Healthcare Social Workers Salary — McAllen, Texas

The average Healthcare Social Workers in McAllen, Texas earns $56,930 a year.

$56,930 / year, mean
↓ 21.8% below national average 8th percentile in Texas

McAllen is among the lowest-paying cities in Texas for this specific role. That's noticeably below the national average for healthcare social workers, worth factoring into any relocation math. Cost of living here runs below the national average, which can offset a lower headline salary. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Texas

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
330
Estimate confidence
RSE 3.0%
Cost of living 86 #185 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2109 #114 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $193,978 #168 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $52,281 #186 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: McAllen ranks #185 for cost of living and #168 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.

Napa $129,130 San Luis Obispo $112,750 Vallejo $112,700 San Jose $108,280 Santa Rosa $106,760 San Francisco $104,710 Sacramento $100,600 Visalia $95,810 Modesto $93,250 Salinas $92,170 Santa Cruz $91,880 Fresno $91,860 Santa Maria $91,690 Riverside $91,640 Trenton $91,040 Stockton $90,900 Oxnard $89,250 Los Angeles $89,170 Portland $87,200 Longview $86,350 San Diego $85,950 Bremerton $85,050 Seattle $84,720 Medford $84,490 Bend $83,620 Eugene $83,160 Redding $82,390 Chico $81,990 Salem $81,510 Merced $80,840 Bakersfield $80,800 Odessa $80,470 New York $80,430 Corvallis $80,260 Albany $80,020 El Centro $79,890 Bellingham $79,340 Midland $79,220 Olympia $78,090 Mount Vernon $78,040 Hanford $77,760 Grants Pass $77,740 Yuba City $75,870 Battle Creek $75,700 Kalamazoo $75,500 Walla Walla $75,010 Hagerstown $74,970 Dallas $74,670 Spokane $74,480 Lexington Park $74,420 Kennewick $74,320 Ann Arbor $73,710 Wenatchee $73,680 Kiryas Joel $72,720 Bloomington $72,300 Detroit $71,880 Chicago $71,450 Lansing $71,440 Houston $71,320 Louisville $71,030 Richmond $70,980 Austin $70,920 Kingston $70,850 Sherman $70,750 Beaumont $70,720 Baltimore $70,600 Naples $70,310 Gainesville $70,300 Atlantic City $70,140 Paducah $70,100 Lafayette $70,090 Charlottesville $70,000 San Angelo $69,990 Fort Myers $69,950 Philadelphia $69,910 Lakeland $69,770 Sarasota $69,740 Crestview $69,690 Wichita Falls $69,670 Indianapolis $69,510 College Station $69,450 Grand Rapids $69,420 Deltona $69,400 Fort Wayne $69,380 Lubbock $69,360 Waco $69,310 Harrisonburg $69,270 Michigan City $69,100 Columbus $69,020 Flint $68,920 Sebastian $68,910 Corpus Christi $68,870 Bloomington $68,810 Albany $68,710 Punta Gorda $68,300 Ithaca $68,130 Syracuse $68,090 Midland $68,050 Port St. Lucie $67,960 Wildwood $67,770 Salisbury $67,700 Reading $67,590 Parkersburg $67,580 San Antonio $67,500 Bay City $67,290 York $67,090 Miami $66,970 Texarkana $66,860 Muskegon $66,850 Tampa $66,850 Champaign $66,700 Panama City $66,570 Harrisburg $66,430 Orlando $66,180 Virginia Beach $66,130 Allentown $66,020 Ocala $65,950 Elkhart $65,880 Jacksonville $65,880 Saginaw $65,820 South Bend $65,790 Terre Haute $65,730 Palm Bay $65,720 Buffalo $65,700 Yakima $65,650 Traverse City $65,540 Laredo $65,510 Springfield $65,340 Charleston $65,150 Lancaster $65,110 Blacksburg $64,970 Rockford $64,970 Johnstown $64,930 Killeen $64,880 Pittsburgh $64,720 Amarillo $64,540 Chambersburg $64,430 State College $64,220 Muncie $64,150 Winchester $64,020 Bowling Green $63,980 Huntington $63,920 Evansville $63,780 Scranton $63,760 Rochester $63,530 Victoria $63,520 Dover $63,490 Morgantown $63,300 Longview $63,050 Watertown $62,950 Abilene $62,730 Williamsport $62,720 Wheeling $62,650 Lexington $62,420 Elizabethtown $62,390 Lebanon $62,340 Lynchburg $62,270 Jackson $62,230 Tallahassee $62,210 Glens Falls $62,190 Owensboro $61,970 Utica $61,470 Roanoke $60,940 Altoona $60,530 Pensacola $60,220 Brownsville $60,130 Tyler $60,030 Weirton $59,730 Decatur $59,700 Kankakee $59,680 Peoria $59,510 Erie $58,520 Beckley $58,510 Binghamton $57,950 McAllen $56,930 Niles $55,260 El Paso $55,050 Elmira $54,630
