Healthcare Social Workers pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$89,170avg. a year
$42.87 an hour · 6,340 employed
Healthcare Social Workers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area earn an average of $89,170 a year. That is $4,670 (5%) less than the California average of $93,840. The U.S. average is $71,790.
$79,830Median pay
$42.87Average hourly
-5%vs. California average
6,340Jobs in this metro
Other California metro areas
Average pay for healthcare social workers in other California metro areas. Swipe to see all 24.
1160 jobs
Napa, CA
$129,130
$62.08 an hour
2170 jobs
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA
$112,750
$54.21 an hour
3160 jobs
Vallejo, CA
$112,700
$54.19 an hour
4770 jobs
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
$108,280
$52.06 an hour
5280 jobs
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA
$106,760
$51.33 an hour
62,740 jobs
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
$104,710
$50.34 an hour
71,030 jobs
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
$100,600
$48.36 an hour
8190 jobs
Visalia, CA
$95,810
$46.06 an hour
9220 jobs
Modesto, CA
$93,250
$44.83 an hour
10140 jobs
Salinas, CA
$92,170
$44.31 an hour
11100 jobs
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
$91,880
$44.18 an hour
12610 jobs
Fresno, CA
$91,860
$44.17 an hour
13150 jobs
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
$91,690
$44.08 an hour
141,430 jobs
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
$91,640
$44.06 an hour
15200 jobs
Stockton-Lodi, CA
$90,900
$43.70 an hour
16230 jobs
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
$89,250
$42.91 an hour
171,440 jobs
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
$85,950
$41.32 an hour
1860 jobs
Redding, CA
$82,390
$39.61 an hour
1990 jobs
Chico, CA
$81,990
$39.42 an hour
2050 jobs
Merced, CA
$80,840
$38.87 an hour
21310 jobs
Bakersfield-Delano, CA
$80,800
$38.85 an hour
2230 jobs
El Centro, CA
$79,890
$38.41 an hour
2340 jobs
Hanford-Corcoran, CA
$77,760
$37.39 an hour
2440 jobs
Yuba City, CA
$75,870
$36.48 an hour
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How Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim compares
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Questions and answers
How much do healthcare social workers make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim?
The average is $89,170 a year, and the median is $79,830. About 6,340 people work in this job in the metro area.
Is that more than the California average?
That is $4,670 (5%) less than the California average of $93,840.
Is this job common in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim?
It makes up 1.0 of every 1,000 jobs in the metro area, 0.84 times the national share.
Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, occupation code 21-1022. Metro area: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metropolitan statistical area (BLS area code 31080). Wages are gross pay before taxes and don't include overtime premiums, tips, bonuses or benefits; self-employed workers aren't included. How we use the data. JobPayFacts isn't affiliated with BLS.