Career paths / Social Worker
The Social Worker’s road to $100K
11median years to cross $100K — from real careers
- Whole-market median (Job Bank, 2025)
- $75,387
- $100K+ cohort median (2025)
- $112,911
- Top of the track (90th pct)
- $119,775
- On the Sunshine List
- 1,645
Two different populations, on purpose: the market median covers everyone in the occupation (hourly rates annualized at 37.5h/week); the cohort median covers only those already past $100K. The distance between them is the climb.
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Median disclosed Social Worker salary, every year since the track first appeared on the list.