I’m finishing up my BSW (graduate in august) and have already been accepted into my MSW program. When I begin working in the field (I have a 7 year work history in healthcare), what is a good salary? I’m in IL if that changes anything.

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My aunt works in Illinois as a social worker. I think she was making around 55k when she started and got up to 75k after about 6 years

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There are a lot of low paying MSW jobs, but I personally won’t work for less than 50k.

My daughter is on her 3rd sw job age 25 and feels 70k is good for Asheville NC

70k is very good for our field.

Okay, at community mental health 10+ years ago I was making around 40k. Moved to a psych hospital to make 50k-60k. Moved to work for insurance to make 80k-90k. Now working for myself remotely contracting with platforms and the rate is 60-70$ per session. Ellie Mental Health likes to pay about 60k.

And that was in Missouri

I work in Oak Park IL, I make 59k in inpatient social work. I graduated in 2022 with MSW.

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