State comparison · 2025
Healthcare Social Workers salary: Hawaii vs Illinois
Healthcare Social Workers in Hawaii earn a median of $85,420. In Illinois, $64,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.8% — not 32.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.9%
Hawaii vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+20.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Hawaii
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $85,420
- p25
- $70,500
- p75
- $96,190
- p10
- $51,570
- p90
- $102,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
Illinois
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $64,270
- p25
- $54,270
- p75
- $78,610
- p10
- $47,290
- p90
- $96,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.