State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Iowa vs Maryland
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in Maryland earn a median of $76,390. In Iowa, $52,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.2% — not 31.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.6%
Iowa vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-18.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $52,250
- p25
- $45,460
- p75
- $65,040
- p10
- $39,240
- p90
- $81,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.