State comparison · 2025
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists salary: Michigan vs New Jersey
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists in New Jersey earn a median of $127,090. In Michigan, $84,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.6% — not 33.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.3%
Michigan vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-24.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
- Median
- $84,730
- p25
- $72,440
- p75
- $111,050
- p10
- $61,290
- p90
- $134,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.