State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Louisiana vs Maryland
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in Maryland earn a median of $76,390. In Louisiana, $56,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.5% — not 25.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.6%
Louisiana vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-11.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $56,800
- p25
- $41,640
- p75
- $63,310
- p10
- $35,260
- p90
- $75,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.