State comparison · 2025
Marriage and Family Therapists salary: Iowa vs New Jersey
Marriage and Family Therapists in New Jersey earn a median of $92,150. In Iowa, $67,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.7% — not 27.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.1%
Iowa vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-9.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Marriage and Family Therapists
- Median
- $67,180
- p25
- $49,970
- p75
- $78,560
- p10
- $42,680
- p90
- $127,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.