New Jersey / Health and Senior Services / Social Worker 1

Job-title file

Social Worker 1

Assess client needs, develop service plans, and connect people with support resources.

31 employees hold this title in Health and Senior Services. Median total compensation for the role is $74,541, below the department median of $76,462.

Employees: 31
Total payroll: $2M
Role median: $74,541
Agency median: $76,462
Comparison: Below

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$10,960$85,604+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 31 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

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This role across New Jersey

Social Worker 1 is held in 5 New Jersey departments. In Health and Senior Services, the median of $74,541 ranks #2 of 5.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Human Services

$78,571 · 2

Military and Veterans Affairs

$74,237 · 5

Juvenile Justice Commission

$70,921 · 9

Corrections

$33,544 · 2

Median total compensation for the Social Worker 1 role in other New Jerseydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

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Social Worker beyond New Jersey

This role is reported in 23 jurisdictions. In New Jersey, the median of $70,839 ranks #11 of 23. See Social Worker across all of New Jersey →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

Los Angeles County

$143,711 · 771

City and County of San Francisco

$127,069 · 8

Seattle Public Schools

$120,916 · 57

City of Chicago

$118,836 · 6

District of Columbia

$109,924 · 504

Davis School District, Utah

$106,100 · 22

City of Los Angeles

$97,460 · 12

City of Boston

$89,384 · 9

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.

Record list

Employees with this title

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Adela Douglass

Social Worker 1/Health and Senior Services

2024 total comp

$64,365

Sub-department: Ancora Psychiatric Hospital
Base pay: $63,112
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $1,253
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $64,365
Hire date: null
Union / bargaining unit: Professional Unit (Cwa) - Unit P
Pay basis: Annual
Middle name: null

Source-specific fields

As-of Date: Dec 31, 2024
Calendar Quarter: 4
Full Name: Douglass, Adela
Paid Section Description: null
Payroll ID: 137230
Record Type: Master
Salary Hourly Rate: $64,899
Year-to-Date Earnings: $64,365

Adela Douglass works as a Social Worker 1 for Health and Senior Services within Ancora Psychiatric Hospital. Their hire date on record is null. Adela earned $64,365 in 2024. Union affiliation: Professional Unit (Cwa) - Unit P.

P Mclean-Wilson

Social Worker 1/Health and Senior Services

2024 total comp

$64,018

Sub-department: Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital
Base pay: $63,315
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $703
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $64,018
Hire date: null
Union / bargaining unit: Professional Unit (Cwa) - Unit P
Pay basis: Annual
Middle name: null

Source-specific fields

As-of Date: Dec 31, 2024
Calendar Quarter: 4
Full Name: Mclean-Wilson, P
Paid Section Description: null
Payroll ID: 163313
Record Type: Master
Salary Hourly Rate: $64,899
Year-to-Date Earnings: $64,018

P Mclean-Wilson works as a Social Worker 1 for Health and Senior Services within Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital. Their hire date on record is null. P earned $64,018 in 2024. Their bargaining unit is Professional Unit (Cwa) - Unit P.