State comparison · 2025
Marriage and Family Therapists salary: California vs New Jersey
Marriage and Family Therapists in New Jersey earn a median of $92,150. In California, $67,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.2% — not 27%.
Nominal pay gap
-27%
California vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-28.2%
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%
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.