State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Montana vs New Jersey
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in New Jersey earn a median of $76,280. In Montana, $56,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.4% — not 25.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.6%
Montana vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-14.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Montana
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $56,780
- p25
- $45,380
- p75
- $59,520
- p10
- $39,250
- p90
- $72,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.