State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Alaska vs Maryland
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in Maryland earn a median of $76,390. In Alaska, $62,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.9% — not 18%.
Nominal pay gap
-18%
Alaska vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-15.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $62,630
- p25
- $50,590
- p75
- $76,290
- p10
- $45,330
- p90
- $91,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.