State comparison · 2025
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists salary: Iowa vs New Jersey
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists in New Jersey earn a median of $127,090. In Iowa, $91,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.6% — not 27.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.9%
Iowa vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-10.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
- Median
- $91,690
- p25
- $74,990
- p75
- $129,970
- p10
- $64,200
- p90
- $168,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.