Suffolk County social worker salary, 2024

Most of Suffolk County's caseworkers work for the Department of Social Services; its psychiatric and medical social workers mostly for Health Services.1 561 people worked as social workers for Suffolk County in 2024. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $87,595, overtime included.

What is the average social worker salary at Suffolk County?

Average base pay, full-year social workers1

$83,660

regular pay, before overtime and other pay

Average total pay, full-year social workers1

$87,595

overtime and other pay included

Based on the 316 of 561 social workers who worked the full year.

Median total pay
$89,548
the middle social worker: half earned more, half less
Overtime
$2,341
average per full-year social worker
Highest-paid title
$104,404
Casework Supervisor, average total pay
New York average
$92,954
average total pay at all 3 employers

What does each social worker title at Suffolk County pay?

Each row is one title, from trainee to supervisor. The dot marks the average total pay of full-year staff in that title, where at least 5 people stand behind it.1 This employer's pay file has no official pay ranges, so none are shown.

General social workers

  1. Caseworker Trainee43 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Caseworker Trainee (HELP program)43 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Caseworker Trainee, Spanish speaking7 people
    fewer than 5
  4. Caseworker Trainee, Spanish speaking (HELP program)11 people
    fewer than 5
  5. Caseworker197 people
    $79,606
  6. Caseworker, Spanish speaking46 people
    $78,774
  7. Senior Caseworker114 people
    $95,428
  8. Casework Supervisor70 people
    $104,404

Mental health social workers

  1. Psychiatric Social Worker26 people
    $69,054

Medical social workers

  1. Medical Social Workerfewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Medical Social Worker IIfewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.

Does Suffolk County pay social workers more than other New York employers?

Average total pay of full-year social workers: Suffolk County next to every New York employer together.1

Full-year social workers at Suffolk County earned $5,359 less than the New York average.

Questions about social worker pay at Suffolk County

What is the average social worker salary at Suffolk County?

Social workers at Suffolk County who worked the full year earned an average of $87,595 in 2024, overtime included. The middle social worker earned $89,548: half earned more, half less.

How much overtime do social workers at Suffolk County earn?

Full-year social workers were paid an average of $2,341 in overtime in 2024. The middle one was paid $0: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

Sources for the Suffolk County figures

Every person who held a social worker position at Suffolk County at any point in 2024 counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only people who held the same title in 2023 and 2024, were still employed at the end of 2024, and whose 2024 regular earnings reached at least 90% of their 2023 earnings. The county's file has no hours, so this is the closest sign of a full year. 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.

  1. Suffolk County, County Salaries by Department 2024 and 2023: each county employee's most recent title, hire and end dates, regular earnings, overtime and total pay in 2024; the 2023 file shows who held the same title a year earlier.

How we read the data