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In 2011, social workers earned an average of just over $54,000 a year. Because higher salaries paid in psychiatric hospitals, substance abuse settings and other specialized facilities can skew this statistic, median wage is a better predictor of earnings.
  The median expected salary for a typical Social Worker (BSW) in the United States is $41,282.     Quick facts from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics: * Seventy-on â¦ e percent of all social workers are women. Their average annual salary is $30,108. * The average annual salary for male social workers is $34,372.n the Republic of Ireland, the starting salary for a social worker  is 43,000 euros or $55,620. For a starting social worker in  Northern Ireland, the annual income is 22,0 â¦ 00 euros or $28,460.