State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Maryland vs New Mexico
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in Maryland earn a median of $76,390. In New Mexico, $56,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.4% — not 36%.
Nominal pay gap
+36%
Maryland vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+19.4%
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
New Mexico
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $56,160
- p25
- $45,470
- p75
- $78,090
- p10
- $36,920
- p90
- $101,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.