State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: California vs Connecticut
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in Connecticut earn a median of $78,970. In California, $65,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.7% — not 17.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.4%
California vs Connecticut
COL-adjusted gap
-22.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $65,200
- p25
- $52,270
- p75
- $82,080
- p10
- $45,360
- p90
- $103,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
Connecticut
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $78,970
- p25
- $62,030
- p75
- $100,510
- p10
- $48,660
- p90
- $109,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
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.