State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: New Jersey vs North Carolina
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in New Jersey earn a median of $76,280. In North Carolina, $59,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.9% — not 28%.
Nominal pay gap
+28%
New Jersey vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+10.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
North Carolina
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $59,610
- p25
- $49,010
- p75
- $68,120
- p10
- $42,870
- p90
- $76,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.