State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Missouri vs New Jersey
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in New Jersey earn a median of $76,280. In Missouri, $48,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.8% — not 36.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.4%
Missouri vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-23.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $48,520
- p25
- $44,300
- p75
- $55,740
- p10
- $37,200
- p90
- $65,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.