State comparison · 2025
Healthcare Social Workers salary: Hawaii vs Oklahoma
Healthcare Social Workers in Hawaii earn a median of $85,420. In Oklahoma, $56,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.5% — not 52.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+52.2%
Hawaii vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+21.5%
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
Oklahoma
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $56,120
- p25
- $43,180
- p75
- $70,290
- p10
- $36,920
- p90
- $81,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.