State comparison · 2025
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists salary: New Mexico vs North Carolina
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists in New Mexico earn a median of $124,800. In North Carolina, $92,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.5% — not 35.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.5%
New Mexico vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+38.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Mexico
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
- Median
- $124,800
- p25
- $87,460
- p75
- $131,470
- p10
- $54,080
- p90
- $169,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
North Carolina
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
- Median
- $92,130
- p25
- $74,460
- p75
- $122,440
- p10
- $52,890
- p90
- $213,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -87%
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.