State comparison · 2025
Healthcare Social Workers salary: District of Columbia vs New York
Healthcare Social Workers in District of Columbia earn a median of $94,100. In New York, $73,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.4% — not 28.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.8%
District of Columbia vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+26.4%
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
New York
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $73,070
- p25
- $57,630
- p75
- $91,950
- p10
- $47,750
- p90
- $103,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.