State comparison · 2025
Healthcare Social Workers salary: California vs Kentucky
Healthcare Social Workers in California earn a median of $89,660. In Kentucky, $64,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14% — not 39.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.9%
California vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+14%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Kentucky
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $64,080
- p25
- $49,990
- p75
- $77,660
- p10
- $43,010
- p90
- $86,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.