# Child and family social worker salary by state

Canonical citation: Wages.fyi — https://wages.fyi/salary-reports/child-family-and-school-social-workers-21-1021-00

Period: May 2025. Native unit: USD/year. Source occupation group: Child, Family, and School Social Workers.

United States median: $59,550. 51 retained state/DC markets.

These are occupational wage distributions across experience levels, not employer base salaries, individual packages or complete total compensation. Rankings exclude bounded/unavailable medians. Ties share a rank. No cost-of-living adjustment or 2026 projection.

| State / DC | Median | 25th percentile | 75th percentile |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Connecticut | $78,970 | $62,030 | $100,510 |
| Maryland | $76,390 | $56,920 | $93,940 |
| New Jersey | $76,280 | $59,530 | $97,500 |
| Massachusetts | $75,570 | $61,150 | $94,650 |
| Washington | $74,480 | $58,920 | $86,700 |
| District of Columbia | $73,550 | $59,730 | $99,500 |
| New Hampshire | $71,010 | $50,680 | $80,810 |
| Rhode Island | $69,870 | $50,760 | $85,770 |
| Hawaii | $68,270 | $58,290 | $79,860 |
| Minnesota | $67,450 | $56,510 | $81,720 |
| Vermont | $67,340 | $58,570 | $74,940 |
| California | $65,200 | $52,270 | $82,080 |
| New York | $65,100 | $56,230 | $79,510 |
| North Dakota | $64,560 | $57,070 | $74,520 |
| Oregon | $64,130 | $54,420 | $80,130 |
| Colorado | $63,720 | $51,540 | $82,820 |
| Maine | $63,290 | $56,720 | $76,630 |
| Illinois | $63,220 | $52,320 | $81,650 |
| Alaska | $62,630 | $50,590 | $76,290 |
| Virginia | $61,330 | $49,600 | $78,530 |
| Nevada | $61,080 | $49,960 | $76,630 |
| Idaho | $59,840 | $47,860 | $74,190 |
| North Carolina | $59,610 | $49,010 | $68,120 |
| Wisconsin | $59,280 | $47,980 | $70,010 |
| Michigan | $59,270 | $47,740 | $75,380 |
| Kentucky | $59,100 | $46,230 | $67,260 |
| Louisiana | $56,800 | $41,640 | $63,310 |
| Montana | $56,780 | $45,380 | $59,520 |
| Florida | $56,550 | $47,130 | $64,940 |
| Wyoming | $56,420 | $36,680 | $61,490 |
| Tennessee | $56,310 | $46,660 | $68,720 |
| New Mexico | $56,160 | $45,470 | $78,090 |
| Texas | $55,680 | $46,330 | $63,870 |
| Kansas | $54,300 | $48,050 | $61,470 |
| Iowa | $52,250 | $45,460 | $65,040 |
| West Virginia | $52,220 | $45,510 | $58,720 |
| Utah | $52,000 | $43,410 | $73,230 |
| South Carolina | $51,800 | $44,810 | $57,550 |
| Ohio | $51,520 | $47,310 | $61,160 |
| South Dakota | $51,100 | $46,010 | $59,100 |
| Pennsylvania | $50,820 | $44,700 | $63,480 |
| Indiana | $50,470 | $46,780 | $59,610 |
| Arizona | $50,150 | $45,870 | $57,540 |
| Delaware | $48,520 | $47,440 | $58,670 |
| Missouri | $48,520 | $44,300 | $55,740 |
| Nebraska | $47,770 | $44,180 | $55,980 |
| Georgia | $47,510 | $41,600 | $60,250 |
| Alabama | $46,660 | $41,890 | $59,560 |
| Mississippi | $46,530 | $40,190 | $53,730 |
| Oklahoma | $43,950 | $40,250 | $52,210 |
| Arkansas | $43,330 | $37,350 | $52,130 |

Full native-unit data with qualifiers and source URLs: https://wages.fyi/salary-reports/child-family-and-school-social-workers-21-1021-00/data.csv

Official reference: https://www.onetonline.org/link/localwages/21-1021.00. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, distributed through O*NET OnLine.