State comparison · 2025
Marriage and Family Therapists salary: Mississippi vs New Jersey
Marriage and Family Therapists in New Jersey earn a median of $92,150. In Mississippi, $51,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.2% — not 44.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-44.2%
Mississippi vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-30.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Marriage and Family Therapists
- Median
- $51,440
- p25
- $49,900
- p75
- $54,320
- p10
- $47,790
- p90
- $59,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.