State comparison · 2025
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists salary: California vs New Mexico
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists in New Mexico earn a median of $124,800. In California, $116,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.6% — not 7.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-7.1%
California vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-22.6%
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 Mexico
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
- Median
- $124,800
- p25
- $87,460
- p75
- $131,470
- p10
- $54,080
- p90
- $169,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.