State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Maryland vs Mississippi
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in Maryland earn a median of $76,390. In Mississippi, $46,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36% — not 64.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+64.2%
Maryland vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+36%
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
Mississippi
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $46,530
- p25
- $40,190
- p75
- $53,730
- p10
- $33,590
- p90
- $62,130
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.