Child, Family, and School Social Workers Salary — Lancaster, Pennsylvania

The average Child, Family, and School Social Workers in Lancaster, Pennsylvania earns $57,440 a year.

$57,440 / year, mean
↓ 11.6% below national average 81th percentile in Pennsylvania

Lancaster pays well above most of Pennsylvania for this role, landing in the top third statewide. That's noticeably below the national average for child, family, and school social workers, worth factoring into any relocation math. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Pennsylvania

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
740
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.2%
Cost of living 98 #73 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1511 #51 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $388,207 #58 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $83,703 #40 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Lancaster ranks #73 for cost of living and #58 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Jose $89,820 San Francisco $80,220 Salisbury $79,420 Longview $78,050 Vallejo $77,630 Springfield $77,140 Olympia $76,950 New York $76,390 Kiryas Joel $76,360 Seattle $75,890 Bremerton $75,570 Trenton $75,410 Mount Vernon $75,390 Oxnard $74,910 Los Angeles $73,990 Hanford $73,530 Baltimore $73,300 Wenatchee $72,860 Binghamton $72,280 Walla Walla $72,070 Chicago $72,040 Medford $71,520 Kingston $71,410 San Luis Obispo $71,080 Kennewick $70,700 Atlantic City $70,680 Vineland $70,610 Grants Pass $70,450 Visalia $70,330 Salinas $70,220 Spokane $70,070 Salem $70,050 Modesto $69,630 Lexington Park $69,540 Albany $69,410 Hagerstown $69,370 Stockton $68,940 Jackson $68,900 Portland $68,820 Yakima $68,740 Eugene $68,580 Yuba City $68,530 Bellingham $68,310 Bakersfield $68,190 Napa $67,310 Buffalo $67,270 Santa Rosa $67,020 Virginia Beach $66,860 Sacramento $66,640 San Diego $66,600 Elmira $66,210 Bend $66,180 Riverside $66,150 Fresno $65,820 Santa Cruz $65,800 Ann Arbor $65,500 Rockford $65,230 Chico $65,220 Utica $65,220 Richmond $64,830 Syracuse $64,820 Glens Falls $64,670 Rochester $64,640 Albany $64,450 Champaign $64,420 Santa Maria $64,350 Lexington $64,090 Fort Myers $64,000 Watertown $63,790 Bowling Green $62,910 Decatur $62,910 Lansing $62,800 Peoria $62,680 Sebastian $62,570 Kankakee $62,240 Charlottesville $62,200 Monroe $62,190 Winchester $62,130 Ithaca $62,090 Niles $61,930 Flint $61,920 Harrisonburg $61,810 Detroit $61,390 Redding $60,970 Tampa $60,930 Traverse City $60,890 Punta Gorda $60,880 Killeen $60,830 Muskegon $60,810 Elizabethtown $60,770 Harrisburg $60,690 Homosassa Springs $60,450 Philadelphia $60,400 Louisville $60,380 Sarasota $59,900 Merced $59,850 Austin $59,770 Saginaw $59,730 Allentown $59,500 Battle Creek $59,490 Corvallis $59,470 Bloomington $59,200 Paducah $59,120 San Angelo $59,060 Grand Rapids $58,960 Miami $58,830 McAllen $58,380 Staunton $58,110 Jacksonville $58,040 Crestview $57,880 El Centro $57,870 Dallas $57,860 Sherman $57,850 Houston $57,590 Lancaster $57,440 Owensboro $57,430 Corpus Christi $57,390 Naples $56,940 Lebanon $56,910 San Antonio $56,830 Roanoke $56,820 Victoria $56,820 Waco $56,780 Odessa $56,660 Pensacola $56,360 Orlando $56,180 Midland $55,860 Bay City $55,720 Deltona $55,710 Lynchburg $55,420 Wichita Falls $55,240 Reading $55,230 York $55,140 Pittsburgh $54,910 Charleston $54,830 Indianapolis $54,590 Elkhart $54,520 Blacksburg $54,380 Wildwood $54,360 Midland $54,310 Lakeland $54,160 Chambersburg $54,130 Kalamazoo $54,130 El Paso $53,850 College Station $53,810 Palm Bay $53,760 Panama City $53,710 South Bend $53,490 Port St. Lucie $53,460 Dover $53,430 Williamsport $53,370 Fort Wayne $53,280 Laredo $53,150 Tyler $53,060 Huntington $52,990 Columbus $52,910 Parkersburg $52,870 Amarillo $52,550 Gettysburg $52,380 Michigan City $52,370 Muncie $52,340 Tallahassee $52,340 Gainesville $52,130 Beaumont $52,070 Bloomington $51,850 Ocala $51,810 Beckley $51,560 Longview $51,330 Wheeling $51,330 Abilene $51,200 Kokomo $51,130 Evansville $51,120 Morgantown $50,940 Texarkana $50,780 Lafayette $50,700 Terre Haute $50,230 Scranton $49,830 Weirton $49,670 Lubbock $49,390 State College $48,830 Erie $47,650 Johnstown $45,360 Brownsville $45,120 Altoona $44,920
