State comparison · 2025
Healthcare Social Workers salary: California vs Massachusetts
Healthcare Social Workers in California earn a median of $89,660. In Massachusetts, $76,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.1% — not 17.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.3%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+12.1%
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%
Massachusetts
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $76,440
- p25
- $60,300
- p75
- $92,110
- p10
- $51,270
- p90
- $102,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.