State comparison · 2025
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists salary: Kansas vs New Mexico
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists in New Mexico earn a median of $124,800. In Kansas, $76,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.1% — not 38.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.5%
Kansas vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-37.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
- Median
- $76,690
- p25
- $62,940
- p75
- $102,120
- p10
- $47,620
- p90
- $151,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
New Mexico
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
- Median
- $124,800
- p25
- $87,460
- p75
- $131,470
- p10
- $54,080
- p90
- $169,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.