State comparison · 2025
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists salary: New Mexico vs Tennessee
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists in New Mexico earn a median of $124,800. In Tennessee, $76,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 61.9% — not 62.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+62.5%
New Mexico vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+61.9%
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
Tennessee
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
- Median
- $76,820
- p25
- $56,990
- p75
- $100,180
- p10
- $50,520
- p90
- $126,930
- 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.