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Marriage and Family Therapists pay in Hawaii and South Carolina
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Marriage and Family Therapists is $141,960 per year in Hawaii. It is $55,430 per year in South Carolina. Hawaii is 156.1% above South Carolina on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 21-1013 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 220 wage and salary jobs in Hawaii and 380 in South Carolina. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings