State comparison · 2025
Healthcare Social Workers salary: District of Columbia vs Missouri
Healthcare Social Workers in District of Columbia earn a median of $94,100. In Missouri, $59,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.9% — not 57.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+57.2%
District of Columbia vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+29.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Missouri
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $59,870
- p25
- $46,430
- p75
- $73,740
- p10
- $39,180
- p90
- $79,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.