State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: New Jersey vs Rhode Island
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in New Jersey earn a median of $76,280. In Rhode Island, $69,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.7% — not 9.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+9.2%
New Jersey vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+2.7%
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
Rhode Island
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $69,870
- p25
- $50,760
- p75
- $85,770
- p10
- $42,560
- p90
- $97,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.