State comparison · 2025
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists salary: Kentucky vs New Jersey
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists in New Jersey earn a median of $127,090. In Kentucky, $99,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.9% — not 22%.
Nominal pay gap
-22%
Kentucky vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-5.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
- Median
- $99,140
- p25
- $66,720
- p75
- $134,800
- p10
- $49,220
- p90
- $174,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.