State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: New Jersey vs North Dakota
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in New Jersey earn a median of $76,280. In North Dakota, $64,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.3% — not 18.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.2%
New Jersey vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-3.3%
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 Dakota
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $64,560
- p25
- $57,070
- p75
- $74,520
- p10
- $47,130
- p90
- $81,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.