State comparison · 2025
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers salary: Connecticut vs Washington
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers in Connecticut earn a median of $78,640. In Washington, $70,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.3% — not 11.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+11.6%
Connecticut vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+15.3%
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
Washington
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
- Median
- $70,460
- p25
- $56,050
- p75
- $84,500
- p10
- $46,790
- p90
- $102,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +33%
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.