State comparison · 2025
Healthcare Social Workers salary: California vs Oklahoma
Healthcare Social Workers in California earn a median of $89,660. In Oklahoma, $56,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.7% — not 59.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+59.8%
California vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+26.7%
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%
Oklahoma
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $56,120
- p25
- $43,180
- p75
- $70,290
- p10
- $36,920
- p90
- $81,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.