State comparison · 2025
Marriage and Family Therapists salary: Kentucky vs New Jersey
Marriage and Family Therapists in New Jersey earn a median of $92,150. In Kentucky, $52,420. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.4% — not 43.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-43.1%
Kentucky vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-31.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Marriage and Family Therapists
- Median
- $52,420
- p25
- $49,140
- p75
- $59,660
- p10
- $41,180
- p90
- $74,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.