State comparison · 2025
Healthcare Social Workers salary: Arkansas vs California
Healthcare Social Workers in California earn a median of $89,660. In Arkansas, $55,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.9% — not 37.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.9%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-20.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $55,640
- p25
- $45,610
- p75
- $65,910
- p10
- $38,110
- p90
- $76,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.