State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Nebraska vs New Jersey
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in New Jersey earn a median of $76,280. In Nebraska, $47,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.4% — not 37.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.4%
Nebraska vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-24.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nebraska
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $47,770
- p25
- $44,180
- p75
- $55,980
- p10
- $41,620
- p90
- $64,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.