State comparison · 2025
Marriage and Family Therapists salary: Michigan vs New Jersey
Marriage and Family Therapists in New Jersey earn a median of $92,150. In Michigan, $52,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.8% — not 43.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-43.3%
Michigan vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-35.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Marriage and Family Therapists
- Median
- $52,270
- p25
- $40,750
- p75
- $64,710
- p10
- $39,110
- p90
- $78,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
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.