State comparison · 2025
Healthcare Social Workers salary: Arizona vs District of Columbia
Healthcare Social Workers in District of Columbia earn a median of $94,100. In Arizona, $64,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.7% — not 32%.
Nominal pay gap
-32%
Arizona vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-25.7%
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
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.