State comparison · 2025
Healthcare Social Workers salary: Hawaii vs Pennsylvania
Healthcare Social Workers in Hawaii earn a median of $85,420. In Pennsylvania, $61,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.4% — not 38%.
Nominal pay gap
+38%
Hawaii vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+22.4%
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
Pennsylvania
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $61,900
- p25
- $57,200
- p75
- $76,040
- p10
- $46,770
- p90
- $83,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.