State comparison · 2025
Healthcare Social Workers salary: Hawaii vs Massachusetts
Healthcare Social Workers in Hawaii earn a median of $85,420. In Massachusetts, $76,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.5% — not 11.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+11.7%
Hawaii vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+7.5%
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
Massachusetts
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $76,440
- p25
- $60,300
- p75
- $92,110
- p10
- $51,270
- p90
- $102,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.