State comparison · 2025
Marriage and Family Therapists salary: Missouri vs New Jersey
Marriage and Family Therapists in New Jersey earn a median of $92,150. In Missouri, $60,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.4% — not 34.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.4%
Missouri vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-21.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Marriage and Family Therapists
- Median
- $60,440
- p25
- $43,710
- p75
- $74,360
- p10
- $41,930
- p90
- $109,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.