State comparison · 2025
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers salary: Georgia vs New York
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers in New York earn a median of $79,380. In Georgia, $52,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.6% — not 34.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.5%
Georgia vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-26.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
- Median
- $52,030
- p25
- $45,090
- p75
- $72,490
- p10
- $32,990
- p90
- $83,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
New York
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
- Median
- $79,380
- p25
- $64,430
- p75
- $95,520
- p10
- $54,650
- p90
- $122,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.