State comparison · 2025
Healthcare Social Workers salary: Hawaii vs Indiana
Healthcare Social Workers in Hawaii earn a median of $85,420. In Indiana, $64,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.2% — not 32.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.3%
Hawaii vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+12.2%
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
Indiana
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $64,580
- p25
- $57,270
- p75
- $78,880
- p10
- $48,050
- p90
- $93,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.