State comparison · 2025
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers salary: Connecticut vs Wyoming
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers in Connecticut earn a median of $78,640. In Wyoming, $59,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.6% — not 32.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.6%
Connecticut vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+18.6%
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
Wyoming
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
- Median
- $59,310
- p25
- $49,770
- p75
- $83,340
- p10
- $39,650
- p90
- $118,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.