State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: New Jersey vs Tennessee
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in New Jersey earn a median of $76,280. In Tennessee, $56,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.4% — not 35.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.5%
New Jersey vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+14.4%
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
Tennessee
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $56,310
- p25
- $46,660
- p75
- $68,720
- p10
- $39,650
- p90
- $77,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.