State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Florida vs New Jersey
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in New Jersey earn a median of $76,280. In Florida, $56,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22% — not 25.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.9%
Florida vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-22%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Florida
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $56,550
- p25
- $47,130
- p75
- $64,940
- p10
- $39,760
- p90
- $79,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.