State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Connecticut vs Kentucky
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in Connecticut earn a median of $78,970. In Kentucky, $59,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.3% — not 33.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+33.6%
Connecticut vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+16.3%
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
Kentucky
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $59,100
- p25
- $46,230
- p75
- $67,260
- p10
- $39,210
- p90
- $78,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.