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Child, Family, and School Social Workers pay in Connecticut and South Carolina
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Child, Family, and School Social Workers is $78,970 per year in Connecticut. It is $51,800 per year in South Carolina. Connecticut is 52.5% above South Carolina on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 21-1021 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 5,230 wage and salary jobs in Connecticut and 5,520 in South Carolina. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.