State comparison · 2025
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists salary: Alabama vs New Jersey
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists in New Jersey earn a median of $127,090. In Alabama, $90,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.5% — not 28.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.6%
Alabama vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-12.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
- Median
- $90,800
- p25
- $69,000
- p75
- $126,430
- p10
- $57,530
- p90
- $154,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
New Jersey
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
- Median
- $127,090
- p25
- $64,780
- p75
- $166,490
- p10
- $57,180
- p90
- $224,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.