Seattle Public Schools / Whittier Elementary School / Social Worker
Job-title file
Assess client needs, develop service plans, and connect people with support resources.
1 employees hold this title in Whittier Elementary School. Median total compensation for the role is $118,820, below the department median of $139,787.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area, the median wage for Social Workers, All Other — about 510 people — is $105,570. Whittier Elementary School pays a median base salary of $88,383 for this role, 16% below that figure — about the 30th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Social Workers, All Other across every employer in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Whittier Elementary School’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. Whittier Elementary School’s median base salary is 23% above that national figure, about the 66th 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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Whittier Elementary School is $118,820, 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
Social Worker is held in 55 Seattle Public Schools departments. In Whittier Elementary School, the median of $118,820 ranks #31 of 55.
Median total compensation for the Social Worker role in other Seattle Public Schoolsdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
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 →
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.
Record list
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Social Worker/Whittier Elementary School
Source-specific fields
Lauren Molloy-Johnson is a Social Worker at Whittier Elementary School. 2024 total compensation came to $118,820.