State comparison · 2025
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers salary: Kentucky vs New York
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers in New York earn a median of $79,380. In Kentucky, $42,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.8% — not 46.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-46.4%
Kentucky vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-35.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
- Median
- $42,570
- p25
- $37,230
- p75
- $48,780
- p10
- $33,880
- p90
- $63,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
New York
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
- Median
- $79,380
- p25
- $64,430
- p75
- $95,520
- p10
- $54,650
- p90
- $122,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.