State comparison · 2025
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers salary: Connecticut vs Delaware
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers in Connecticut earn a median of $78,640. In Delaware, $60,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.1% — not 30.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.9%
Connecticut vs Delaware
COL-adjusted gap
+26.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
- Median
- $78,640
- p25
- $62,300
- p75
- $92,430
- p10
- $49,260
- p90
- $108,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
Delaware
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
- Median
- $60,060
- p25
- $51,230
- p75
- $68,090
- p10
- $47,550
- p90
- $81,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
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.