State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Arkansas vs Maryland
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in Maryland earn a median of $76,390. In Arkansas, $43,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.5% — not 43.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-43.3%
Arkansas vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-31.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $43,330
- p25
- $37,350
- p75
- $52,130
- p10
- $36,070
- p90
- $59,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.