State comparison · 2025
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists salary: Louisiana vs New Jersey
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists in New Jersey earn a median of $127,090. In Louisiana, $71,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.8% — not 43.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-43.9%
Louisiana vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-30.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
- Median
- $71,330
- p25
- $68,250
- p75
- $81,870
- p10
- $46,500
- p90
- $121,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.