State comparison · 2025
Healthcare Social Workers salary: Hawaii vs New York
Healthcare Social Workers in Hawaii earn a median of $85,420. In New York, $73,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.7% — not 16.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.9%
Hawaii vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+14.7%
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
New York
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $73,070
- p25
- $57,630
- p75
- $91,950
- p10
- $47,750
- p90
- $103,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.