Social Worker

Across all employers in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area, the median wage for Social Workers, All Other — about 510 people — is $105,570. Rainier Beach High School pays a median base salary of $140,533 for this role, 33% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at Rainier Beach High School is $179,881, 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 55 Seattle Public Schools departments. In Rainier Beach High School, the median of $179,881 ranks #3 of 55.

This role is reported in 23 jurisdictions. In Seattle Public Schools, the median of $120,916 ranks #3 of 23. See Social Worker across all of Seattle Public Schools →

• Aide 20
• Other Teacher 16
• Secondary Teacher 28