Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare District social worker salary, 2025

Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare District is a public hospital or health care district in Monterey County. 14 people worked as social workers for Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare District in 2025. Those who worked the full year took home an average of $127,279.

What is the average social worker salary at Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare District?

Official pay range1

$112,424 to $204,131

from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest social worker title

Average take-home, full-year social workers1

$127,279

average base pay $124,120

The largest group of Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare District's social workers (7 of 14) hold the title Clinical Social Worker, with an official range of $112,424 to $168,667. Those who worked the full year took home an average of $121,228, within the range.

Social workers
14
8 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$112,424
bottom of the Clinical Social Worker range
Median take-home
$129,140
the middle social worker: half took home more, half less
Average pay rank
6th
of 63 California employers

What does each social worker title at Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare District 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

  1. Clinical Social Worker$112,424 to $168,667 · 7 people
    $121,228
  2. Clinical Social Worker w/License$123,968 to $185,952 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Lead Clinical Social Worker$130,166 to $195,250 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  4. Clinical Social Worker w/ License - PD$136,074 to $204,131 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

official range average take-home, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.

Does Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare District pay social workers more than the counties next door?

Average take-home of full-year social workers: Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare District next to its neighboring counties and the whole state.1

Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare District pays more than all of its neighbors: Fresno, Kings, San Benito, San Luis Obispo and Santa Cruz counties.

Where does Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare District rank among California employers?

Every employer with at least 5 full-year social workers, by average take-home.1

All 63 California employers

Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare District ranks 6th of 63, above the middle employer.

Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare District
$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k

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 Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare District

As reported by the agency. Contributions are what the employer paid per full-year social worker, on top of wages.1

Pension formula
Not reported
the most common formula among Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare District's social workers
Employer pension contribution
Not reported
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$31,638
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about social worker pay at Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare District

What is the average social worker salary at Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare District?

Social workers at Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare District who worked the full year took home an average of $127,279 in 2025. The middle social worker took home $129,140: half took home more, half less. The official pay range across its social worker titles runs from $112,424 to $204,131.

How much overtime do social workers at Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare District earn?

Full-year social workers were paid an average of $0 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $0: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

More public pay in Monterey County

Sources for the Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare District figures

Every person who held a social worker position at Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare District 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.

  1. State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare District.

How we read the data