Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$59,190

National average

Salary Range

$39,090 – $98,210

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Bend, OR$82,380$47,620$105,890
Ogden, UT$81,300$35,940$123,240
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$80,470$52,380$118,030
Anchorage, AK$79,830$57,110$131,380
Alaska$79,220$52,790$129,990
Fairbanks-College, AK$78,750$48,620$129,990
Boulder, CO$77,720$45,090$141,200
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$76,240$45,290$100,770
Flagstaff, AZ$75,930$48,420$109,390
Santa Fe, NM$75,420$45,200$104,500
Salem, OR$74,810$37,740$108,650
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$74,670$49,770$123,020
Logan, UT-ID$74,400$30,880$123,280
Vallejo, CA$74,210$43,870$132,960
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$74,160$39,400$78,810
Napa, CA$73,960$47,170$107,720
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$73,470$49,860$95,480
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$73,300$45,680$102,150
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$72,950$46,430$135,880
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$72,550$47,890$110,960
Coeur d'Alene, ID$72,400$47,350$93,030
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$72,380$45,270$109,530
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$71,700$37,960$114,460
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$71,530$50,700$107,880
Albuquerque, NM$71,480$52,000$92,520
Bellingham, WA$71,250$47,160$102,760
New Mexico$70,770$47,910$92,520
Carson City, NV$70,740$52,970$97,780
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$70,340$48,080$105,520
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$70,080$44,990$104,550
Oregon$69,660$48,570$103,380
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$69,510$44,490$129,050
Farmington, NM$68,700$49,200$83,940
Corvallis, OR$68,620$48,760$88,030
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$68,560$42,070$84,650
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$68,550$43,340$102,980
Lewiston, ID-WA$68,290$44,430$81,380
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$68,120$43,230$91,210
Omaha, NE-IA$68,090$41,600$100,090
Bismarck, ND$67,950$43,580$84,760
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$67,840$48,510$105,650
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$67,800$46,800$99,800
Battle Creek, MI$67,800$47,410$84,130
Stockton-Lodi, CA$67,700$45,790$129,020
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$67,680$46,390$100,530
Albany, OR$67,590$48,360$90,130
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$67,540$37,120$107,150
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$67,490$46,600$90,110
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$67,190$49,430$83,770
Amarillo, TX$66,930$38,090$99,800
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$66,540$45,820$97,550
North Dakota$66,450$42,520$86,550
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$66,440$48,170$80,900
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$66,400$42,850$89,890
Monroe, MI$66,370$40,840$119,570
Ames, IA$66,320$42,200$122,580
Gainesville, GA$66,190$41,550$95,650
District of Columbia$66,140$44,210$101,130
Boise City, ID$66,130$45,720$85,140
Midland, MI$66,090$40,040$83,000
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$65,990$45,500$82,840
Utah$65,920$34,560$111,470
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$65,850$45,870$100,320
El Centro, CA$65,520$44,210$100,980
Laredo, TX$65,500$37,890$86,450
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$65,370$33,640$81,240
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$65,340$46,780$104,000
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$65,290$47,990$103,210
Idaho$65,240$43,550$85,960
Iowa City, IA$65,210$45,700$87,190
Pocatello, ID$65,070$40,860$87,500
Cedar Rapids, IA$65,050$43,840$97,190
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$65,000$40,880$86,200
Enid, OK$64,970$36,140$82,770
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$64,930$43,660$87,000
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$64,930$42,210$101,340
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$64,910$44,430$84,710
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$64,900$44,100$112,690
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$64,900$39,250$83,980
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$64,770$35,630$79,990
New Jersey$64,710$40,680$118,320
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$64,680$47,720$86,300
Idaho Falls, ID$64,610$43,370$90,240
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$64,600$38,440$92,690
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$64,510$39,800$82,720
Ithaca, NY$64,480$48,400$91,060
Medford, OR$64,460$38,500$89,330
Nebraska$64,410$37,660$100,090
Walla Walla, WA$64,370$40,010$101,470
Twin Falls, ID$64,330$43,550$83,700
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$64,290$44,680$88,530
Washington$64,220$45,450$100,210
El Paso, TX$64,170$41,760$81,660
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$64,140$41,200$93,880
New Haven, CT$64,010$44,100$95,140
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$63,990$41,600$97,250
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$63,970$45,450$98,740
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$63,950$46,500$94,440
