State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Connecticut vs Illinois
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in Connecticut earn a median of $78,970. In Illinois, $63,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.6% — not 24.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.9%
Connecticut vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+20.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $78,970
- p25
- $62,030
- p75
- $100,510
- p10
- $48,660
- p90
- $109,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
Illinois
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $63,220
- p25
- $52,320
- p75
- $81,650
- p10
- $47,120
- p90
- $105,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.