State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Connecticut vs Louisiana
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in Connecticut earn a median of $78,970. In Louisiana, $56,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.4% — not 39%.
Nominal pay gap
+39%
Connecticut vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
+18.4%
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
Louisiana
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $56,800
- p25
- $41,640
- p75
- $63,310
- p10
- $35,260
- p90
- $75,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.