Social Worker

Across all employers in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area, the median wage for Social Workers, All Other — about 1,440 people — is $85,080. District Attorney Kings County pays a median base salary of $72,997 for this role, 14% below that figure — about the 33rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at District Attorney Kings County is $78,254, 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.

Social Worker is held in 9 New York City departments. In District Attorney Kings County, the median of $78,254 ranks #3 of 9.

This role is reported in 23 jurisdictions. In New York City, the median of $69,358 ranks #13 of 23. See Social Worker across all of New York City →

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