State comparison · 2025
Healthcare Social Workers salary: California vs Tennessee
Healthcare Social Workers in California earn a median of $89,660. In Tennessee, $61,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.5% — not 46.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+46.4%
California vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+21.5%
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%
Tennessee
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $61,240
- p25
- $48,820
- p75
- $76,200
- p10
- $41,120
- p90
- $83,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.