State comparison · 2025
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists salary: Alaska vs New Jersey
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists in New Jersey earn a median of $127,090. In Alaska, $124,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.9% — not 2.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-2.2%
Alaska vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+3.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
- Median
- $124,270
- p25
- $86,360
- p75
- $165,460
- p10
- $42,360
- p90
- $170,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.