State comparison · 2025
Marriage and Family Therapists salary: Montana vs New Jersey
Marriage and Family Therapists in New Jersey earn a median of $92,150. In Montana, $46,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.4% — not 49%.
Nominal pay gap
-49%
Montana vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-41.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Montana
Marriage and Family Therapists
- Median
- $46,960
- p25
- $38,130
- p75
- $65,190
- p10
- $32,170
- p90
- $75,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.