State comparison · 2025
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers salary: Connecticut vs Massachusetts
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers in Connecticut earn a median of $78,640. In Massachusetts, $62,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.5% — not 25.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.8%
Connecticut vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+28.5%
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
Massachusetts
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
- Median
- $62,500
- p25
- $53,970
- p75
- $78,750
- p10
- $48,260
- p90
- $100,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.