State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: New Jersey vs Wisconsin
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in New Jersey earn a median of $76,280. In Wisconsin, $59,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.3% — not 28.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.7%
New Jersey vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+11.3%
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
Wisconsin
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $59,280
- p25
- $47,980
- p75
- $70,010
- p10
- $44,400
- p90
- $80,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.