State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Mississippi vs New Jersey
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in New Jersey earn a median of $76,280. In Mississippi, $46,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.7% — not 39%.
Nominal pay gap
-39%
Mississippi vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-23.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $46,530
- p25
- $40,190
- p75
- $53,730
- p10
- $33,590
- p90
- $62,130
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.