State comparison · 2025
Healthcare Social Workers salary: Arizona vs California
Healthcare Social Workers in California earn a median of $89,660. In Arizona, $64,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.5% — not 28.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.6%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-21.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $64,030
- p25
- $53,210
- p75
- $80,100
- p10
- $44,620
- p90
- $96,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
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.