Social Worker (Travel) - LMSW - $2,139/wk - Edmonds, WA
Listed compensation
$2,139/wk
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Job Description
Social Worker (Travel) - LMSW - Edmonds, WA
VitalHire is hiring a travel Social Worker (LMSW) for an acute care hospital in Edmonds, WA.
Contract Details
- Weekly pay: $2,139/wk
- Stipend: includes a housing and meals stipend of up to $1,442/wk where eligible (GSA FY2027 max for this location)
- Shift: Day (5x8 Hours) 8:00 16:30
- Duration: 13 weeks
- Start date: 11/16/2026
- Openings: 1
About the Assignment
- 2 Yr Experience
- MUST HAVE ACUTE CARE/MED SURG EXPERIENCE- looking for acute care experience with high caseload on fast paced unit and ideally a candidate who is familiar with Washington
- Schedule: 5x8s- Primarily Mon-Frid, but must be willing to cover some weekends
- Holidays: Expectation is to work 1 of 3 holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years)
- Overtime: 40 total hours in 1 week: 1.3%
Requirements
- Active license/certification for WA (compact accepted where applicable) and the LMSW specialty
- 2+ years of recent LMSW experience
- Active LMSW license for the state, BLS if required
Key Responsibilities
Provide social work services in an acute care hospital setting with a high caseload. Manage patient needs on a fast-paced unit while coordinating care effectively.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Social Worker Career Context
Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 58% are remote, 34% have no call, 78% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Washington is 107.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$111k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $104k in an average-cost state. 59.8% of Washington clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Location & Logistics
Washington has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$111k midpoint, that is roughly $4k–$8k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.
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- No nights
- Includes weekends
Benefits & Perks
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- Social Worker (Travel) - LICSW - $2,407/wk - Spokane, WA · Spokane, Washington$125k
- Social Worker (Travel) - MSW - $2,173/wk - Mission Viejo, CA · Mission Viejo, California$113k
- Social Worker (Travel) - LCSW - $2,133/wk - Everett, WA · Everett, Washington$111k
Living in Edmonds
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $848k
- Typical market rent
- $2,349/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 27 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 111.1
- State income tax
- None
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.