State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Maine vs New Jersey
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in New Jersey earn a median of $76,280. In Maine, $63,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7% — not 17%.
Nominal pay gap
-17%
Maine vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $63,290
- p25
- $56,720
- p75
- $76,630
- p10
- $50,110
- p90
- $84,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.