State comparison · 2025
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers salary: Connecticut vs Wisconsin
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers in Connecticut earn a median of $78,640. In Wisconsin, $61,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.5% — not 27.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.1%
Connecticut vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+15.5%
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
Wisconsin
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
- Median
- $61,860
- p25
- $49,720
- p75
- $75,360
- p10
- $45,430
- p90
- $87,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- 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.