State comparison · 2025
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers salary: Connecticut vs Indiana
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers in Connecticut earn a median of $78,640. In Indiana, $48,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 46.6% — not 62.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+62.8%
Connecticut vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+46.6%
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
Indiana
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
- Median
- $48,300
- p25
- $42,580
- p75
- $64,610
- p10
- $36,290
- p90
- $77,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +150%
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.