State comparison · 2025
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers salary: Arizona vs California
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers in California earn a median of $79,000. In Arizona, $46,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.5% — not 41.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-41.3%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-35.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
- Median
- $46,380
- p25
- $45,010
- p75
- $54,480
- p10
- $40,810
- p90
- $64,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
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.