New Jersey / Social Worker
Role across New Jersey
Social Worker
Assess client needs, develop service plans, and connect people with support resources.
62 people hold the Social Worker role across 5 departments in New Jersey, with a median total compensation of $70,839. Among 23 jurisdictions where this role is reported, New Jersey ranks #11 by median pay.
- Employees
- 62
- Median pay
- $70,839
- Departments
- 5
- Cross-jurisdiction
- #11 of 23
Compared with the local labor market
Social Worker pay vs. New Jersey
Across all employers in New Jersey, the median wage for Social Workers, All Other — about 640 people — is $76,640. New Jersey pays a median base salary of $69,918 for this role, 9% below that figure — about the 42nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where New Jersey sits in the local pay range
The bar is the range of annual wages for Social Workers, All Other across every employer in New Jersey, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows New Jersey’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. New Jersey’s median base salary is 3% below that national figure, about the 48th 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 New Jersey range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 57 of 62 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 New Jersey is $70,839, 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
Social Worker pay in other jurisdictions
Where Social Workers are paid most
Median total compensation for comparable 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 New Jersey
Departments with this role
Largest New Jersey departments for this role
Departments in New Jersey employing the most people in this role. Each bar links to that department’s page for the role.