State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Iowa vs New Jersey
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in New Jersey earn a median of $76,280. In Iowa, $52,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.1% — not 31.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.5%
Iowa vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-15.1%
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
New Jersey
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $76,280
- p25
- $59,530
- p75
- $97,500
- p10
- $47,830
- p90
- $109,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.