Salt Lake City social worker salary, 2026
Salt Lake City is a city in Salt Lake County. 12 people worked as social workers for Salt Lake City in fiscal year 2026. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $88,885, overtime included.
What is the average social worker salary at Salt Lake City?
Full-year social workers1
8 of 12
our best estimate from Utah's file: how reliable are the Utah figures?
Based on the 8 of 12 social workers who worked the full year.
- Median total pay
- $89,255
- the middle social worker: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- In total pay
- Utah's file doesn't list it separately
- Highest-paid title
- $88,885
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker/Clinical Mental Health Counselor, average total pay
- Average pay rank
- 2nd
- of 5 Utah employers
What does each social worker title at Salt Lake City 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 Utah's pay file has no official pay ranges, so none are shown.
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker/Clinical Mental Health Counselor$88,885
average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Salt Lake City pay social workers more than other employers in Salt Lake County?
Average total pay of full-year social workers: Salt Lake City next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- Salt Lake City$88,885
- All employers in Utah$64,543
Where does Salt Lake City rank among Utah employers?
Every employer with at least 5 full-year social workers, by average total pay.1
All 5 Utah employers
Salt Lake City ranks 2nd of 5, above the middle employer.
Middle employer: $64,150
Each bar counts the employers whose average total pay falls in a $5,000 band. The dashed line marks the middle employer.
Questions about social worker pay at Salt Lake City
What is the average social worker salary at Salt Lake City?
Social workers at Salt Lake City who worked the full year earned an average of $88,885 in fiscal year 2026, overtime included. The middle social worker earned $89,255: half earned more, half less.
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Sources for the Salt Lake City figures
Every person who held a social worker position at Salt Lake City at any point in fiscal year 2026 counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only people who worked for the same employer the year before, were paid at least 90% as much as in that year, earned at least 90% of that pay in the job's titles, and were paid at least $15,080, a full year at Utah's minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.2 Utah's file has no hours or start dates, so this is the closest sign of a full year. Total pay is the wages the employer reported, before tax. Utah's file has one wage figure per person with overtime inside it, so pay here is total pay and overtime can't be shown on its own. 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 very high pay. Every figure covers at least 5 people.
- Transparent Utah, Office of the Utah State Auditor: title, wages and benefits of every employee of every Utah city, town, county and local district, as each reports them for its fiscal year.
- Utah Code, Section 34-40-103, Minimum wage: Utah's minimum wage, the federal rate of $7.25 an hour.