City and County of San Francisco / Medical Social Worker
Role across City and County of San Francisco
Medical Social Worker
Assess client needs, develop service plans, and connect people with support resources.
98 people hold the Medical Social Worker role across 3 departments in City and County of San Francisco, with a median total compensation of $171,577. Among 3 jurisdictions where this role is reported, City and County of San Francisco ranks #1 by median pay.
- Employees
- 98
- Median pay
- $171,577
- Departments
- 3
- Cross-jurisdiction
- #1 of 3
Compared with the local labor market
Medical Social Worker pay vs. the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA area
Across all employers in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA area, the median wage for Healthcare Social Workers — about 2,740 people — is $99,640. City and County of San Francisco pays a median base salary of $129,480 for this role, 30% above that figure — about the 76th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where City and County of San Francisco sits in the local pay range
The bar is the range of annual wages for Healthcare Social Workers across every employer in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows City and County of San Francisco’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. City and County of San Francisco’s median base salary is 91% above that national figure, above the 90th 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 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 87 of 98 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 City and County of San Francisco is $171,577, 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 jurisdictions
Medical Social Worker pay in other jurisdictions
Where Medical Social Workers are paid most
Median total compensation for comparable Medical Social Worker roles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.
Within City and County of San Francisco
Departments with this role
Largest City and County of San Francisco departments for this role
Departments in City and County of San Franciscoemploying the most people in this role. Each bar links to that department’s page for the role.