State comparison · 2025
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers salary: California vs Maine
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers in California earn a median of $79,000. In Maine, $57,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.5% — not 38.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.5%
California vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+21.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
- Median
- $79,000
- p25
- $57,800
- p75
- $118,860
- p10
- $46,450
- p90
- $147,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
Maine
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
- Median
- $57,050
- p25
- $47,740
- p75
- $77,650
- p10
- $45,870
- p90
- $96,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.