State comparison · 2025
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers salary: Connecticut vs Maine
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers in Connecticut earn a median of $78,640. In Maine, $57,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.2% — not 37.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.8%
Connecticut vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+29.2%
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
Maine
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
- Median
- $57,050
- p25
- $47,740
- p75
- $77,650
- p10
- $45,870
- p90
- $96,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.