State comparison · 2025
Marriage and Family Therapists salary: New Jersey vs North Dakota
Marriage and Family Therapists in New Jersey earn a median of $92,150. In North Dakota, $58,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.6% — not 58.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+58.4%
New Jersey vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+29.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
North Dakota
Marriage and Family Therapists
- Median
- $58,180
- p25
- $43,150
- p75
- $90,600
- p10
- $35,090
- p90
- $113,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.