State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Colorado vs New Jersey
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in New Jersey earn a median of $76,280. In Colorado, $63,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.8% — not 16.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.5%
Colorado vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-11.8%
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%
New Jersey
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $76,280
- p25
- $59,530
- p75
- $97,500
- p10
- $47,830
- p90
- $109,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.