How much do Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers make in Lincoln, NE?

Percentile spread

For Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers, the published 10th percentile is $36,080 and the 90th percentile is $58,810. The difference is $22,730, which is 50.8% 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 $36,480 to the 75th at $57,780, covers $21,300.

The mean annual wage is $46,900, which sits above the median of $44,720. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Lincoln, NE median is 25.8% lower than the national median of $60,280 for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $48,831, which is 19% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.4% higher than the Nebraska median of $43,240.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Lincoln, NE is 91.581, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $44,720 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers at $48,831 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

6 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers. Lincoln, NE ranks 7th of 7 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).).

• Omaha, NE-IA is 56 miles away, with a median of $44,730 and employment of 510. That median is about the same as the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,667, against $48,831 here.
• Sioux City, IA-NE-SD is 120 miles away, with a median of $48,630 and employment of 60. That median is 8.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,250, against $48,831 here.
• Topeka, KS is 135 miles away, with a median of $51,670 and employment of 160. That median is 15.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $58,174, against $48,831 here.

Employment share

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers accounts for 0.09% of wage-and-salary employment in Lincoln, NE (170 of 182,620). Nationally the occupation is 0.09% of employment (132,810 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.09 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.