State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Connecticut vs Mississippi
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in Connecticut earn a median of $78,970. In Mississippi, $46,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42.5% — not 69.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+69.7%
Connecticut vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+42.5%
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
Mississippi
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $46,530
- p25
- $40,190
- p75
- $53,730
- p10
- $33,590
- p90
- $62,130
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.