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Social worker salary in New Jersey

Open social worker jobs in New Jersey post a median of $42 an hour, the middle half $36.75–$44.50 (about $87,400 a year full time), $0.50 above the national posted median. From 19 jobs at 10 employers that state their pay.

$42
Median posted /hr
$37–$45
Middle half /hr
$87,400
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$39.76
BLS median in NJ
May 2025

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What social workers are paid in New Jersey

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

Posted hourly rates of 19 open jobs in New Jersey. Lowest posted $27.76, highest $61.26.

Posted on open jobs in New Jersey

$36.75–$44.50/hr

Middle half of 13 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $42. 33% of the 57 open social worker jobs in New Jersey state an hourly rate.

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Social worker pay by town in New Jersey

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

TownMedian postedPosted rangeJobs (employers)
Paramus$44.25$37.46–$51.624 (1)

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 New Jersey

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

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Valley Health System (New Jersey)$45.25$37.46–$51.624
Atlantic Health$48$34.82–$61.263
Capital Health$42$34.99–$45.713
Inspira Health$44.50$37.42–$51.362
AtlantiCare$37$30.49–$43.262
Hunterdon Health Care System$45$451
Jefferson Health$36.75$30.41–$43.331
Genesis HealthCare$35$351
Christian Health Care Center$30$301
Prime Healthcare$30$27.76–$32.161

Median of each employer's jobs in New Jersey (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.

15 open jobs in New Jersey state a yearly salary: a median of $76,000, the middle half $72,900 to $86,500.

Best-paid open social worker jobs in New Jersey

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

What BLS measures in New Jersey

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, New Jersey. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Healthcare Social Workers (21-1022)$26.42 (source: BLS OEWS, Healthcare Social Workers, opens in a new tab)$32.74 (source: BLS OEWS, Healthcare Social Workers, opens in a new tab)$39.76 (source: BLS OEWS, Healthcare Social Workers, opens in a new tab)$47.85 (source: BLS OEWS, Healthcare Social Workers, opens in a new tab)$56.87 (source: BLS OEWS, Healthcare Social Workers, opens in a new tab)4,310 (source: BLS OEWS, Healthcare Social Workers, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Social worker salary in New Jersey: common questions

How much does a social worker make in New Jersey?

Open social worker jobs in New Jersey that state an hourly rate post a median of $42, the middle half $36.75–$44.50 (19 jobs from 10 employers). Full time that is about $87,400 a year. BLS measured a median of $39.76/hr ($82,690 a year) for people employed in the occupation in New Jersey (May 2025).

Which employers in New Jersey pay social workers the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least three open jobs here: Atlantic Health ($48), Valley Health System (New Jersey) ($45.25) and Capital Health ($42).

How does New Jersey compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in New Jersey ($42) is $0.50 above the national posted median of $41.50. In the BLS survey New Jersey ranks 5 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: 19 of 57 open social worker jobs in New Jersey (33%) 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 New Jersey. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/social-worker/new-jersey

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