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Salary Social Worker Australia | Australian Social Worker Salaries

Average Social Worker Salary / Wages

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Salary and pay information for social workers is compiled regularly by analysis of Australian jobs advertised in major publications. Salaries are annual unless otherwise stated.

The Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations Code (ANZSCO) is 272511 for social workers.

Job titles and exact tasks vary in this work and examples of some occupation titles are social worker, mental health social worker and aboriginal councillor.

This occupation is currently on the Australian Combined Skilled Occupation List, (Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List, MLTSSL).

The average weekly full-time ordinary earnings in Health Care and Social Assistance in mid 2018 were $1,523, giving an annual income of approximately $79,200. This was 1.0% higher than in mid 2017.*

Data supplied from Indeed over the past 36 months, based on over 830 salaries, estimated that the average salary for a social worker was $75,950 per annum in Australia.

Social Worker Salaries / Wages in 2018

Job TitleSalary / Wage $Location
Planned Support Worker – Case Management

70,000 – 80,000 Sydney, New South Wales
Mental Health Clinician

70,000 – 85,000 Sydney, New South Wales
Social Worker Coastal Contract

up to 80,000New South Wales
Social Worker Team Leader Disability Support

90,000 – 100,000 Melbourne, Victoria
Senior Clinician – Psychologist or Social Worker

95,000 – 115,000Melbourne, Victoria
Social Workers – Network Student Engagement Teams

$85,000 -90,000Canberra, ACT
Social Worker

64,000 – 94,000Brisbane, Queensland
Coordinator – Residential Youth Care

75,000 Brisbane, Queensland
Registered Psychologist / Social Worker MHS

85,000 – 99,000 Canberra, ACT
Senior Social Worker

87,000 – 91,000 Canberra, ACT
Social Worker / Counsellor

65,000 – 80,000 Perth, Western Australia
Intensive Family Support Case Worker (Social Worker)

80,000 Perth, Western Australia

*Source:ABS

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Comments

  1. Jay says

    June 28, 2013 at 8:24 am

    All the social workers I know are making minimum $72000

    Reply
    • Toni says

      May 2, 2015 at 11:44 pm

      Is it difficult to transition from working in the USA as a social worker to Australia?

      Reply

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