State comparison · 2025
Healthcare Social Workers salary: Hawaii vs Maryland
Healthcare Social Workers in Hawaii earn a median of $85,420. In Maryland, $76,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.7% — not 11.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+11.7%
Hawaii vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+6.7%
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
Maryland
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $76,440
- p25
- $55,660
- p75
- $85,150
- p10
- $40,210
- p90
- $96,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.