State comparison · 2025
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers salary: Connecticut vs Kansas
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers in Connecticut earn a median of $78,640. In Kansas, $56,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.4% — not 39.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.6%
Connecticut vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+21.4%
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
Kansas
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
- Median
- $56,330
- p25
- $48,990
- p75
- $66,290
- p10
- $47,750
- p90
- $79,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.