State comparison · 2025
Healthcare Social Workers salary: Delaware vs District of Columbia
Healthcare Social Workers in District of Columbia earn a median of $94,100. In Delaware, $64,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.4% — not 31.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.3%
Delaware vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-24.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $64,620
- p25
- $51,230
- p75
- $79,420
- p10
- $47,550
- p90
- $88,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
District of Columbia
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $94,100
- p25
- $75,360
- p75
- $107,500
- p10
- $60,970
- p90
- $124,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
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.