State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: New Jersey vs South Carolina
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in New Jersey earn a median of $76,280. In South Carolina, $51,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.8% — not 47.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+47.3%
New Jersey vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+26.8%
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
South Carolina
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $51,800
- p25
- $44,810
- p75
- $57,550
- p10
- $38,530
- p90
- $77,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.