State comparison · 2025
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists salary: Mississippi vs New Mexico
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists in New Mexico earn a median of $124,800. In Mississippi, $76,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.5% — not 39.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.1%
Mississippi vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-35.5%
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 Mexico
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
- Median
- $124,800
- p25
- $87,460
- p75
- $131,470
- p10
- $54,080
- p90
- $169,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.