Salary by Metro

SOC 21-1093 · Community and Social Service Occupations

Social and Human Service Assistants wages by metro

National median annual wage

$45,930

10th percentile
$34,200
25th percentile
$38,150
Median
$45,930
75th percentile
$54,350
90th percentile
$63,290
Mean
$47,690

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

National employment in May 2025: 437,860.

That median is 9.9% lower than the all-occupations national median of $50,980.

The metro and state figures below are the same May 2025 release. A blank wage means BLS did not publish it. See when a wage is not published.

Warehouse workers driving forklifts loaded with goods
Forklift operators in a Miami warehouse, 2011. Photograph by U.S. Department of Agriculture. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Highest published medians

Metros with the highest published annual medians for Social and Human Service Assistants.
OccupationEmployment10thMedian90th
Eau Claire, WI390$35,430$63,870$74,730
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA1,930$42,250$60,650$84,430
Fond du Lac, WI180$32,870$58,940$75,200
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA790$41,980$58,580$95,820
Napa, CA230$43,760$58,470$74,080
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA3,910$46,600$58,090$75,560
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA7,970$41,860$57,580$81,080
Salem, OR1,200$41,820$57,560$67,170
Duluth, MN-WI600$38,200$56,120$67,510
Modesto, CA710$39,310$55,330$72,550
Wausau, WI110$36,260$55,330$84,230
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA710$43,010$55,160$81,880
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA330$38,720$54,960$87,970
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA390$43,140$54,870$74,540
Bellingham, WA190$40,230$54,320$66,160
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA3,190$39,180$53,810$75,060
Ithaca, NY310$38,360$53,550$70,230
Walla Walla, WA90$36,520$52,990$63,460
Boulder, CO240$40,150$52,830$75,330
Yuba City, CA270$39,460$52,750$76,680

Where employment is largest

Metros with the most Social and Human Service Assistants jobs in the May 2025 tables.
OccupationEmployment10thMedian90th
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ35,540$36,070$47,860$67,420
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA18,790$38,380$50,330$70,900
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN16,080$36,020$47,180$69,590
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD12,160$36,090$45,370$61,600
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA7,970$41,860$57,580$81,080
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV7,790$37,780$48,370$73,250
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI7,160$38,710$49,750$64,370
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA6,400$39,860$49,500$71,040
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH6,090$39,780$47,530$63,100
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL5,980$35,680$45,370$59,820
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA5,930$42,310$51,710$64,750
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA5,100$39,770$48,370$71,680
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ4,940$36,340$43,230$50,210
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR4,660$24,830$31,570$41,680
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX4,140$31,530$46,850$61,310
Pittsburgh, PA4,140$34,630$43,970$56,680
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI4,080$31,810$42,600$60,710
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA3,910$46,600$58,090$75,560
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL3,840$34,210$45,000$59,970
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA3,690$32,140$41,340$60,280

States and territories

State estimates for Social and Human Service Assistants, May 2025.
OccupationEmployment10thMedian90th
District of Columbia2,080$40,930$59,460$86,090
Washington7,590$43,180$54,770$72,770
Oregon11,260$39,860$51,230$67,170
California58,730$39,040$51,090$74,250
Minnesota11,110$38,490$49,940$64,560
New Jersey17,270$34,340$48,420$72,800
Rhode Island2,290$36,580$47,720$71,270
Maine4,580$39,770$47,710$60,050
Colorado5,410$38,440$47,690$65,450
Idaho3,810$37,450$47,540$60,470
Wisconsin7,750$34,990$47,500$71,390
Alaska1,370$37,440$47,360$78,850
Maryland7,280$36,990$47,210$68,890
New York40,970$35,980$47,190$64,430
Massachusetts9,180$39,440$47,130$63,670
Illinois22,220$35,030$46,950$72,780
New Hampshire1,860$37,700$46,950$58,210
Vermont1,920$38,760$46,640$55,380
New Mexico3,050$32,820$46,340$63,650
North Dakota1,530$37,270$46,260$66,170
Texas21,620$31,350$45,860$60,460
Wyoming610$34,280$45,290$61,080
Connecticut9,930$36,890$44,730$60,980
Indiana11,740$31,200$44,550$58,640
Florida22,670$34,180$44,410$59,460
Pennsylvania24,340$34,520$44,050$58,700
Virginia10,670$32,840$43,450$60,500
North Carolina9,020$30,620$42,850$59,570
Kansas6,070$34,330$42,570$55,580
Iowa5,230$33,060$42,480$60,780
Hawaii2,230$36,530$42,400$58,030
Missouri6,200$31,730$41,780$50,710
Arizona7,290$35,630$40,730$49,950
Delaware1,050$33,080$40,710$49,420
Tennessee4,380$30,280$40,310$52,190
Utah6,540$33,790$39,930$55,840
Georgia7,410$29,030$39,480$58,050
West Virginia3,320$29,690$39,290$52,510
Michigan12,450$30,780$39,160$57,100
Nebraska1,460$31,010$38,940$46,640
Guam160$25,730$38,920$55,430
Montana1,200$29,840$38,570$50,620
Nevada2,420$30,940$38,570$56,470
South Carolina5,220$30,270$38,550$58,120
Ohio10,970$30,250$38,390$52,570
South Dakota830$29,850$38,350$48,120
Kentucky4,670$27,540$37,440$55,530
Virgin Islands60$29,560$37,150$42,430
Arkansas3,530$25,880$36,770$49,660
Oklahoma3,340$27,490$36,740$54,320
Alabama3,370$24,170$35,830$52,100
Louisiana3,440$27,060$35,780$49,810
Puerto Rico5,560$23,960$31,570$41,220
MississippiNot available$22,990$31,200$45,710

Other community and social service occupations

Questions this page answers

What is the national median wage for Social and Human Service Assistants?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, the national median annual wage for Social and Human Service Assistants is $45,930. Employment is 437,860.

How does Social and Human Service Assistants pay compare with all occupations?

The national median for Social and Human Service Assistants is 9.9% lower than the all-occupations median of $50,980.

Which metro has the highest published median for Social and Human Service Assistants?

Among metros with a published annual median in the May 2025 tables, Eau Claire, WI is highest on this page's list at $63,870.