State comparison · 2025
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers salary: Alaska vs California
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers in California earn a median of $79,000. In Alaska, $56,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.4% — not 28.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.2%
Alaska vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-22.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
- Median
- $56,710
- p25
- $49,430
- p75
- $68,690
- p10
- $46,250
- p90
- $85,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
California
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
- Median
- $79,000
- p25
- $57,800
- p75
- $118,860
- p10
- $46,450
- p90
- $147,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
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.