State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Idaho vs Maryland
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in Maryland earn a median of $76,390. In Idaho, $59,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.9% — not 21.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.7%
Idaho vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-13.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $59,840
- p25
- $47,860
- p75
- $74,190
- p10
- $37,990
- p90
- $81,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
Maryland
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $76,390
- p25
- $56,920
- p75
- $93,940
- p10
- $41,240
- p90
- $105,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.