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Social worker salary in Texas

Open social worker jobs in Texas post a median of $38.25 an hour, the middle half $36.25–$42 (about $79,600 a year full time), $3.25 below the national posted median. From 14 jobs at 8 employers that state their pay.

$38.25
Median posted /hr
$36–$42
Middle half /hr
$79,600
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$33.65
BLS median in TX
May 2025

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What social workers are paid in Texas

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

Posted hourly rates of 14 open jobs in Texas. Lowest posted $23.84, highest $65.

Posted on open jobs in Texas

$36.25–$42/hr

Middle half of 14 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $38.25. 13% of the 112 open social worker jobs in Texas state an hourly rate.

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Social worker pay by town in Texas

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

TownMedian postedPosted rangeJobs (employers)
San Antonio$38.25$26.50–$656 (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 Texas

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

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
University Health System - San Antonio$37.75$26.50–$524
CommonSpirit Health$48$34–$64.113
UnitedHealth Group$39$30.35–$47.902
Jet Health$50$35–$651
Fundamental Healthcare$37.50$35–$401
Alpha Omega Hospice$36$34–$381
Providence$30.25$23.84–$36.471
Dialysis Clinic, Inc.$30$301

Median of each employer's jobs in Texas (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.

10 open jobs in Texas state a yearly salary: a median of $72,100, the middle half $69,300 to $82,900.

Best-paid open social worker jobs in Texas

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

What BLS measures in Texas

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, Texas. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Healthcare Social Workers (21-1022)$19.33 (source: BLS OEWS, Healthcare Social Workers, opens in a new tab)$25.46 (source: BLS OEWS, Healthcare Social Workers, opens in a new tab)$33.65 (source: BLS OEWS, Healthcare Social Workers, opens in a new tab)$38.90 (source: BLS OEWS, Healthcare Social Workers, opens in a new tab)$47.19 (source: BLS OEWS, Healthcare Social Workers, opens in a new tab)10,880 (source: BLS OEWS, Healthcare Social Workers, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Social worker salary in Texas: common questions

How much does a social worker make in Texas?

Open social worker jobs in Texas that state an hourly rate post a median of $38.25, the middle half $36.25–$42 (14 jobs from 8 employers). Full time that is about $79,600 a year. BLS measured a median of $33.65/hr ($69,990 a year) for people employed in the occupation in Texas (May 2025).

Which employers in Texas pay social workers the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least three open jobs here: CommonSpirit Health ($48) and University Health System - San Antonio ($37.75).

How does Texas compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in Texas ($38.25) is $3.25 below the national posted median of $41.50. In the BLS survey Texas ranks 19 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: 14 of 112 open social worker jobs in Texas (13%) 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 Texas. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/social-worker/texas

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