Caseworker

Across all employers in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area, the median wage for Social and Human Service Assistants — about 35,540 people — is $47,860. Department of Homeless Services pays a median base salary of $49,989 for this role, 4% above that figure — about the 55th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Computed over the 89 of 112 people in this role paid at least $25,000in 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 Department of Homeless Services is $56,922, 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.

Caseworker is held in 4 New York City departments. In Department of Homeless Services, the median of $56,922 ranks #2 of 4.

This role is reported in 5 jurisdictions. In New York City, the median of $61,314 ranks #1 of 5. See Caseworker across all of New York City →