CityMean salaryvs. McAllen
Abilene, Texas$62,730+10.2%
Albany, Oregon$80,020+40.6%
Albany, New York$68,710+20.7%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$66,020+16.0%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$60,530+6.3%
Amarillo, Texas$64,540+13.4%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$73,710+29.5%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$70,140+23.2%
Austin, Texas$70,920+24.6%
Bakersfield, California$80,800+41.9%
Baltimore, Maryland$70,600+24.0%
Battle Creek, Michigan$75,700+33.0%
Bay City, Michigan$67,290+18.2%
Beaumont, Texas$70,720+24.2%
Beckley, West Virginia$58,510+2.8%
Bellingham, Washington$79,340+39.4%
Bend, Oregon$83,620+46.9%
Binghamton, New York$57,950+1.8%
Blacksburg, Virginia$64,970+14.1%
Bloomington, Illinois$72,300+27.0%
Bloomington, Indiana$68,810+20.9%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$63,980+12.4%
Bremerton, Washington$85,050+49.4%
Brownsville, Texas$60,130+5.6%
Buffalo, New York$65,700+15.4%
Fort Myers, Florida$69,950+22.9%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$64,430+13.2%
Champaign, Illinois$66,700+17.2%
Charleston, West Virginia$65,150+14.4%
Charlottesville, Virginia$70,000+23.0%
Chicago, Illinois$71,450+25.5%
Chico, California$81,990+44.0%
College Station, Texas$69,450+22.0%
Columbus, Indiana$69,020+21.2%
Corpus Christi, Texas$68,870+21.0%
Corvallis, Oregon$80,260+41.0%
Crestview, Florida$69,690+22.4%
Dallas, Texas$74,670+31.2%
Decatur, Illinois$59,700+4.9%
Deltona, Florida$69,400+21.9%
Detroit, Michigan$71,880+26.3%
Dover, Delaware$63,490+11.5%
El Centro, California$79,890+40.3%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$62,390+9.6%
Elkhart, Indiana$65,880+15.7%
Elmira, New York$54,630-4.0%
El Paso, Texas$55,050-3.3%
Erie, Pennsylvania$58,520+2.8%
Eugene, Oregon$83,160+46.1%
Evansville, Indiana$63,780+12.0%
Flint, Michigan$68,920+21.1%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$69,380+21.9%
Fresno, California$91,860+61.4%
Gainesville, Florida$70,300+23.5%
Glens Falls, New York$62,190+9.2%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$69,420+21.9%
Grants Pass, Oregon$77,740+36.6%
Hagerstown, Maryland$74,970+31.7%
Hanford, California$77,760+36.6%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$66,430+16.7%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$69,270+21.7%
Houston, Texas$71,320+25.3%
Huntington, West Virginia$63,920+12.3%
Indianapolis, Indiana$69,510+22.1%
Ithaca, New York$68,130+19.7%
Jackson, Michigan$62,230+9.3%
Jacksonville, Florida$65,880+15.7%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$64,930+14.1%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$75,500+32.6%
Kankakee, Illinois$59,680+4.8%
Kennewick, Washington$74,320+30.5%
Killeen, Texas$64,880+14.0%
Kingston, New York$70,850+24.5%
Kiryas Joel, New York$72,720+27.7%
Lafayette, Indiana$70,090+23.1%
Lakeland, Florida$69,770+22.6%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$65,110+14.4%
Lansing, Michigan$71,440+25.5%
Laredo, Texas$65,510+15.1%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$62,340+9.5%
Lexington, Kentucky$62,420+9.6%
Lexington Park, Maryland$74,420+30.7%
Longview, Texas$63,050+10.8%
Longview, Washington$86,350+51.7%
Los Angeles, California$89,170+56.6%
Louisville, Kentucky$71,030+24.8%
