State comparison · 2025
Marriage and Family Therapists salary: California vs Georgia
Marriage and Family Therapists in Georgia earn a median of $91,550. In California, $67,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.1% — not 26.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.5%
California vs Georgia
COL-adjusted gap
-36.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Marriage and Family Therapists
- Median
- $67,300
- p25
- $49,680
- p75
- $98,450
- p10
- $46,350
- p90
- $130,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -65%
Georgia
Marriage and Family Therapists
- Median
- $91,550
- p25
- $67,320
- p75
- $101,460
- p10
- $42,430
- p90
- $102,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
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.