State comparison · 2025
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers salary: Connecticut vs Missouri
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers in Connecticut earn a median of $78,640. In Missouri, $49,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.1% — not 58.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+58.7%
Connecticut vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+39.1%
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
Missouri
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
- Median
- $49,560
- p25
- $43,350
- p75
- $59,200
- p10
- $38,610
- p90
- $72,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.