State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Alabama vs New Jersey
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in New Jersey earn a median of $76,280. In Alabama, $46,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.1% — not 38.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.8%
Alabama vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-25.1%
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
New Jersey
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $76,280
- p25
- $59,530
- p75
- $97,500
- p10
- $47,830
- p90
- $109,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.