SALARY · CHILD, FAMILY, AND SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS · MASSACHUSETTS

Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary in Massachusetts

If Massachusetts is on your shortlist, start here. The median annual pay for child, family, and school social workers was $75,570. That one figure will not decide a move on its own, but it sets the range for everything else, from housing to how much you can save.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$75,570

$36 per hour at the median · That is $16,020 (26.9 percent) above the national median of $59,550 for this occupation.

$77,060Mean annual salary
$37Mean hourly wage
$10,900People employed in this job in Massachusetts

Salary range

25th: $61,150Median: $75,57075th: $94,650
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$61,150
Median (50th percentile)$75,570
75th percentile$94,650
Mean$77,060

The middle half of workers earned from $61,150 to $94,650 a year. The gap between the mean and the median tells its own story. When the mean sits above the median, a smaller group at the top is pulling the average up. When the two are close, pay is more even across the field.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$58,435 a year
$4,870 a month
Federal tax $7,795 · FICA $5,781 · State tax $3,558

Caveat: the Massachusetts figure excludes the optional Social Security and Medicare deduction, worth up to $100 of tax.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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