State comparison · 2025
Healthcare Social Workers salary: Alaska vs California
Healthcare Social Workers in California earn a median of $89,660. In Alaska, $62,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.2% — not 30.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-30.8%
Alaska vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-25.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $62,000
- p25
- $47,620
- p75
- $84,990
- p10
- $47,000
- p90
- $97,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
California
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $89,660
- p25
- $67,630
- p75
- $118,740
- p10
- $54,220
- p90
- $134,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -76%
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.