Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
CPS Social Workers
CPS Social Workers provide social services and assistance to improve the social and psychological functioning of children and their families and to maximize the family well-being and the academic functioning of children. May assist parents, arrange adoptions, and find foster homes for abandoned or abused children. In schools, they address such problems as teenage pregnancy, misbehavior, and truancy. May also advise teachers.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Child, Family and School Social Workers with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $32,300 to $38,350 per year or $16 to $18 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.
Salary rank
We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Child, Family and School Social Workers to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.
Salary range
Level | Hourly | Annual |
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Highest (Top 10%) | $39 | $80,290 |
Senior (Top 25%) | $30 | $62,080 |
Middle (Mid 50%) | $23 | $48,430 |
Junior (Bottom 25%) | $18 | $38,350 |
No experience (Bottom 10%) | $16 | $32,300 |
Highest paying states
State | Hourly | Annual |
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DC | $35 | $71,840 |
NJ | $34 | $71,110 |
CT | $33 | $68,230 |
RI | $31 | $65,430 |
NY | $31 | $63,740 |
MD | $30 | $61,470 |
ME | $29 | $60,140 |
AK | $28 | $59,130 |
CA | $28 | $58,450 |
WA | $28 | $58,340 |
Another simple way to increase your salary as a Child, Family and School Social Worker is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like DC doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at DC might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid CPS Social Workers are in the states of DC, NJ, CT, RI and NY.
Highest paying industries
Salary by industry | Annual | Hourly |
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Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations | $78280 | $37.63 |
Junior Colleges | $66380 | $31.92 |
Elementary and Secondary Schools | $65080 | $31.29 |
Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly | $62940 | $30.26 |
Specialty Hospitals | $61820 | $29.72 |
Home Health Care Services | $61230 | $29.44 |
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools | $59760 | $28.73 |
Technical and Trade Schools | $58800 | $28.27 |
Local Government | $58350 | $28.05 |
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals | $57930 | $27.85 |
Employment Services | $57230 | $27.51 |
Educational Support Services | $55990 | $26.92 |
Scientific Research and Development Services | $55570 | $26.71 |
Legal Services | $53330 | $25.64 |
Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) | $52450 | $25.21 |
State Government | $52000 | $25.00 |
Other Schools and Instruction | $51760 | $24.88 |
Business Schools and Computer and Management Training | $50940 | $24.49 |
Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals | $50700 | $24.37 |
Offices of Physicians | $49960 | $24.02 |
Management of Companies and Enterprises | $49650 | $23.87 |
Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services | $49640 | $23.87 |
Grantmaking and Giving Services | $49540 | $23.82 |
Offices of Other Health Practitioners | $49340 | $23.72 |
Religious Organizations | $45860 | $22.05 |
Individual and Family Services | $45360 | $21.81 |
Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities | $44920 | $21.60 |
Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | $44850 | $21.57 |
Social Advocacy Organizations | $44570 | $21.43 |
Vocational Rehabilitation Services | $44390 | $21.34 |