State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Maryland vs Tennessee
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in Maryland earn a median of $76,390. In Tennessee, $56,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.7% — not 35.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.7%
Maryland vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+18.7%
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
Tennessee
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $56,310
- p25
- $46,660
- p75
- $68,720
- p10
- $39,650
- p90
- $77,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.