State comparison · 2025
Healthcare Social Workers salary: District of Columbia vs Pennsylvania
Healthcare Social Workers in District of Columbia earn a median of $94,100. In Pennsylvania, $61,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35% — not 52%.
Nominal pay gap
+52%
District of Columbia vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+35%
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
Pennsylvania
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $61,900
- p25
- $57,200
- p75
- $76,040
- p10
- $46,770
- p90
- $83,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.