA — $49,160 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $49,260 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $49,390 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $49,500 Bend, OR — $49,520 Killeen-Temple, TX — $49,610 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $49,700 Green Bay, WI — $49,750 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $49,750 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $49,840 Fairbanks-College, AK — $50,240 Visalia, CA — $50,300 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $50,330 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $50,620 Salinas, CA — $50,630 Grants Pass, OR — $50,650 Vallejo, CA — $50,650 Longview-Kelso, WA — $51,050 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $51,370 Springfield, IL — $51,680 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $51,710 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $52,180 Yuba City, CA — $52,750 Boulder, CO — $52,830 Walla Walla, WA — $52,990 Ithaca, NY — $53,550 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $53,810 Bellingham, WA — $54,320 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $54,870 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $54,960 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $55,160 Modesto, CA — $55,330 Wausau, WI — $55,330 Duluth, MN-WI — $56,120 Salem, OR — $57,560 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $57,580 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $58,090 Napa, CA — $58,470 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $58,580 Fond du Lac, WI — $58,940 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $60,650 Eau Claire, WI — $63,870 Boston 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 Boston metro area has the 73rd-highest published median for this occupation among the 391 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 Massachusetts Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for social and human service assistants, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Boston metro areathis page
$47,530 median for Boston metro area; middle half earns $44,200 to $57,580
$47,990 median for Barnstable Town metro area; middle half earns $44,390 to $57,980
$46,030 median for Worcester metro area; middle half earns $43,000 to $55,340
$44,970 median for Springfield metro area; middle half earns $41,670 to $54,600
$44,900 median for Amherst Town metro area; middle half earns $43,110 to $52,150
$44,730 median for Pittsfield metro area; middle half earns $42,230 to $49,860
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors $62,130 Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors $80,760 Child, Family, and School Social Workers $77,420 Healthcare Social Workers $78,410 Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers $63,830 Rehabilitation Counselors $47,440 Highest-paying metro areas for social and human service assistantss · Highest-paying occupations in Boston 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 .