State comparison · 2025
Healthcare Social Workers salary: Hawaii vs Mississippi
Healthcare Social Workers in Hawaii earn a median of $85,420. In Mississippi, $62,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.5% — not 37.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.2%
Hawaii vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+8.5%
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
Mississippi
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $62,250
- p25
- $49,490
- p75
- $67,530
- p10
- $39,770
- p90
- $78,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.