Los Angeles social worker salary, 2025
Los Angeles is a city in Los Angeles County. 14 people worked as social workers for Los Angeles in 2025. Those who worked the full year took home an average of $101,231.
What is the average social worker salary at Los Angeles?
Official pay range1
$75,627 to $153,948
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest social worker title
- Social workers
- 14
- 9 of them worked the full year
- Starting salary
- $75,627
- bottom of the Social Worker I range
- Median take-home
- $99,052
- the middle social worker: half took home more, half less
- Average pay rank
- 18th
- of 63 California employers
What does each social worker title at Los Angeles pay?
Each bar is the official range for one title, lowest first. The dot marks the average take-home of full-year staff in that title, where at least 5 people stand behind it.1
- Social Worker Ifewer than 5
- Social Worker IIfewer than 5
- Social Worker IIIfewer than 5
official range average take-home, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Los Angeles pay social workers more than the counties next door?
Average take-home of full-year social workers: Los Angeles next to its neighboring counties and the whole state.1
- Los Angeles$101,231
- Kern County$85,450
- Orange County$98,439
- San Bernardino County$90,240
- Ventura County$100,216
- All employers in California$105,739
Los Angeles pays more than all of its neighbors: Kern, Orange, San Bernardino and Ventura counties.
Where does Los Angeles rank among California employers?
Every employer with at least 5 full-year social workers, by average take-home.1
All 63 California employers
Los Angeles ranks 18th of 63, above the middle employer.
Middle employer: $90,154
Each bar counts the employers whose average take-home falls in a $5,000 band. The dashed line marks the middle employer.
Pension and health cover at Los Angeles
As reported by the city. Contributions are what the employer paid per full-year social worker, on top of wages.1
- Pension formula
- 2% at 60
- the most common formula among Los Angeles's social workers
- Employer pension contribution
- $10,388
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- $16,688
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about social worker pay at Los Angeles
What is the average social worker salary at Los Angeles?
Social workers at Los Angeles who worked the full year took home an average of $101,231 in 2025. The middle social worker took home $99,052: half took home more, half less. The official pay range across its social worker titles runs from $75,627 to $153,948.
How much overtime do social workers at Los Angeles earn?
Full-year social workers were paid an average of $1,998 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $858: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
What pension do social workers at Los Angeles get?
The most common pension formula among Los Angeles's social workers is 2% at 60, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $10,388 a year into the pension plan.
More public pay in Los Angeles County
Sources for the Los Angeles figures
Every person who held a social worker position at Los Angeles at any point in 2025 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. Take-home is total wages, including overtime, lump sums and other pay. Averages lead; the median take-home 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, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Los Angeles.