State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Kansas vs Maryland
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in Maryland earn a median of $76,390. In Kansas, $54,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.2% — not 28.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.9%
Kansas vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-17.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $54,300
- p25
- $48,050
- p75
- $61,470
- p10
- $43,690
- p90
- $69,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.