Compared with the local labor market
Social Worker III pay vs. Texas
Across all employers in Texas, the median wage for Social Workers, All Other — about 2,880 people — is $84,240. Texas Medical Board pays a median base salary of $69,458 for this role, 18% below that figure — about the 39th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Texas Medical Board sits in the local pay range
$40,350
$49,610
$84,240
$115,210
$134,450
Texas Medical Board median · $69,458
The bar is the range of annual wages for Social Workers, All Other across every employer in Texas, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Texas Medical Board’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. Texas Medical Board’s median base salary is 3% below that national figure, about the 47th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$43,620
$51,900
$71,900
$97,040
$115,610
Texas Medical Board median · $69,458
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 Texas range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Texas Medical Board is $69,458, 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.