State comparison · 2025
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers salary: Connecticut vs Minnesota
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers in Connecticut earn a median of $78,640. In Minnesota, $75,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.2% — not 4.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+4.8%
Connecticut vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-0.2%
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
Minnesota
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
- Median
- $75,020
- p25
- $60,080
- p75
- $85,990
- p10
- $50,950
- p90
- $98,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.