State comparison · 2025
Healthcare Social Workers salary: Hawaii vs South Carolina
Healthcare Social Workers in Hawaii earn a median of $85,420. In South Carolina, $60,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.6% — not 40.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.4%
Hawaii vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+19.6%
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
South Carolina
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $60,840
- p25
- $45,020
- p75
- $76,270
- p10
- $40,450
- p90
- $83,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.