State comparison · 2025
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists salary: Colorado vs New Jersey
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists in New Jersey earn a median of $127,090. In Colorado, $113,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.9% — not 10.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-10.9%
Colorado vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-5.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
- Median
- $113,290
- p25
- $73,570
- p75
- $150,990
- p10
- $46,870
- p90
- $161,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.