Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers Salary — Hagerstown, Maryland

The average Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers in Hagerstown, Maryland earns $72,490 a year.

$72,490 / year, mean
↑ 4.0% above national average 75th percentile in Maryland

Hagerstown pays well above most of Maryland for this role, landing in the top third statewide. That's close to the national average for mental health and substance abuse social workers — a fairly typical rate for this role. 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 Maryland

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
70
Estimate confidence
RSE 2.2%
Cost of living 94 #111 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2152 #165 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $324,997 #91 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $75,473 #68 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Hagerstown ranks #111 for cost of living and #91 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 $117,050 San Francisco $109,530 San Luis Obispo $109,030 Vallejo $108,430 Modesto $96,890 Santa Rosa $94,510 Riverside $94,450 Salinas $93,880 Hanford $92,740 Sacramento $91,350 Napa $91,080 Stockton $89,340 New York $88,920 Los Angeles $86,350 Kiryas Joel $85,930 Ithaca $85,820 Santa Maria $85,680 Visalia $85,540 Bakersfield $85,270 San Diego $84,200 Fresno $81,110 Oxnard $80,270 Salisbury $79,180 Kingston $78,350 Salem $77,780 Albany $77,760 Elmira $77,420 Seattle $76,290 Redding $75,140 Utica $75,070 Eugene $74,700 Albany $74,280 Glens Falls $73,930 Portland $73,730 Binghamton $73,620 Santa Cruz $73,590 Virginia Beach $72,820 Hagerstown $72,490 Buffalo $71,560 Spokane $70,860 Bend $70,500 Baltimore $70,200 Syracuse $69,400 Trenton $69,250 Elkhart $68,780 Bellingham $68,720 Rochester $68,700 Mount Vernon $68,610 Charlottesville $68,530 Ann Arbor $68,350 Watertown $68,150 Grants Pass $67,790 Chico $67,760 Staunton $67,670 San Angelo $67,580 Richmond $67,380 Medford $67,110 Bremerton $66,940 Merced $66,010 Lansing $65,980 Olympia $65,430 Midland $64,960 Wichita Falls $64,440 Kalamazoo $64,340 El Centro $63,740 Roanoke $63,500 Saginaw $63,320 South Bend $63,290 Yuba City $63,010 Kennewick $62,750 Bloomington $62,350 Blacksburg $61,890 Detroit $61,560 Lynchburg $61,530 Grand Rapids $61,160 Chicago $61,050 Winchester $60,960 Flint $60,640 Gainesville $60,240 Traverse City $60,100 Naples $59,940 Fort Wayne $59,760 Muskegon $59,760 Yakima $59,450 Philadelphia $59,240 Allentown $58,810 Panama City $58,570 Chambersburg $58,200 Longview $58,060 Lexington Park $57,410 Houston $57,190 Miami $56,640 Lakeland $56,580 Indianapolis $56,200 Beaumont $55,970 Sarasota $55,880 Harrisburg $55,860 Palm Bay $55,800 Dover $55,380 Jacksonville $55,280 Tampa $55,190 Fort Myers $55,180 Lubbock $54,760 San Antonio $54,250 Peoria $53,940 Killeen $53,880 Tallahassee $53,570 Abilene $53,360 Orlando $53,060 Austin $53,050 Dallas $53,000 Atlantic City $52,480 Port St. Lucie $52,160 College Station $52,020 Lexington $51,720 Reading $51,560 Morgantown $51,390 Lancaster $51,190 Crestview $51,070 Lafayette $50,610 Pittsburgh $49,990 Louisville $49,890 York $49,670 Evansville $49,370 McAllen $49,340 El Paso $49,090 Corpus Christi $49,040 Pensacola $49,000 Ocala $48,790 Columbus $48,640 Altoona $48,220 Rockford $47,640 Brownsville $47,280 Charleston $47,160 Springfield $46,900 Wheeling $46,730 Deltona $46,650 Scranton $46,330 Waco $46,310 Huntington $45,190 Elizabethtown $44,700 Bowling Green $44,230 Longview $43,580 Terre Haute $39,530 Owensboro $39,130
CityMean salaryvs. Hagerstown
Abilene, Texas$53,360-26.4%
Albany, Oregon$74,280+2.5%
Albany, New York$77,760+7.3%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$58,810-18.9%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$48,220-33.5%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$68,350-5.7%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$52,480-27.6%
Austin, Texas$53,050-26.8%
Bakersfield, California$85,270+17.6%
Baltimore, Maryland$70,200-3.2%
Beaumont, Texas$55,970-22.8%
Bellingham, Washington$68,720-5.2%
Bend, Oregon$70,500-2.7%
Binghamton, New York$73,620+1.6%
Blacksburg, Virginia$61,890-14.6%
Bloomington, Indiana$62,350-14.0%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$44,230-39.0%
Bremerton, Washington$66,940-7.7%
Brownsville, Texas$47,280-34.8%
Buffalo, New York$71,560-1.3%
Fort Myers, Florida$55,180-23.9%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$58,200-19.7%
Charleston, West Virginia$47,160-34.9%
Charlottesville, Virginia$68,530-5.5%
Chicago, Illinois$61,050-15.8%
Chico, California$67,760-6.5%
College Station, Texas$52,020-28.2%
Columbus, Indiana$48,640-32.9%
Corpus Christi, Texas$49,040-32.3%
Crestview, Florida$51,070-29.5%
Dallas, Texas$53,000-26.9%
Deltona, Florida$46,650-35.6%
Detroit, Michigan$61,560-15.1%
Dover, Delaware$55,380-23.6%
