State comparison · 2025
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers salary: Connecticut vs Pennsylvania
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers in Connecticut earn a median of $78,640. In Pennsylvania, $48,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 53.4% — not 62.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+62.8%
Connecticut vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+53.4%
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
Pennsylvania
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
- Median
- $48,290
- p25
- $43,810
- p75
- $58,860
- p10
- $37,790
- p90
- $73,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +2200%
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.