CityMean salaryvs. Lancaster
Abilene, Texas$51,200-10.9%
Albany, Oregon$64,450+12.2%
Albany, New York$69,410+20.8%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$59,500+3.6%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$44,920-21.8%
Amarillo, Texas$52,550-8.5%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$65,500+14.0%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$70,680+23.1%
Austin, Texas$59,770+4.1%
Bakersfield, California$68,190+18.7%
Baltimore, Maryland$73,300+27.6%
Battle Creek, Michigan$59,490+3.6%
Bay City, Michigan$55,720-3.0%
Beaumont, Texas$52,070-9.3%
Beckley, West Virginia$51,560-10.2%
Bellingham, Washington$68,310+18.9%
Bend, Oregon$66,180+15.2%
Binghamton, New York$72,280+25.8%
Blacksburg, Virginia$54,380-5.3%
Bloomington, Illinois$59,200+3.1%
Bloomington, Indiana$51,850-9.7%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$62,910+9.5%
Bremerton, Washington$75,570+31.6%
Brownsville, Texas$45,120-21.4%
Buffalo, New York$67,270+17.1%
Fort Myers, Florida$64,000+11.4%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$54,130-5.8%
Champaign, Illinois$64,420+12.2%
Charleston, West Virginia$54,830-4.5%
Charlottesville, Virginia$62,200+8.3%
Chicago, Illinois$72,040+25.4%
Chico, California$65,220+13.5%
College Station, Texas$53,810-6.3%
Columbus, Indiana$52,910-7.9%
Corpus Christi, Texas$57,390-0.1%
Corvallis, Oregon$59,470+3.5%
Crestview, Florida$57,880+0.8%
Dallas, Texas$57,860+0.7%
Decatur, Illinois$62,910+9.5%
Deltona, Florida$55,710-3.0%
Detroit, Michigan$61,390+6.9%
Dover, Delaware$53,430-7.0%
El Centro, California$57,870+0.7%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$60,770+5.8%
Elkhart, Indiana$54,520-5.1%
Elmira, New York$66,210+15.3%
El Paso, Texas$53,850-6.2%
Erie, Pennsylvania$47,650-17.0%
Eugene, Oregon$68,580+19.4%
Evansville, Indiana$51,120-11.0%
Flint, Michigan$61,920+7.8%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$53,280-7.2%
Fresno, California$65,820+14.6%
Gainesville, Florida$52,130-9.2%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$52,380-8.8%
Glens Falls, New York$64,670+12.6%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$58,960+2.6%
Grants Pass, Oregon$70,450+22.6%
Hagerstown, Maryland$69,370+20.8%
Hanford, California$73,530+28.0%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$60,690+5.7%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$61,810+7.6%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$60,450+5.2%
Houston, Texas$57,590+0.3%
Huntington, West Virginia$52,990-7.7%
Indianapolis, Indiana$54,590-5.0%
Ithaca, New York$62,090+8.1%
Jackson, Michigan$68,900+20.0%
Jacksonville, Florida$58,040+1.0%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$45,360-21.0%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$54,130-5.8%
Kankakee, Illinois$62,240+8.4%
Kennewick, Washington$70,700+23.1%
Killeen, Texas$60,830+5.9%
Kingston, New York$71,410+24.3%
Kiryas Joel, New York$76,360+32.9%
Kokomo, Indiana$51,130-11.0%
Lafayette, Indiana$50,700-11.7%
Lakeland, Florida$54,160-5.7%
Lansing, Michigan$62,800+9.3%
Laredo, Texas$53,150-7.5%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$56,910-0.9%
Lexington, Kentucky$64,090+11.6%
Lexington Park, Maryland$69,540+21.1%
Longview, Texas$51,330-10.6%
