Compared with the local labor market
Social Worker pay vs. the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area
Across all employers in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area, the median wage for Social Workers, All Other — about 4,450 people — is $79,790. Public Health pays a median base salary of $88,899 for this role, 11% above that figure — about the 64th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Public Health sits in the local pay range
$55,500
$63,570
$79,790
$96,290
$99,760
Public Health median · $88,899
The bar is the range of annual wages for Social Workers, All Other across every employer in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Public Health’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. Public Health’s median base salary is 24% above that national figure, about the 67th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$43,620
$51,900
$71,900
$97,040
$115,610
Public Health median · $88,899
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 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Public Health is $89,024, 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
This role across Ramsey County, Minnesota
Social Worker is held in 5 Ramsey County, Minnesota departments. In Public Health, the median of $92,268 ranks #1 of 5.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Social Worker role in other Ramsey County, Minnesotadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
Social Worker beyond Ramsey County, Minnesota
This role is reported in 23 jurisdictions. In Ramsey County, Minnesota, the median of $69,527 ranks #12 of 23. See Social Worker across all of Ramsey County, Minnesota →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Social Workerroles 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.