State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Arizona vs Maryland
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in Maryland earn a median of $76,390. In Arizona, $50,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.5% — not 34.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.4%
Arizona vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-31.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $50,150
- p25
- $45,870
- p75
- $57,540
- p10
- $40,420
- p90
- $65,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
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.