State comparison · 2025
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists salary: California vs New Jersey
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists in New Jersey earn a median of $127,090. In California, $116,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.3% — not 8.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.7%
California vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-10.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
- Median
- $116,000
- p25
- $77,050
- p75
- $162,360
- p10
- $62,900
- p90
- $188,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -21%
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.