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Marriage and Family Therapists · SOC 21-1013

Marriage and Family Therapists Salary in the Trenton Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Trenton-Princeton, NJ metro area

Figures describe the Trenton-Princeton, NJ metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Trenton city limits.

Median annual wage$92,150
Median hourly wage$44.30

Marriage and Family Therapists in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ metro area earned a median of $92,150 per year ($44.30 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $65,020 at the 10th percentile to $110,990 at the 90th. BLS estimates 370 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Marriage and Family Therapists in the Trenton metro area earn more than $92,150 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $80,700 and $101,090.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$65,020$80,700$92,150$101,090$110,990
Hourly$31.26$38.80$44.30$48.60$53.36

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Trenton metro areathis metro area
    $92,150
  • New Jerseystate (NJ)
    $92,150
  • United Statesnational
    $66,940

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is about the same vs New Jersey overall and +38% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$34,980$70,640$106,300$141,960Madison, WI — $34,980Asheville, NC — $35,990Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $40,500Clarksville, TN-KY — $41,400Cleveland, OH — $41,840Knoxville, TN — $42,610Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $43,830Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $44,140Rapid City, SD — $44,690Spartanburg, SC — $45,780Greenville, NC — $46,610Grand Junction, CO — $47,030Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $47,650Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $47,850Chattanooga, TN-GA — $48,050Montgomery, AL — $48,540Jackson, TN — $48,600Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $48,690Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $49,140Columbia, SC — $49,340Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $49,380Jacksonville, FL — $49,420San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $49,610Erie, PA — $49,670Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $49,680Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $49,690Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $50,440Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $50,450Johnson City, TN — $50,540Winston-Salem, NC — $50,640Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $50,770Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $50,820Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $51,300Richmond, VA — $52,000Tulsa, OK — $52,300Las Cruces, NM — $53,040Fort Wayne, IN — $53,560Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $53,600Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $54,600Raleigh-Cary, NC — $55,500Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $57,670Oklahoma City, OK — $57,670Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $57,880Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $58,660Kansas City, MO-KS — $59,120York-Hanover, PA — $59,530Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $60,000Anchorage, AK — $60,010Reading, PA — $60,130Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $60,260St. Louis, MO-IL — $60,270Birmingham, AL — $60,690Boulder, CO — $60,700Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $60,880Springfield, MA — $61,050Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $61,360Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $61,850Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $61,860Duluth, MN-WI — $62,480Worcester, MA — $62,490Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $63,380Toledo, OH — $63,780Rochester, NY — $63,800Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $64,120San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $64,190Pittsburgh, PA — $64,430Syracuse, NY — $64,730Lancaster, PA — $65,370Chambersburg, PA — $65,500Salinas, CA — $65,930Cedar Rapids, IA — $66,300Yuba City, CA — $67,260Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $68,570Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $68,700Visalia, CA — $69,100Dover, DE — $69,450Modesto, CA — $69,680Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $69,830Stockton-Lodi, CA — $69,960El Centro, CA — $70,370Lebanon, PA — $70,460Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $70,910Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $71,010Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $71,050Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $71,110Redding, CA — $71,110Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $71,120Albuquerque, NM — $71,340St. Cloud, MN — $71,500Lincoln, NE — $71,760Omaha, NE-IA — $72,020Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $73,160Fargo, ND-MN — $73,210Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $73,220Corvallis, OR — $73,240Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $73,370Tucson, AZ — $74,360Fresno, CA — $74,970Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $75,030Rochester, MN — $75,560North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $76,910San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $77,210Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $77,850Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $78,640Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $79,300Columbus, OH — $81,500Ogden, UT — $81,550Chico, CA — $81,780Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $81,870Mankato, MN — $83,100Wichita, KS — $83,730Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $84,080Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $85,450Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $86,550Napa, CA — $88,520Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $88,810Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $90,900New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $91,130Logan, UT-ID — $91,260Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $92,150Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $92,150Vallejo, CA — $93,810Bend, OR — $94,140San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $95,110Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $95,460New Haven, CT — $99,070Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $101,460St. George, UT — $101,510Eugene-Springfield, OR — $102,910Greensboro-High Point, NC — $109,200Urban Honolulu, HI — $141,960

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Trenton metro area has the 11th-highest published median for this occupation among the 131 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in New Jersey

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for marriage and family therapists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Trenton metro areathis page
    $92,150
  • Atlantic City metro area
    $92,150

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$65,940Social and Human Service Assistants$51,370Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other$60,890Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$77,320Child, Family, and School Social Workers$72,730Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists$80,610

Highest-paying metro areas for marriage and family therapistss · Highest-paying occupations in Trenton Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.