State comparison · 2025
Healthcare Social Workers salary: Hawaii vs Kentucky
Healthcare Social Workers in Hawaii earn a median of $85,420. In Kentucky, $64,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.3% — not 33.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+33.3%
Hawaii vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+9.3%
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
Kentucky
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $64,080
- p25
- $49,990
- p75
- $77,660
- p10
- $43,010
- p90
- $86,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.