State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Maryland vs Michigan
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in Maryland earn a median of $76,390. In Michigan, $59,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.1% — not 28.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.9%
Maryland vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+18.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Michigan
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $59,270
- p25
- $47,740
- p75
- $75,380
- p10
- $41,260
- p90
- $81,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.