State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Delaware vs New Jersey
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in New Jersey earn a median of $76,280. In Delaware, $48,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.7% — not 36.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.4%
Delaware vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-30.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $48,520
- p25
- $47,440
- p75
- $58,670
- p10
- $44,440
- p90
- $73,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
New Jersey
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $76,280
- p25
- $59,530
- p75
- $97,500
- p10
- $47,830
- p90
- $109,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.