Lubbock, Texas$69,360+21.8%
Lynchburg, Virginia$62,270+9.4%
Medford, Oregon$84,490+48.4%
Merced, California$80,840+42.0%
Miami, Florida$66,970+17.6%
Michigan City, Indiana$69,100+21.4%
Midland, Michigan$68,050+19.5%
Midland, Texas$79,220+39.2%
Modesto, California$93,250+63.8%
Morgantown, West Virginia$63,300+11.2%
Mount Vernon, Washington$78,040+37.1%
Muncie, Indiana$64,150+12.7%
Muskegon, Michigan$66,850+17.4%
Napa, California$129,130+126.8%
Naples, Florida$70,310+23.5%
New York, New York$80,430+41.3%
Niles, Michigan$55,260-2.9%
Sarasota, Florida$69,740+22.5%
Ocala, Florida$65,950+15.8%
Odessa, Texas$80,470+41.3%
Olympia, Washington$78,090+37.2%
Orlando, Florida$66,180+16.2%
Owensboro, Kentucky$61,970+8.9%
Oxnard, California$89,250+56.8%
Paducah, Kentucky$70,100+23.1%
Palm Bay, Florida$65,720+15.4%
Panama City, Florida$66,570+16.9%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$67,580+18.7%
Pensacola, Florida$60,220+5.8%
Peoria, Illinois$59,510+4.5%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$69,910+22.8%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$64,720+13.7%
Portland, Oregon$87,200+53.2%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$67,960+19.4%
Punta Gorda, Florida$68,300+20.0%
Reading, Pennsylvania$67,590+18.7%
Redding, California$82,390+44.7%
Richmond, Virginia$70,980+24.7%
Riverside, California$91,640+61.0%
Roanoke, Virginia$60,940+7.0%
Rochester, New York$63,530+11.6%
Rockford, Illinois$64,970+14.1%
Sacramento, California$100,600+76.7%
Saginaw, Michigan$65,820+15.6%
Salem, Oregon$81,510+43.2%
Salinas, California$92,170+61.9%
Salisbury, Maryland$67,700+18.9%
San Angelo, Texas$69,990+22.9%
San Antonio, Texas$67,500+18.6%
San Diego, California$85,950+51.0%
San Francisco, California$104,710+83.9%
San Jose, California$108,280+90.2%
San Luis Obispo, California$112,750+98.1%
Santa Cruz, California$91,880+61.4%
Santa Maria, California$91,690+61.1%
Santa Rosa, California$106,760+87.5%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$63,760+12.0%
Seattle, Washington$84,720+48.8%
Sebastian, Florida$68,910+21.0%
Sherman, Texas$70,750+24.3%
South Bend, Indiana$65,790+15.6%
Spokane, Washington$74,480+30.8%
Springfield, Illinois$65,340+14.8%
State College, Pennsylvania$64,220+12.8%
Stockton, California$90,900+59.7%
Syracuse, New York$68,090+19.6%
Tallahassee, Florida$62,210+9.3%
Tampa, Florida$66,850+17.4%
Terre Haute, Indiana$65,730+15.5%
Texarkana, Texas$66,860+17.4%
Traverse City, Michigan$65,540+15.1%
Trenton, New Jersey$91,040+59.9%
Tyler, Texas$60,030+5.4%
Utica, New York$61,470+8.0%
Vallejo, California$112,700+98.0%
Victoria, Texas$63,520+11.6%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$66,130+16.2%
Visalia, California$95,810+68.3%
Waco, Texas$69,310+21.7%
Walla Walla, Washington$75,010+31.8%
Watertown, New York$62,950+10.6%
Weirton, West Virginia$59,730+4.9%
Wenatchee, Washington$73,680+29.4%
Wheeling, West Virginia$62,650+10.0%
Wichita Falls, Texas$69,670+22.4%
Wildwood, Florida$67,770+19.0%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$62,720+10.2%
Winchester, Virginia$64,020+12.5%
Yakima, Washington$65,650+15.3%
York, Pennsylvania$67,090+17.8%
Yuba City, California$75,870+33.3%
Gross salary
56,930/yr
Estimated take-home
47,923/yr
Est. total withheld
15.8%

Single filer, federal income tax + FICA only, 2025 rates — Texas has no state income tax on wages. 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 21-1022 SOC code
Official area McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 32580 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: tx_constitucion_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
EdinburgMission
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)
880,921