State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Maryland vs Nebraska
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in Maryland earn a median of $76,390. In Nebraska, $47,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.2% — not 59.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+59.9%
Maryland vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+37.2%
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
Nebraska
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $47,770
- p25
- $44,180
- p75
- $55,980
- p10
- $41,620
- p90
- $64,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.