Compared with the local labor market
Social Worker 1 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. Social Services pays a median base salary of $75,520 for this role, 5% below that figure — about the 43rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Social Services sits in the local pay range
$55,500
$63,570
$79,790
$96,290
$99,760
Social Services median · $75,520
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 Social Services’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. Social Services’s median base salary is 5% above that national figure, about the 54th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$43,620
$51,900
$71,900
$97,040
$115,610
Social Services median · $75,520
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.
Computed over the 178 of 217 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 Social Services is $73,982, 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 1 is held in 3 Ramsey County, Minnesota departments. In Social Services, the median of $21,828 ranks #3 of 3.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Social Worker 1 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 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.