State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: New Jersey vs Utah
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in New Jersey earn a median of $76,280. In Utah, $52,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.3% — not 46.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+46.7%
New Jersey vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+33.3%
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
Utah
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $52,000
- p25
- $43,410
- p75
- $73,230
- p10
- $36,040
- p90
- $98,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
- 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.