State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: New Jersey vs Texas
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in New Jersey earn a median of $76,280. In Texas, $55,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.3% — not 37%.
Nominal pay gap
+37%
New Jersey vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+22.3%
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
Texas
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $55,680
- p25
- $46,330
- p75
- $63,870
- p10
- $37,230
- p90
- $73,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.