State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Alabama vs Maryland
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in Maryland earn a median of $76,390. In Alabama, $46,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.8% — not 38.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.9%
Alabama vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-27.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $46,660
- p25
- $41,890
- p75
- $59,560
- p10
- $37,780
- p90
- $72,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Maryland
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $76,390
- p25
- $56,920
- p75
- $93,940
- p10
- $41,240
- p90
- $105,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.