State comparison · 2025
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists salary: Montana vs New Jersey
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists in New Jersey earn a median of $127,090. In Montana, $68,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.3% — not 46.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-46.4%
Montana vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-38.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Montana
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
- Median
- $68,160
- p25
- $57,630
- p75
- $107,850
- p10
- $49,800
- p90
- $143,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.