State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Connecticut vs Tennessee
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in Connecticut earn a median of $78,970. In Tennessee, $56,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.4% — not 40.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.2%
Connecticut vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+24.4%
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
Tennessee
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $56,310
- p25
- $46,660
- p75
- $68,720
- p10
- $39,650
- p90
- $77,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.