United States
Social and Human Service Assistants salary in the United States
Median annual pay
$45,120
Social and Human Service Assistants in the United States earn a median of $45,120 a year, about $21.69 an hour.
Median
$45,120
per year
Hourly
$21.69
as published
Mean
$47,090
pulled up by top earners
Workers
424,220
in this occupation
Where it pays more in the United States
Median pay for this occupation by area, highest-employing first.
| Area | Type | Median | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | State | $51,780 | +15% |
| New York | State | $46,210 | +2% |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | Metro | $47,390 | +5% |
| Pennsylvania | State | $43,340 | -4% |
| Texas | State | $44,030 | -2% |
| Florida | State | $42,790 | -5% |
| Illinois | State | $45,700 | +1% |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | Metro | $49,830 | +10% |
| New Jersey | State | $49,000 | +9% |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Metro | $45,950 | +2% |
| Michigan | State | $38,530 | -15% |
| Massachusetts | State | $47,280 | +5% |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | Metro | $45,080 | -0% |
| Indiana | State | $41,130 | -9% |
| Minnesota | State | $48,860 | +8% |
| Ohio | State | $38,860 | -14% |
| Oregon | State | $48,660 | +8% |
| Connecticut | State | $45,090 | -0% |
| Georgia | State | $37,200 | -18% |
| North Carolina | State | $40,470 | -10% |
| Virginia | State | $43,190 | -4% |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | Metro | $47,150 | +4% |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | Metro | $57,220 | +27% |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | Metro | $48,890 | +8% |
| Wisconsin | State | $46,420 | +3% |
Regional figures come from the same release as the national one. Where an area is missing, the source suppressed it for sample-size reasons rather than reporting an unreliable estimate.
How United States measured this
Employer payroll survey of ~1.1m establishments
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024 · Public domain (US Government work)
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