Los Angeles County / Mental Health / Medical Case Worker I
Job-title file
Assess client needs, develop service plans, and connect people with support resources.
4 employees hold this title in Mental Health. Median total compensation for the role is $80,893, below the department median of $137,568.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, the median wage for Healthcare Social Workers — about 6,340 people — is $79,830. Mental Health pays a median base salary of $70,820 for this role, 11% below that figure — about the 37th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Healthcare Social Workers across every employer in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Mental Health’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Healthcare Social Workers — about 187,630 people — is $67,880. Mental Health’s median base salary is 4% above that national figure, about the 55th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 403 of 421 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 Mental Health is $123,996, 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 departments
Medical Case Worker I is held in 5 Los Angeles County departments. In Mental Health, the median of $80,893 ranks #4 of 5.
Median total compensation for the Medical Case Worker I role in other Los Angeles Countydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Record list
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Medical Case Worker I/Mental Health
Savanah Barajas holds the role of Medical Case Worker I at Mental Health. In 2025, their total compensation was $95,219.
Medical Case Worker I/Mental Health
Desirea Cabanas is a Medical Case Worker I at Mental Health. 2025 total compensation came to $88,940.
Medical Case Worker I/Mental Health
At Mental Health, Christopher Banning serves as a Medical Case Worker I. Their 2025 pay totaled $72,846.
Medical Case Worker I/Mental Health
Sergio Marquez Jr works as a Medical Case Worker I for Mental Health. Sergio earned $42,174 in 2025.