State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Colorado vs Maryland
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in Maryland earn a median of $76,390. In Colorado, $63,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15% — not 16.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.6%
Colorado vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-15%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $63,720
- p25
- $51,540
- p75
- $82,820
- p10
- $45,980
- p90
- $102,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
Maryland
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $76,390
- p25
- $56,920
- p75
- $93,940
- p10
- $41,240
- p90
- $105,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.