State comparison · 2025
Marriage and Family Therapists salary: Illinois vs New Jersey
Marriage and Family Therapists in New Jersey earn a median of $92,150. In Illinois, $60,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28% — not 33.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.8%
Illinois vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-28%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Marriage and Family Therapists
- Median
- $60,970
- p25
- $55,420
- p75
- $78,070
- p10
- $51,420
- p90
- $104,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -86%
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.