State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Kentucky vs Maryland
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in Maryland earn a median of $76,390. In Kentucky, $59,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.9% — not 22.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.6%
Kentucky vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-9.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $59,100
- p25
- $46,230
- p75
- $67,260
- p10
- $39,210
- p90
- $78,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.