State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Kansas vs New Jersey
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in New Jersey earn a median of $76,280. In Kansas, $54,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14% — not 28.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.8%
Kansas vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-14%
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
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.