Johnson County, Kansas / Johnson / Social Worker

Job-title file

Social Worker

Assess client needs, develop service plans, and connect people with support resources.

7 employees hold this title in Johnson. Median total compensation for the role is $83,511, above the department median of $67,585.

Employees: 7
Total payroll: $418.7K
Role median: $83,511
Agency median: $67,585
Comparison: Above

Compared with the local labor market

Social Worker pay vs. the Kansas City, MO-KS area

Across all employers in the Kansas City, MO-KS area, the median wage for Social Workers, All Other — about 180 people — is $104,400. Johnson pays a median base salary of $84,490 for this role, 19% below that figure — about the 20th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Johnson sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$59,810

$95,180

$104,400

$119,750

$125,360

Johnson median · $84,490

The bar is the range of annual wages for Social Workers, All Other across every employer in the Kansas City, MO-KS area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Johnson’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Social Workers, All Other — about 62,930 people — is $71,900. Johnson’s median base salary is 18% above that national figure, about the 63rd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$43,620

$51,900

$71,900

$97,040

$115,610

Johnson median · $84,490

Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Kansas City, MO-KS range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 5 of 7 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at Johnson is $83,511, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Compare jurisdictions

Social Worker beyond Johnson County, Kansas

This role is reported in 23 jurisdictions. In Johnson County, Kansas, the median of $83,511 ranks #10 of 23. See Social Worker across all of Johnson County, Kansas →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

Los Angeles County

$143,711 · 771

City and County of San Francisco

$127,069 · 8

Seattle Public Schools

$120,916 · 57

City of Chicago

$118,836 · 6

District of Columbia

$109,924 · 504

Davis School District, Utah

$106,100 · 22

City of Los Angeles

$97,460 · 12

City of Boston

$89,384 · 9

Median total compensation for comparable Social Worker roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.

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