State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Michigan vs New Jersey
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in New Jersey earn a median of $76,280. In Michigan, $59,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.1% — not 22.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.3%
Michigan vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-12.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $59,270
- p25
- $47,740
- p75
- $75,380
- p10
- $41,260
- p90
- $81,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
New Jersey
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $76,280
- p25
- $59,530
- p75
- $97,500
- p10
- $47,830
- p90
- $109,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.