SALARY EXPLORER · UPDATED 2026

Social and Human Service Assistants Salary in New York City

See the latest available wage benchmarks for Social and Human Service Assistantss in New York City, including the median, mean, employment and published percentile range.

Latest available wage reference: 2025 Page reviewed September 2026 35,540 jobs in this occupation

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New York City salary benchmark

Published wage distribution for Social and Human Service Assistants in New York City.

Median annual salary
$47,860
50th percentile
$50,850Mean / average
$4,238Mean per month
$24Mean per hour*
*Annual wage divided by 2,080 hours for a simple hourly equivalent.
U.S. comparison

The New York City median is -4% versus the U.S. median of $49,710 for the same occupation.

Salary distribution

The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentile wages.

$36,070
10th
$42,190
25th
$47,860
50th
$57,600
75th
$67,420
90th
10th percentile
$36,070
Lower end of the published range
Median
$47,860
50th percentile
90th percentile
$67,420
Upper end of the published range
Employment
35,540
Estimated jobs in the occupation

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Questions people ask

Answers based on the wage figures shown on this page.

What is the median Social and Human Service Assistants salary in New York City?

The published median is $47,860 per year. The median is the 50th percentile: half of workers are below it and half are above it in the published wage distribution.

How much is the 90th percentile for Social and Human Service Assistantss in New York City?

The 90th percentile is $67,420 per year. The 90th percentile means 90% of workers are at or below that wage estimate in the published distribution.

Does this salary figure include bonus or equity?

These wage estimates represent wages for the occupation and geography. They should not be treated as a complete total-compensation estimate for an individual offer; bonuses, equity and benefits may be reported separately by employers.

Where the numbers come from

This page uses the latest available Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics reference imported into LinkedInSalary. The current wage reference is May 2025.

The dataset publishes employment, mean wages and percentile wage estimates. Percentiles describe the wage distribution; the site does not infer seniority bands, bonuses, growth rates or cost-of-living adjustments from these figures.

Data source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS).

Data reference year: 2025 · Page presentation year: 2026.

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