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Social Workers, All Other · SOC 21-1029

Social Workers, All Other Salary in the San Jose Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area

Figures describe the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not San Jose city limits.

Median annual wage$93,340
Median hourly wage$44.88

Social Workers, All Other in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area earned a median of $93,340 per year ($44.88 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $58,510 at the 10th percentile to $153,520 at the 90th. BLS estimates 170 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Social Workers, All Other in the San Jose metro area earn more than $93,340 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $66,210 and $140,730.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$58,510$66,210$93,340$140,730$153,520
Hourly$28.13$31.83$44.88$67.66$73.81

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

  • San Jose metro areathis metro area
    $93,340
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $63,010
  • United Statesnational
    $71,900

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

The median here is +48% vs California overall and +30% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$36,160$75,453$114,747$154,040Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $36,160Jackson, TN — $36,300Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $36,950Lake Charles, LA — $38,630Knoxville, TN — $38,830McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $45,030Peoria, IL — $45,200Ponce, PR — $45,820Mayaguez, PR — $46,060Greensboro-High Point, NC — $46,400Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $46,590Missoula, MT — $47,240San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $47,580Athens-Clarke County, GA — $47,690Canton-Massillon, OH — $48,410Rockford, IL — $48,530Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $48,750Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $49,470Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $50,370Morgantown, WV — $50,760Homosassa Springs, FL — $51,500Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $51,500Naples-Marco Island, FL — $51,500Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $51,660Port St. Lucie, FL — $51,900Janesville-Beloit, WI — $52,000Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $52,510Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $52,690Charleston, WV — $53,100Raleigh-Cary, NC — $53,560Chattanooga, TN-GA — $53,640Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $53,680San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $53,740Yuma, AZ — $54,000Ocala, FL — $54,080Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $54,080Tallahassee, FL — $54,080Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $54,220Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $54,500Lexington Park, MD — $55,240North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $55,760Jacksonville, FL — $56,140Youngstown-Warren, OH — $56,200Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $56,260Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $56,510Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $57,420Greeley, CO — $57,750Monroe, LA — $58,060Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $58,180Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $58,780Billings, MT — $58,860Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $58,870Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $58,930Toledo, OH — $59,090Bozeman, MT — $59,300Great Falls, MT — $59,570Columbus, OH — $59,690Springfield, MO — $59,800Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $59,840Helena, MT — $60,190Jackson, MI — $60,230Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $60,280Portland-South Portland, ME — $60,280Appleton, WI — $60,400Wheeling, WV-OH — $60,570Champaign-Urbana, IL — $60,870Springfield, IL — $61,030Eau Claire, WI — $61,080Green Bay, WI — $61,130Akron, OH — $61,170Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $61,230Eugene-Springfield, OR — $61,310Grand Junction, CO — $61,350Lancaster, PA — $61,610Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $61,690La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $61,730Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $61,870Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $62,030Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $62,150Lafayette, LA — $62,240Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $62,320Salinas, CA — $62,330Fairbanks-College, AK — $62,540Bangor, ME — $62,690Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $63,040Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $63,330Boulder, CO — $64,250Greenville, NC — $64,610Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $64,630Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $64,830Tucson, AZ — $65,220Kenosha, WI — $65,740Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $65,770Baton Rouge, LA — $66,570Traverse City, MI — $66,880Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $66,930Ogden, UT — $66,960Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $67,140Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $67,260Colorado Springs, CO — $67,260Ann Arbor, MI — $67,420Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $67,820Cleveland, OH — $68,100Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $68,310Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $68,630Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $68,630Flagstaff, AZ — $68,790Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $69,080Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $69,300Mansfield, OH — $69,560Corvallis, OR — $69,610Medford, OR — $70,110Bend, OR — $70,320Salem, OR — $70,320Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $70,450Anchorage, AK — $71,420Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $71,740Gainesville, FL — $71,960Albany, OR — $72,260Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $72,860Grants Pass, OR — $73,740Fresno, CA — $74,090Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $74,370Fort Wayne, IN — $74,510Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $75,230Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $76,900San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $77,010Fargo, ND-MN — $77,450Mankato, MN — $77,990New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $78,480San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $78,480Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $78,750Amarillo, TX — $78,850Lubbock, TX — $78,850Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $79,260Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $79,310Utica-Rome, NY — $79,420Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $79,790Ithaca, NY — $79,940Duluth, MN-WI — $80,490Rochester, MN — $80,490Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $80,660Alexandria, LA — $80,830Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $80,850Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $81,000Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $81,710Madison, WI — $81,890Rochester, NY — $81,890Beckley, WV — $82,410Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $82,610Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $83,910Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $84,570Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $84,840Erie, PA — $84,990New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $85,080Corpus Christi, TX — $85,430Winston-Salem, NC — $86,150Pueblo, CO — $86,960St. Cloud, MN — $87,170Valdosta, GA — $87,420Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $87,420Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $87,710Pittsburgh, PA — $87,800Johnson City, TN — $88,380El Paso, TX — $89,020Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $89,020Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $89,270New Haven, CT — $89,590Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $89,610Albuquerque, NM — $90,310Iowa City, IA — $90,900Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $91,080Wilmington, NC — $91,080Boise City, ID — $91,350Binghamton, NY — $91,370Syracuse, NY — $91,370Saginaw, MI — $91,580Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $91,980Omaha, NE-IA — $92,480Battle Creek, MI — $92,830St. Louis, MO-IL — $93,100Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $93,220San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $93,340Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $93,520Savannah, GA — $93,580Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $94,220Wichita, KS — $94,410Jackson, MS — $94,520Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $94,740Asheville, NC — $94,930Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $94,930Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $96,140Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $96,640Columbus, GA-AL — $96,820Richmond, VA — $96,970Roanoke, VA — $97,060Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $97,470Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $98,320Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $98,670Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $99,340Clarksville, TN-KY — $100,420Columbia, SC — $100,420Elizabethtown, KY — $100,420Tulsa, OK — $101,860Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $102,040Lexington-Fayette, KY — $102,070Vallejo, CA — $102,160Modesto, CA — $102,180San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $102,460Oklahoma City, OK — $102,560Killeen-Temple, TX — $104,330Kansas City, MO-KS — $104,400Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $105,370Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $105,570Waco, TX — $105,830Manchester-Nashua, NH — $107,060Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $108,740Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $109,390Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $110,990Worcester, MA — $112,960Urban Honolulu, HI — $117,190Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $118,250Stockton-Lodi, CA — $121,180Reno, NV — $154,040

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 San Jose metro area has the 42nd-highest published median for this occupation among the 224 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 California

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for social workers, all other, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • San Jose metro areathis page
    $93,340
  • Stockton metro area
    $121,180
  • Modesto metro area
    $102,180
  • Vallejo metro area
    $102,160
  • Santa Rosa metro area
    $102,040
  • Riverside metro area
    $94,740
  • Bakersfield metro area
    $79,310

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$72,550Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$95,390Child, Family, and School Social Workers$87,600Social and Human Service Assistants$60,650Marriage and Family Therapists$95,110Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other$62,720

Highest-paying metro areas for social workers, all others · Highest-paying occupations in San Jose 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.