Note: There are two tables of wages on this page. The first is by county or region, the second by metropolitan area.

WAGES FOR SOCIAL WORKERS - EXCEPT MEDICAL & PSYCHIATRIC
1995-97





Areas for which
Data are Available
  Year   Entry Level:
No Experience
Experienced:
New to Firm
Experienced:
3 Years with Firm
Typical Wages*
(Median)
Typical Wages*
(Median)
Typical Wages*
(Median)





Butte
      Union  1997 $11.10-11.10 ($11.10) $12.70-12.70 ($12.70) $18.10-18.10 ($18.10)
      Non-Union  1997 $5.20-13.00 ($10.50) $6.20-19.10 ($11.50) $8.00-21.50 ($13.40)
Imperial
      Union  1997 $11.00-18.00 ($14.50) $13.80-19.00 ($16.40) $16.00-19.00 ($17.50)
      Non-Union  1997 $5.70-16.30 ($7.20) $7.00-18.20 ($8.20) $7.00-21.10 ($11.00)
Kern  1996 $6.60-10.60 ($8.30) $7.50-22.50 ($9.20) $8.70-26.30 ($10.50)
Merced  1995 $4.60-13.90 ($7.30) $4.80-14.30 ($8.20) $5.70-19.50 ($9.60)
Monterey
      Union  1995 $14.30-14.80 ($14.60) $15.60-15.70 ($15.60) $17.80-18.30 ($18.10)
      Non-Union  1995 $8.00-14.30 ($11.10) $8.00-19.10 ($12.60) $8.00-25.00 ($15.40)
Orange
      Union  1995 $11.80-16.70 ($14.20) $14.50-17.80 ($16.10) $14.50-19.10 ($16.70)
      Non-Union  1995 $8.00-15.30 ($10.50) $8.00-17.20 ($11.50) $9.70-19.10 ($13.40)
San Joaquin  1997 $5.50- 7.70 ($6.60) $6.00-13.50 ($8.00) $7.00-16.50 ($8.00)
San Luis Obispo  1997 $7.00-11.90 ($10.00) $9.00-14.90 ($10.90) $11.00-16.70 ($12.30)
Tulare  1996 $6.00-13.90 ($11.20) $8.40-15.80 ($11.70) $9.20-18.20 ($14.70)





  * Median is the middle value - at least half the workers earn the same amount or more, half earn the same amount or less.

Source: California Cooperative Occupational Information System
Labor Market Information Division, Employment Development Department


WAGES FOR SOCIAL WORKERS - EXCEPT MEDICAL & PSYCHIATRIC
1996





Metropolitan Areas (Counties)
for which Data are Available
  Average     Median *   Midrange **




Oakland (Alameda & Contra Costa) $14.58 $13.06 $10.76-17.29
San Diego (San Diego) $15.30 $15.24 $11.74-18.02
San Francisco
(Marin, San Francisco & San Mateo)
$15.03 $14.60 $11.69-17.59




  * Median is the middle value - at least half the workers earn the same amount or more, half earn the same amount or less.
** Midrange is what the middle 50 percent make - 25 percent earn the top end or more, and 25 percent earn the bottom end or less.

Source: Occupational Employment Statistics Labor Market Information Division, Employment Development Department


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