State comparison · 2025
Marriage and Family Therapists salary: New Jersey vs Tennessee
Marriage and Family Therapists in New Jersey earn a median of $92,150. In Tennessee, $46,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 66.7% — not 97.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+97.3%
New Jersey vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+66.7%
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
Tennessee
Marriage and Family Therapists
- Median
- $46,700
- p25
- $40,350
- p75
- $52,120
- p10
- $34,690
- p90
- $63,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.