State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Minnesota vs New Jersey
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in New Jersey earn a median of $76,280. In Minnesota, $67,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.4% — not 11.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-11.6%
Minnesota vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-2.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $67,450
- p25
- $56,510
- p75
- $81,720
- p10
- $47,890
- p90
- $99,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.