El Centro, California$63,740-12.1%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$44,700-38.3%
Elkhart, Indiana$68,780-5.1%
Elmira, New York$77,420+6.8%
El Paso, Texas$49,090-32.3%
Eugene, Oregon$74,700+3.0%
Evansville, Indiana$49,370-31.9%
Flint, Michigan$60,640-16.3%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$59,760-17.6%
Fresno, California$81,110+11.9%
Gainesville, Florida$60,240-16.9%
Glens Falls, New York$73,930+2.0%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$61,160-15.6%
Grants Pass, Oregon$67,790-6.5%
Hanford, California$92,740+27.9%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$55,860-22.9%
Houston, Texas$57,190-21.1%
Huntington, West Virginia$45,190-37.7%
Indianapolis, Indiana$56,200-22.5%
Ithaca, New York$85,820+18.4%
Jacksonville, Florida$55,280-23.7%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$64,340-11.2%
Kennewick, Washington$62,750-13.4%
Killeen, Texas$53,880-25.7%
Kingston, New York$78,350+8.1%
Kiryas Joel, New York$85,930+18.5%
Lafayette, Indiana$50,610-30.2%
Lakeland, Florida$56,580-21.9%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$51,190-29.4%
Lansing, Michigan$65,980-9.0%
Lexington, Kentucky$51,720-28.7%
Lexington Park, Maryland$57,410-20.8%
Longview, Texas$43,580-39.9%
Longview, Washington$58,060-19.9%
Los Angeles, California$86,350+19.1%
Louisville, Kentucky$49,890-31.2%
Lubbock, Texas$54,760-24.5%
Lynchburg, Virginia$61,530-15.1%
McAllen, Texas$49,340-31.9%
Medford, Oregon$67,110-7.4%
Merced, California$66,010-8.9%
Miami, Florida$56,640-21.9%
Midland, Michigan$64,960-10.4%
Modesto, California$96,890+33.7%
Morgantown, West Virginia$51,390-29.1%
Mount Vernon, Washington$68,610-5.4%
Muskegon, Michigan$59,760-17.6%
Napa, California$91,080+25.6%
Naples, Florida$59,940-17.3%
New York, New York$88,920+22.7%
Sarasota, Florida$55,880-22.9%
Ocala, Florida$48,790-32.7%
Olympia, Washington$65,430-9.7%
Orlando, Florida$53,060-26.8%
Owensboro, Kentucky$39,130-46.0%
Oxnard, California$80,270+10.7%
Palm Bay, Florida$55,800-23.0%
Panama City, Florida$58,570-19.2%
Pensacola, Florida$49,000-32.4%
Peoria, Illinois$53,940-25.6%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$59,240-18.3%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$49,990-31.0%
Portland, Oregon$73,730+1.7%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$52,160-28.0%
Reading, Pennsylvania$51,560-28.9%
Redding, California$75,140+3.7%
Richmond, Virginia$67,380-7.0%
Riverside, California$94,450+30.3%
Roanoke, Virginia$63,500-12.4%
Rochester, New York$68,700-5.2%
Rockford, Illinois$47,640-34.3%
Sacramento, California$91,350+26.0%
Saginaw, Michigan$63,320-12.7%
Salem, Oregon$77,780+7.3%
Salinas, California$93,880+29.5%
Salisbury, Maryland$79,180+9.2%
San Angelo, Texas$67,580-6.8%
San Antonio, Texas$54,250-25.2%
San Diego, California$84,200+16.2%
San Francisco, California$109,530+51.1%
San Jose, California$117,050+61.5%
San Luis Obispo, California$109,030+50.4%
Santa Cruz, California$73,590+1.5%
Santa Maria, California$85,680+18.2%
Santa Rosa, California$94,510+30.4%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$46,330-36.1%
Seattle, Washington$76,290+5.2%
South Bend, Indiana$63,290-12.7%
Spokane, Washington$70,860-2.2%
Springfield, Illinois$46,900-35.3%
Staunton, Virginia$67,670-6.6%
Stockton, California$89,340+23.2%
Syracuse, New York$69,400-4.3%
Tallahassee, Florida$53,570-26.1%
Tampa, Florida$55,190-23.9%
Terre Haute, Indiana$39,530-45.5%
Traverse City, Michigan$60,100-17.1%
Trenton, New Jersey$69,250-4.5%
Utica, New York$75,070+3.6%
Vallejo, California$108,430+49.6%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$72,820+0.5%
Visalia, California$85,540+18.0%
Waco, Texas$46,310-36.1%
Watertown, New York$68,150-6.0%
Wheeling, West Virginia$46,730-35.5%
Wichita Falls, Texas$64,440-11.1%
Winchester, Virginia$60,960-15.9%
Yakima, Washington$59,450-18.0%
York, Pennsylvania$49,670-31.5%
Yuba City, California$63,010-13.1%

This metro area spans more than one state — where you actually pay income tax depends on where you work, not just where BLS assigns the area. Choose your work state:

Gross salary
72,490/yr
Estimated take-home
56,595/yr
Est. total withheld
21.9%

Single filer, federal + state tax (where the selected state levies one) + FICA, 2025 rates, for whichever state you select above. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional.

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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 21-1023 SOC code
Official area Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 25180 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: md_comptroller_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
Martinsburg
Multi-state area: MD;WV
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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Where this is

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Highlighted: Maryland

Population (metro area)
298,525