State comparison · 2025
Healthcare Social Workers salary: Hawaii vs North Carolina
Healthcare Social Workers in Hawaii earn a median of $85,420. In North Carolina, $63,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.7% — not 35%.
Nominal pay gap
+35%
Hawaii vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+15.7%
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
North Carolina
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $63,280
- p25
- $53,000
- p75
- $77,160
- p10
- $40,650
- p90
- $85,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.