Social Worker Salary in Ghana

Social work is an academic discipline and practice-based profession that concerns itself with individuals, families, groups, communities, and society as a whole in an effort to meet basic needs and enhance social functioning, self-determination, collective responsibility, optimal health, and overall well-being.

Below is Social Worker Salary in Ghana

A person working as a Social Worker in Ghana typically earns around 1,460 GHS per month. Salaries range from 750 GHS (lowest) to 2,250 GHS (highest).

The median, the maximum, the minimum, and the range

Salary Range

Social Worker salaries in Ghana range from 750 GHS per month (minimum salary) to 2,250 GHS per month (maximum salary).

Median Salary

The median salary is 1,430 GHS per month, which means that half (50%) of people working as Social Worker(s) are earning less than 1,430 GHS while the other half are earning more than 1,430 GHS.

The median represents the middle salary value.

Generally speaking, you would want to be on the right side of the graph with the group earning more than the median salary.

Percentiles

Closely related to the median are two values: the 25th and the 75th percentiles. Reading from the salary distribution diagram, 25% of Social Worker(s) are earning less than 980 GHS while 75% of them are earning more than 980 GHS. Also from the diagram, 75% of Social Worker(s) are earning less than 1,800 GHS while 25% are earning more than 1,800 GHS.

Social Worker Salary Comparison by Years of Experience

How does experience and age affect your pay?

A Social Worker with less than two years of experience makes approximately 840 GHS per month.

While someone with an experience level between two and five years is expected to earn 1,090 GHS per month, 31% more than someone with less than two year’s experience.

Moving forward, an experience level between five and ten years lands a salary of 1,530 GHS per month, 40% more than someone with two to five years of experience.

Additionally, Social Worker(s) whose expertise span anywhere between ten and fifteen years get a salary equivalent to 1,840 GHS per month, 20% more than someone with five to ten years of experience.

If the experience level is between fifteen and twenty years, then the expected wage is 1,990 GHS per month, 9% more than someone with ten to fifteen years of experience.

Lastly, employees with more than twenty years of professional experience get a salary of 2,150 GHS per month, 8% more than people with fifteen to twenty years of experience.

What are social work sentences?

Social work is a practice-based profession that promotes social change, development, cohesion, and the empowerment of people and communities.

Social work practice involves the understanding of human development, behavior, and the social, economic, and cultural institutions and interactions.

How long does it take to become a social worker?

It takes between 4-6 years to become a social worker.

Prospective social workers spend four years earning a bachelor’s degree in social work and two years getting a master’s degree.