State comparison · 2025
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists salary: Arkansas vs New Jersey
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists in New Jersey earn a median of $127,090. In Arkansas, $77,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.6% — not 39%.
Nominal pay gap
-39%
Arkansas vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-23.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
- Median
- $77,520
- p25
- $61,590
- p75
- $85,130
- p10
- $58,090
- p90
- $111,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.