State comparison · 2025
Healthcare Social Workers salary: Alaska vs District of Columbia
Healthcare Social Workers in District of Columbia earn a median of $94,100. In Alaska, $62,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.3% — not 34.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.1%
Alaska vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-29.3%
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
District of Columbia
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $94,100
- p25
- $75,360
- p75
- $107,500
- p10
- $60,970
- p90
- $124,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
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.