Garden Grove Unified School District school social worker salary, 2024
Garden Grove Unified School District is a public school employer in Orange County. School employers report to the State Controller voluntarily. 28 people worked as school social workers for Garden Grove Unified School District in 2024. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $119,762.
What is the average school social worker salary at Garden Grove Unified School District?
Official pay range1
$85,722 to $156,812
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest school social worker title
Most of Garden Grove Unified School District's school social workers (16 of 28) hold the title School Social Worker, with an official range of $85,722 to $150,013. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $116,000, within the range.
- School social workers
- 28
- 27 of them worked the full year
- Starting salary
- $85,722
- bottom of the Ermhs School Social Worker range
- Median total pay
- $116,161
- the middle school social worker: half earned more, half less
- Average pay rank
- 8th
- of 31 California employers
What does each school social worker title at Garden Grove Unified School District pay?
Each bar is the official range for one title, lowest first. The dot marks the average total pay of full-year staff in that title, where at least 5 people stand behind it.1
- Ermhs School Social Workerfewer than 5
- School Social Worker$116,000
- School Social Worker - Temporaryfewer than 5
- School Social Worker II$138,089
- School Social Worker II Ermhsfewer than 5
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Garden Grove Unified School District pay school social workers more than other employers in Orange County?
Average total pay of full-year school social workers: Garden Grove Unified School District next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- Garden Grove Unified School District$119,762
- All employers in Orange County$111,170
- All employers in California$112,718
Full-year school social workers at Garden Grove Unified School District earned $8,592 more than the Orange County average and $7,044 more than the California average.
Where does Garden Grove Unified School District rank among California employers?
Every employer with at least 5 full-year school social workers, by average total pay.1
All 31 California employers
Garden Grove Unified School District ranks 8th of 31, above the middle employer.
Middle employer: $109,217
Each bar counts the employers whose average total pay falls in a $5,000 band. The dashed line marks the middle employer.
Pension and health cover at Garden Grove Unified School District
As reported by the school employer. Contributions are what the employer paid per full-year school social worker, on top of wages.1
- Pension formula
- 2% at 62
- the most common formula among Garden Grove Unified School District's school social workers
- Employer pension contribution
- $25,087
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- $25,996
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about school social worker pay at Garden Grove Unified School District
What is the average school social worker salary at Garden Grove Unified School District?
School social workers at Garden Grove Unified School District who worked the full year earned an average of $119,762 in 2024. The middle school social worker earned $116,161: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its school social worker titles runs from $85,722 to $156,812.
How much overtime do school social workers at Garden Grove Unified School District earn?
Full-year school social workers were paid an average of $0 in overtime in 2024. The middle one was paid $0: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
What pension do school social workers at Garden Grove Unified School District get?
The most common pension formula among Garden Grove Unified School District's school social workers is 2% at 62, as reported by the school employer. The employer paid an average of $25,087 a year into the pension plan.
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Sources for the Garden Grove Unified School District figures
Every person who held a school social worker position at Garden Grove Unified School District at any point in 2024 counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only people who worked roughly the full year: those whose regular pay reached at least 90% of the bottom of their official range. Total pay is gross wages before tax, including overtime, lump sums and other pay. Averages lead; the median total pay is the middle person's, with half above and half below, and is less pulled by a few people with a lot of overtime. Every figure covers at least 5 people.
- State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2024: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Garden Grove Unified School District.