State comparison · 2025
Healthcare Social Workers salary: Hawaii vs Missouri
Healthcare Social Workers in Hawaii earn a median of $85,420. In Missouri, $59,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.8% — not 42.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+42.7%
Hawaii vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+17.8%
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
Missouri
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $59,870
- p25
- $46,430
- p75
- $73,740
- p10
- $39,180
- p90
- $79,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.