Child, Family, and School Social Workers Salary in the US
A child, family, and school social workers earns a national median of $59,550 a year (mean $64,000) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #434 of 825.
How much does a child, family, and school social workers earn in the US?
A child, family, and school social workers in the United States earns a median of $59,550 a year (mean $64,000), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 17% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 392,550 people work in this occupation (SOC 21-1021), ranked #434 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$59,550
per year
Mean
$64,000
per year
Employment
392,550
US workers
National rank
#434
of 825 by median
What a child, family, and school social workers earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a child, family, and school social workers (SOC 21-1021) earns a median annual wage of $59,550 and a mean (average) of $64,000. The median is the midpoint — half of child, family, and school social workers earn more and half earn less — and is 17% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. The mean is higher than the median when a minority of very high earners pull the average up.
Note: BLS top-codes any annual wage at or above $239,200/year, so occupations at that ceiling share the same figure.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for a child, family, and school social workers in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for child, family, and school social workers is $59,550, and the mean (average) is $64,000. The median is the midpoint — half of child, family, and school social workers earn more and half earn less.
- How does child, family, and school social workers pay compare to the US average?
- At $59,550, a child, family, and school social workers earns 17% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many child, family, and school social workers are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 392,550 child, family, and school social workers employed nationally (SOC 21-1021), across all industries.
- Where does this child, family, and school social workers salary data come from?
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 national release — cross-industry, all-ownership estimates, SOC code 21-1021. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.
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Data source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · May 2025 national estimates · SOC 21-1021 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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