State comparison · 2025
Healthcare Social Workers salary: California vs North Carolina
Healthcare Social Workers in California earn a median of $89,660. In North Carolina, $63,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.7% — not 41.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+41.7%
California vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+20.7%
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%
North Carolina
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $63,280
- p25
- $53,000
- p75
- $77,160
- p10
- $40,650
- p90
- $85,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.