State comparison · 2025
Marriage and Family Therapists salary: New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
Marriage and Family Therapists in New Jersey earn a median of $92,150. In Pennsylvania, $66,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.2% — not 39.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.5%
New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+25.2%
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
Pennsylvania
Marriage and Family Therapists
- Median
- $66,040
- p25
- $56,120
- p75
- $80,200
- p10
- $47,050
- p90
- $91,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.