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What youth workers make
Typical
$59,550
Agency or group home start
$42,280
School district or director
$95,530
The federal wage survey has no line called Youth Worker. The closest one is Child, Family, and School Social Workers, where the national median is $59,550 a year and the bottom tenth start near $42,280. Treat the median as what a salaried, full time youth worker with a degree earns. Hourly shift work in a group home or an after school program sits below it.