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Social worker salary in Connecticut

Open social worker jobs in Connecticut post a median of , the middle half (about $82,200 a year full time), $0.47 below the national posted median. From at that state their pay.

The jobs themselves: Social worker jobs in Connecticut · Social worker pay nationwide

What social workers are paid in Connecticut

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Median $39.53 an hour. Middle half $39.03 to $41.53. Tap a bar for its count.

Posted hourly rates of 11 open jobs in Connecticut. Lowest posted $24.84, highest $52.95.

Posted on open jobs in Connecticut

$39.03–$41.53/hr

Middle half of 11 distinct posted rates (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), median $39.53. 21% of the 52 open social worker jobs in Connecticut state an hourly rate.

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Social worker pay by town in Connecticut

Towns where at least three open jobs state an hourly rate, the towns with the most such jobs first.

TownMedian postedPosted rangeJobs (employers)
Hartford$40.33$30.10–$52.954 (2)

Median of employers' rates in the town, the lowest and highest rate posted, and the jobs and employers behind them. A town opens its own job page.

Social worker pay by employer in Connecticut

What each employer posts for social workers here, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Trinity Health$41.53$30.10–$52.955
Therapy Spot$47$42–$521
Amedisys$41.50$38–$451
UnitedHealth Group$39.53$28.75–$50.301
New England Donor Services$38.94$38.46–$39.421
Gardner Heights Health Care Center$32$27–$371
Covenant Living$29.34$24.84–$33.841

Median of each employer's jobs in Connecticut (a range at its midpoint), and its lowest and highest rate here. An employer's name opens its pay for social workers nationwide when it has such a page.

Best-paid open social worker jobs in Connecticut

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

What BLS measures in Connecticut

What people employed in the occupation earned in the state, at every level of experience, from the BLS survey. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Connecticut. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Healthcare Social Workers (21-1022)$28.42 (source: BLS OEWS, Healthcare Social Workers)$31.87 (source: BLS OEWS, Healthcare Social Workers)$38.41 (source: BLS OEWS, Healthcare Social Workers)$46.38 (source: BLS OEWS, Healthcare Social Workers)$50.43 (source: BLS OEWS, Healthcare Social Workers)1,650 (source: BLS OEWS, Healthcare Social Workers)

BLS median by metro area

  • Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$38.03/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT)
  • New Haven, CT$40.07/hr (source: BLS OEWS, New Haven, CT)
  • Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$39.07/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT)
  • Waterbury-Shelton, CT$35.92/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Waterbury-Shelton, CT)
  • Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$38.53/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT)

Social worker salary in Connecticut: common questions

How much does a social worker make in Connecticut?

Open social worker jobs in Connecticut that state an hourly rate post a median of $39.53, the middle half $39.03–$41.53 (11 jobs from 7 employers). Full time that is about $82,200 a year. BLS measured a median of $38.41/hr ($79,900 a year) for people employed in the occupation in Connecticut (May 2025).

How does Connecticut compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in Connecticut ($39.53) is $0.47 below the national posted median of $40. In the BLS survey Connecticut ranks 7 of 52 by median wage.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 11 of 52 open social worker jobs in Connecticut (21%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Social worker pay in other states

Social worker salary nationwide →Every healthcare salary →The Mental Health & Social Work job market report →Posted pay against BLS wages →Connecticut pay against its minimum wage →

Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint. In the state's median and middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; a town's median follows the same rule. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. A state has a page while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate there. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own careers site, published 5 Nov 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Healthcare Social Workers (SOC 21-1022), every state, published 15 May 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers (SOC 21-1023), every state, published 15 May 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Child, Family, and School Social Workers (SOC 21-1021), every state, published 15 May 2026
  5. BLS OEWS May 2025: Healthcare Social Workers, national, published 15 May 2026
  6. BLS OEWS May 2025: Healthcare Social Workers by metropolitan area, published 15 May 2026

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Social worker salary in Connecticut. Data as of 5 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/social-worker/connecticut

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