State comparison · 2025
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers salary: Connecticut vs Nebraska
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers in Connecticut earn a median of $78,640. In Nebraska, $43,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 58.2% — not 81.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+81.9%
Connecticut vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+58.2%
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
Nebraska
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
- Median
- $43,240
- p25
- $37,230
- p75
- $51,890
- p10
- $35,760
- p90
- $59,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.