State comparison · 2025
Healthcare Social Workers salary: California vs South Carolina
Healthcare Social Workers in California earn a median of $89,660. In South Carolina, $60,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.7% — not 47.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+47.4%
California vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+24.7%
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%
South Carolina
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $60,840
- p25
- $45,020
- p75
- $76,270
- p10
- $40,450
- p90
- $83,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.