State comparison · 2025
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists salary: Mississippi vs New Jersey
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists in New Jersey earn a median of $127,090. In Mississippi, $76,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.2% — not 40.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.2%
Mississippi vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-25.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
- Median
- $76,000
- p25
- $59,570
- p75
- $97,670
- p10
- $48,270
- p90
- $107,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.