How much is a Social Worker's salary (BA) in California?
Asked by acolon
Currently I'm major in Social Work (BA). Hoping to move to CA from CT. How much is a Social Worker's salary with a BSW in CA? How much does a MSW make? With two years of work experience a SW can make on average $ 50-70,000 in a state job.

Best Answer:
BA level social workers make 30-40K in CA - MSW with 2 years will make more like 50-60K - 70 would be high with 2 years experience but possible if you are really good. DA

You can check average salaries: salary.com MSW will obviously make more...but social work is a notoriously underpaid profession. I counsel several social workers, over worked, under paid, hard cases.....they do it out of "passion", not to make money...salary you quote is much higher than average bachelor's sw...check above url. (psychologist) more info: http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Social_Worker/Salary
Answered by bluegoat114