State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in New Jersey earn a median of $76,280. In Pennsylvania, $50,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.6% — not 50.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+50.1%
New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+34.6%
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
Pennsylvania
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $50,820
- p25
- $44,700
- p75
- $63,480
- p10
- $38,430
- p90
- $78,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.