State comparison · 2025
Healthcare Social Workers salary: Colorado vs District of Columbia
Healthcare Social Workers in District of Columbia earn a median of $94,100. In Colorado, $63,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.1% — not 32.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.5%
Colorado vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-28.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $63,480
- p25
- $49,490
- p75
- $81,030
- p10
- $45,810
- p90
- $95,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
District of Columbia
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $94,100
- p25
- $75,360
- p75
- $107,500
- p10
- $60,970
- p90
- $124,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
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.