How much do Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers make in Gainesville, GA?

Percentile spread

For Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers, the published 10th percentile is $30,900 and the 90th percentile is $90,350. The difference is $59,450, which is 98.4% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $32,970 to the 75th at $83,500, covers $50,530.

The mean annual wage is $64,050, which sits above the median of $60,430. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Gainesville, GA median is 0.2% higher than the national median of $60,280 for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $62,450, which is 3.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 16.1% higher than the Georgia median of $52,030.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Gainesville, GA is 96.766, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $60,430 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers at $62,450 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

15 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers. Gainesville, GA ranks 2nd of 16 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 52 miles away, with a median of $58,500 and employment of 820. That median is 3.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $58,466, against $62,450 here.
• Cleveland, TN is 74 miles away, with a median of $49,850 and employment of 50. That median is 17.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,596, against $62,450 here.
• Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC is 84 miles away, with a median of $36,210. That median is 40.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,827, against $62,450 here.

Employment share

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Gainesville, GA (30 of 103,870). Nationally the occupation is 0.09% of employment (132,810 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.34 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.