State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Arizona vs New Jersey
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in New Jersey earn a median of $76,280. In Arizona, $50,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29% — not 34.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.3%
Arizona vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-29%
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
New Jersey
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $76,280
- p25
- $59,530
- p75
- $97,500
- p10
- $47,830
- p90
- $109,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.