State comparison · 2025
Healthcare Social Workers salary: Hawaii vs Montana
Healthcare Social Workers in Hawaii earn a median of $85,420. In Montana, $57,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.7% — not 49.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+49.6%
Hawaii vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
+28.7%
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
Montana
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $57,090
- p25
- $48,570
- p75
- $68,240
- p10
- $46,330
- p90
- $77,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.