State comparison · 2025
Healthcare Social Workers salary: California vs Oregon
Healthcare Social Workers in California earn a median of $89,660. In Oregon, $84,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.7% — not 6.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+6.3%
California vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-0.7%
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%
Oregon
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $84,350
- p25
- $67,170
- p75
- $101,640
- p10
- $60,480
- p90
- $111,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.