State comparison · 2025
Marriage and Family Therapists salary: Alabama vs New Jersey
Marriage and Family Therapists in New Jersey earn a median of $92,150. In Alabama, $49,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.5% — not 45.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-45.8%
Alabama vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-33.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Marriage and Family Therapists
- Median
- $49,990
- p25
- $45,340
- p75
- $62,340
- p10
- $40,250
- p90
- $75,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
New Jersey
Marriage and Family Therapists
- Median
- $92,150
- p25
- $74,070
- p75
- $101,090
- p10
- $62,150
- p90
- $110,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.