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Social worker salary in Minnesota

Open social worker jobs in Minnesota post a median of $40.25 an hour, the middle half $34–$42.50 (about $83,700 a year full time), $1.25 below the national posted median. From 17 jobs at 10 employers that state their pay.

$40.25
Median posted /hr
$34–$43
Middle half /hr
$83,700
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$35.56
BLS median in MN
May 2025

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What social workers are paid in Minnesota

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

Posted hourly rates of 17 open jobs in Minnesota. Lowest posted $24, highest $56.20.

Posted on open jobs in Minnesota

$34–$42.50/hr

Middle half of 15 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $40.25. 55% of the 31 open social worker jobs in Minnesota state an hourly rate.

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Social worker pay by town in Minnesota

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

TownMedian postedPosted rangeJobs (employers)
Minneapolis$41$31.38–$56.205 (3)

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 Minnesota

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

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Allina Health$40.50$31.07–$49.764
Fairview Health Services$40$30.74–$52.764
HealthPartners$39.75$28.70–$56.202
Mayo Clinic$45.75$36.50–$54.771
CommonSpirit Health$43$30.24–$55.631
Children's Minnesota$40.25$32.93–$47.641
Avera Health$32$25.50–$38.251
Moments Hospice$30.50$26–$351
Sanford Health$30$24–$361
Gundersen Health System$26$25.951

Median of each employer's jobs in Minnesota (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.

Jobs that state a yearly salary

Measured on their own, never converted to hourly.

7 open jobs in Minnesota state a yearly salary: a median of $74,400, the middle half $54,000 to $93,700.

Best-paid open social worker jobs in Minnesota

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

What BLS measures in Minnesota

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, Minnesota. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Healthcare Social Workers (21-1022)$24.86 (source: BLS OEWS, Healthcare Social Workers, opens in a new tab)$29.41 (source: BLS OEWS, Healthcare Social Workers, opens in a new tab)$35.56 (source: BLS OEWS, Healthcare Social Workers, opens in a new tab)$40.51 (source: BLS OEWS, Healthcare Social Workers, opens in a new tab)$45.77 (source: BLS OEWS, Healthcare Social Workers, opens in a new tab)2,430 (source: BLS OEWS, Healthcare Social Workers, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Social worker salary in Minnesota: common questions

How much does a social worker make in Minnesota?

Open social worker jobs in Minnesota that state an hourly rate post a median of $40.25, the middle half $34–$42.50 (17 jobs from 10 employers). Full time that is about $83,700 a year. BLS measured a median of $35.56/hr ($73,970 a year) for people employed in the occupation in Minnesota (May 2025).

Which employers in Minnesota pay social workers the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least three open jobs here: Allina Health ($40.50) and Fairview Health Services ($40).

How does Minnesota compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in Minnesota ($40.25) is $1.25 below the national posted median of $41.50. In the BLS survey Minnesota ranks 16 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: 17 of 31 open social worker jobs in Minnesota (55%) 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

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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 nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Healthcare Social Workers (SOC 21-1022), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers (SOC 21-1023), every state, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Child, Family, and School Social Workers (SOC 21-1021), every state, published May 15, 2026
  5. BLS OEWS May 2025: Healthcare Social Workers, national, published May 15, 2026
  6. BLS OEWS May 2025: Healthcare Social Workers by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Social worker salary in Minnesota. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/social-worker/minnesota

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