State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Maryland vs North Dakota
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in Maryland earn a median of $76,390. In North Dakota, $64,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.3% — not 18.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.3%
Maryland vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+0.3%
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
North Dakota
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $64,560
- p25
- $57,070
- p75
- $74,520
- p10
- $47,130
- p90
- $81,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.