United States
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors salary in the United States
Median annual pay
$59,190
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors in the United States earn a median of $59,190 a year, about $28.46 an hour.
Median
$59,190
per year
Hourly
$28.46
as published
Mean
$65,100
pulled up by top earners
Workers
440,380
in this occupation
Where it pays more in the United States
Median pay for this occupation by area, highest-employing first.
| Area | Type | Median | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | State | $61,310 | +4% |
| Pennsylvania | State | $58,320 | -1% |
| Florida | State | $56,830 | -4% |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | Metro | $64,900 | +10% |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | Metro | $58,880 | -1% |
| New York | State | $62,070 | +5% |
| Texas | State | $60,630 | +2% |
| Illinois | State | $59,570 | +1% |
| Massachusetts | State | $59,030 | -0% |
| Virginia | State | $58,410 | -1% |
| Ohio | State | $56,990 | -4% |
| New Jersey | State | $64,710 | +9% |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Metro | $61,150 | +3% |
| Colorado | State | $59,190 | +0% |
| Washington | State | $64,220 | +8% |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | Metro | $59,990 | +1% |
| Michigan | State | $59,530 | +1% |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | Metro | $60,780 | +3% |
| Indiana | State | $49,280 | -17% |
| Wisconsin | State | $62,470 | +6% |
| Arizona | State | $63,830 | +8% |
| North Carolina | State | $56,470 | -5% |
| Georgia | State | $55,320 | -7% |
| Maryland | State | $57,820 | -2% |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | Metro | $72,950 | +23% |
Regional figures come from the same release as the national one. Where an area is missing, the source suppressed it for sample-size reasons rather than reporting an unreliable estimate.
How United States measured this
Employer payroll survey of ~1.1m establishments
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024 · Public domain (US Government work)
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