State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Indiana vs Maryland
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in Maryland earn a median of $76,390. In Indiana, $50,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.6% — not 33.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.9%
Indiana vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-25.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $50,470
- p25
- $46,780
- p75
- $59,610
- p10
- $38,270
- p90
- $72,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +600%
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.