State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Maryland vs Minnesota
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in Maryland earn a median of $76,390. In Minnesota, $67,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.4% — not 13.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+13.3%
Maryland vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+6.4%
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
Minnesota
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $67,450
- p25
- $56,510
- p75
- $81,720
- p10
- $47,890
- p90
- $99,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.