Longview, Washington$78,050+35.9%
Los Angeles, California$73,990+28.8%
Louisville, Kentucky$60,380+5.1%
Lubbock, Texas$49,390-14.0%
Lynchburg, Virginia$55,420-3.5%
McAllen, Texas$58,380+1.6%
Medford, Oregon$71,520+24.5%
Merced, California$59,850+4.2%
Miami, Florida$58,830+2.4%
Michigan City, Indiana$52,370-8.8%
Midland, Michigan$55,860-2.8%
Midland, Texas$54,310-5.4%
Modesto, California$69,630+21.2%
Monroe, Michigan$62,190+8.3%
Morgantown, West Virginia$50,940-11.3%
Mount Vernon, Washington$75,390+31.2%
Muncie, Indiana$52,340-8.9%
Muskegon, Michigan$60,810+5.9%
Napa, California$67,310+17.2%
Naples, Florida$56,940-0.9%
New York, New York$76,390+33.0%
Niles, Michigan$61,930+7.8%
Sarasota, Florida$59,900+4.3%
Ocala, Florida$51,810-9.8%
Odessa, Texas$56,660-1.4%
Olympia, Washington$76,950+34.0%
Orlando, Florida$56,180-2.2%
Owensboro, Kentucky$57,430-0.0%
Oxnard, California$74,910+30.4%
Paducah, Kentucky$59,120+2.9%
Palm Bay, Florida$53,760-6.4%
Panama City, Florida$53,710-6.5%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$52,870-8.0%
Pensacola, Florida$56,360-1.9%
Peoria, Illinois$62,680+9.1%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$60,400+5.2%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$54,910-4.4%
Portland, Oregon$68,820+19.8%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$53,460-6.9%
Punta Gorda, Florida$60,880+6.0%
Reading, Pennsylvania$55,230-3.8%
Redding, California$60,970+6.1%
Richmond, Virginia$64,830+12.9%
Riverside, California$66,150+15.2%
Roanoke, Virginia$56,820-1.1%
Rochester, New York$64,640+12.5%
Rockford, Illinois$65,230+13.6%
Sacramento, California$66,640+16.0%
Saginaw, Michigan$59,730+4.0%
Salem, Oregon$70,050+22.0%
Salinas, California$70,220+22.2%
Salisbury, Maryland$79,420+38.3%
San Angelo, Texas$59,060+2.8%
San Antonio, Texas$56,830-1.1%
San Diego, California$66,600+15.9%
San Francisco, California$80,220+39.7%
San Jose, California$89,820+56.4%
San Luis Obispo, California$71,080+23.7%
Santa Cruz, California$65,800+14.6%
Santa Maria, California$64,350+12.0%
Santa Rosa, California$67,020+16.7%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$49,830-13.2%
Seattle, Washington$75,890+32.1%
Sebastian, Florida$62,570+8.9%
Sherman, Texas$57,850+0.7%
South Bend, Indiana$53,490-6.9%
Spokane, Washington$70,070+22.0%
Springfield, Illinois$77,140+34.3%
State College, Pennsylvania$48,830-15.0%
Staunton, Virginia$58,110+1.2%
Stockton, California$68,940+20.0%
Syracuse, New York$64,820+12.8%
Tallahassee, Florida$52,340-8.9%
Tampa, Florida$60,930+6.1%
Terre Haute, Indiana$50,230-12.6%
Texarkana, Texas$50,780-11.6%
Traverse City, Michigan$60,890+6.0%
Trenton, New Jersey$75,410+31.3%
Tyler, Texas$53,060-7.6%
Utica, New York$65,220+13.5%
Vallejo, California$77,630+35.1%
Victoria, Texas$56,820-1.1%
Vineland, New Jersey$70,610+22.9%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$66,860+16.4%
Visalia, California$70,330+22.4%
Waco, Texas$56,780-1.1%
Walla Walla, Washington$72,070+25.5%
Watertown, New York$63,790+11.1%
Weirton, West Virginia$49,670-13.5%
Wenatchee, Washington$72,860+26.8%
Wheeling, West Virginia$51,330-10.6%
Wichita Falls, Texas$55,240-3.8%
Wildwood, Florida$54,360-5.4%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$53,370-7.1%
Winchester, Virginia$62,130+8.2%
Yakima, Washington$68,740+19.7%
York, Pennsylvania$55,140-4.0%
Yuba City, California$68,530+19.3%
Gross salary
57,440/yr
Estimated take-home
46,570/yr
Est. total withheld
18.9%

Single filer, federal + Pennsylvania state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 21-1021 SOC code
Official area Lancaster, PA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 29540 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: pa_dor_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
555,151