State comparison · 2025
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists salary: District of Columbia vs New Jersey
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists in New Jersey earn a median of $127,090. In District of Columbia, $107,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.7% — not 15.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.8%
District of Columbia vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-16.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
District of Columbia
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
- Median
- $107,000
- p25
- $85,810
- p75
- $132,300
- p10
- $70,400
- p90
- $324,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
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.