State comparison · 2025
Healthcare Social Workers salary: Hawaii vs Wisconsin
Healthcare Social Workers in Hawaii earn a median of $85,420. In Wisconsin, $66,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.2% — not 27.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.7%
Hawaii vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+9.2%
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
Wisconsin
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $66,910
- p25
- $59,640
- p75
- $78,830
- p10
- $50,280
- p90
- $91,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.