How much do Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers make in Wichita, KS?

Percentile spread

For Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers, the published 10th percentile is $48,100 and the 90th percentile is $76,130. The difference is $28,030, which is 42.9% 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 $48,900 to the 75th at $76,130, covers $27,230.

The mean annual wage is $63,910, which sits below the median of $65,300. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Wichita, KS median is 8.3% higher than the national median of $60,280 for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $73,415, which is 21.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 15.9% higher than the Kansas median of $56,330.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Wichita, KS is 88.946, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $65,300 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers at $73,415 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers. Wichita, KS ranks 1st of 6 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).).

• Tulsa, OK is 112 miles away, with a median of $44,500 and employment of 370. That median is 31.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,880, against $73,415 here.
• Topeka, KS is 125 miles away, with a median of $51,670 and employment of 160. That median is 20.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $58,174, against $73,415 here.
• Oklahoma City, OK is 153 miles away, with a median of $44,690 and employment of 610. That median is 31.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,431, against $73,415 here.

Employment share

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers accounts for 0.08% of wage-and-salary employment in Wichita, KS (260 of 308,570). Nationally the occupation is 0.09% of employment (132,810 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.99 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.