Episode 25: Social Work Salaries

NASW Social Work Talks podcast

Michael Sinclair, MSW, PhD, assistant professor at Morgan State University School of Social Work, often gets questions about pay from his students. Dr. Sinclair talks to us about why the social work pay landscape looks the way it does, and what can be done to change that.

This is the first in our series of episodes about social work salaries as part of Social Work Month 2019.  We invite you to leave your thoughts and comments at socialworkblog.org after you've listened to this episode.

Published March 5, 2019

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NASW Advocacy

NASW is working to raise social work salaries and help social workers with student loans:

• Social Work Reinvestment Act
• Medicare Reimbursement
• Student Loan Forgiveness

We also encourage you to contact your NASW chapter to find out about local efforts to elevate social work compensation.

Related Resources

• Social Work Salaries Overview
• Workforce Research and Data
• Public Education Campaign
• Negotiating a Higher Salary - Leadership Ladders newsletter
• Earn What You’re Worth Using Salary Negotiation Skills - NASW members only
• Social Work p.r.n.