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Marriage and family therapist jobs in New Jersey

open marriage and family therapist jobs in New Jersey at . BLS measures a median of $44.30 an hour (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Marriage and Family Therapists in New Jersey) for marriage and family therapists here.

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Checked 5 Nov 2026, 08:17 UTC

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Where the marriage and family therapist jobs are in New Jersey

Towns with the most open jobs in this occupation. A town with a page lists every care job open there, by occupation.

What marriage and family therapists earn in New Jersey

The hourly pay open jobs here post, beside what BLS measured people employed in the occupation earned in the state and its metro areas.

Posted on open jobs in New Jersey

Too few open jobs here post an hourly rate for a typical range (it takes eight from three employers).

Measured by BLS in New Jersey, May 2025

$44.30/hr ($92,150 a year) (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Marriage and Family Therapists in New Jersey)

Median for marriage and family therapists, against $32.18 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Marriage and Family Therapists, national) for the whole US; 4,040 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Marriage and Family Therapists in New Jersey) employed in New Jersey. BLS does not measure specialties: these are the figures for mental health therapists.

By metro area

  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$43.81/hr (source: BLS OEWS, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ) · 2,800 (source: BLS OEWS, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ) employed
  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$37.81/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD) · 2,110 (source: BLS OEWS, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD) employed
  • Trenton-Princeton, NJ$44.30/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Trenton-Princeton, NJ) · 370 (source: BLS OEWS, Trenton-Princeton, NJ) employed
  • Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$44.30/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ) · 270 (source: BLS OEWS, Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ) employed
  • Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$34.16/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ) · 160 (source: BLS OEWS, Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ) employed

BLS OEWS May 2025 metropolitan area estimates for Marriage and Family Therapists; areas that cross a state line list every state.

Mental Health & Social Work in New Jersey, in our research: median posted pay $28.50 · employers 138 (Mental Health & Social Work job market). New Jersey in our research

Employers hiring marriage and family therapists in New Jersey

What the job takes

A master's degree in marriage and family therapy, supervised hours and a state license exam.

  • License

    Marriage and family therapist license (LMFT)

    State board; exam by AMFTRB

Marriage and family therapist jobs in New Jersey: common questions

How much do marriage and family therapists make in New Jersey?

Too few open marriage and family therapist jobs in New Jersey post an hourly rate for a typical posted range yet. BLS measured a median of $44.30/hr ($92,150 a year) for marriage and family therapists in New Jersey (May 2025), against $32.18 nationally, 2nd highest of 45 states and territories. BLS does not measure specialties: these are the figures for mental health therapists.

Where in New Jersey are the most marriage and family therapist jobs?

Hamilton Township (2), Morristown (2), Bloomingdale (1), Cherry Hill Township (1) and East Orange (1). A job open in several towns counts in each.

Who is hiring marriage and family therapists in New Jersey?

By open jobs on this board: Senior Care Therapy (2), BetterHelp (1) and Community Options (1). In all, 6 employers have marriage and family therapist jobs open in New Jersey.

What do you need to work as a marriage and family therapist in New Jersey?

A master's degree in marriage and family therapy, supervised hours and a state license exam. Marriage and family therapist license (LMFT) (State board; exam by AMFTRB). Where a license is state-issued, it comes from New Jersey's own board, unless a multistate compact covers it.

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CareJobs.Now reads each employer's own job board every night; a job stays listed while the employer keeps it posted, and each opens the employer's own application.

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Sources and method

A job counts here when one of its locations is in New Jersey, once however many locations there it lists. Its occupation is read from its title. Posted pay is the middle half of the distinct hourly rates jobs here state (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), shown when at least three such rates from three employers stand behind it. BLS figures are as published for the state, never adjusted.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: open jobs in New Jersey, read every night from each employer's own careers site, published 5 Nov 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Marriage and Family Therapists (SOC 21-1013), every state, published 15 May 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Marriage and Family Therapists, national, published 15 May 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Marriage and Family Therapists by metropolitan area, published 15 May 2026
  5. Marriage and family therapist license (LMFT): State board; exam by AMFTRB

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Marriage and family therapist jobs in New Jersey. Data as of 5 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/occupations/marriage-and-family-therapist/new-jersey

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