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$63,850$43,040$100,420
Arizona$63,830$42,130$95,860
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$63,760$40,750$107,870
Kennewick-Richland, WA$63,740$46,480$98,940
Eugene-Springfield, OR$63,720$46,290$108,240
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$63,660$39,790$93,600
Longview-Kelso, WA$63,430$46,910$97,100
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$63,430$40,170$100,100
Madison, WI$63,400$45,680$96,170
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$63,370$36,040$99,680
Minot, ND$63,340$38,710$76,980
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$63,260$41,870$116,080
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$63,190$39,820$100,810
Champaign-Urbana, IL$63,180$41,480$105,720
Syracuse, NY$63,170$42,370$78,200
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$63,170$44,820$105,530
Janesville-Beloit, WI$63,170$44,700$110,770
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$63,130$46,680$140,280
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$63,130$38,220$94,510
Las Cruces, NM$63,120$35,870$90,840
Niles, MI$63,110$35,100$80,410
Lexington Park, MD$63,100$40,980$112,940
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$63,100$37,750$81,120
Connecticut$62,960$43,030$98,660
Visalia, CA$62,840$43,140$115,860
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$62,770$41,590$88,870
Grants Pass, OR$62,730$49,500$89,600
Portland-South Portland, ME$62,710$46,330$91,360
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$62,590$30,850$96,730
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$62,570$45,070$103,960
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$62,550$39,880$95,540
Wisconsin$62,470$44,660$98,290
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$62,460$40,420$94,110
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$62,440$38,630N/A
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$62,420$45,690$86,280
Chico, CA$62,420$45,970$99,560
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$62,410$44,080$97,620
Eau Claire, WI$62,330$37,250$103,360
Modesto, CA$62,300$40,940$126,190
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$62,300$42,250$83,410
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$62,270$39,270$99,170
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$62,250$36,220$85,580
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$62,230$43,240$97,330
New York$62,070$43,160$101,910
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$62,050$45,880$84,250
Tucson, AZ$62,000$42,170$88,780
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$61,960$44,940$91,910
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$61,910$43,430$96,470
Traverse City, MI$61,880$39,140$84,260
Casper, WY$61,880$36,110$100,230
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$61,870$34,560$99,320
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$61,800$44,590$111,050
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area$61,720$46,040$104,410
Appleton, WI$61,710$43,300$96,390
Fargo, ND-MN$61,680$44,320$82,640
Yuba City, CA$61,670$41,740$100,760
Naples-Marco Island, FL$61,660$44,580$90,810
Oklahoma City, OK$61,650$35,950$96,550
Wyoming$61,640$36,110$102,550
Texarkana, TX-AR$61,620$37,540$113,480
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$61,620$45,930$101,340
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$61,510$45,460$99,600
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$61,400$46,660$93,280
Wausau, WI$61,370$47,190$93,890
Kingston, NY$61,360$41,810$91,320
Salinas, CA$61,350$44,870$103,250
Mankato, MN$61,320$50,790$73,070
California$61,310$44,190$118,970
Kenosha, WI$61,260$45,910$99,220
Kankakee, IL$61,240$37,740$103,350
Elmira, NY$61,160$48,430$84,430
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$61,150$44,330$114,400
Cheyenne, WY$61,110$35,730$92,520
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$61,030$43,700$97,740
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$61,000$44,950$91,630
Maine$60,970$43,810$93,070
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$60,920$36,520$116,600
Iowa$60,880$43,840$89,840
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$60,860$42,120$101,750
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$60,860$36,230$93,120
Rome, GA$60,800$39,090$89,670
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$60,780$44,460$91,260
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$60,760$41,540$87,990
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$60,720$42,860$102,380
Joplin, MO-KS$60,710$35,290$84,020
San Angelo, TX$60,700$40,160$81,330
Fresno, CA$60,640$40,510$103,390
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$60,640$42,000$77,310
Texas$60,630$38,720$96,260
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$60,610$36,440$96,600
Springfield, IL$60,600$40,790$100,020
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$60,540$45,610$79,420
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$60,530$40,880$95,530
Kansas City, MO-KS$60,510$37,840$89,950
Vermont$60,410$45,960$80,480
Fond du Lac, WI$60,410$40,480$87,400
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$60,410$41,220$88,680
Reno, NV$60,400$40,750$96,700
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$60,380$44,660$88,120
Bangor, ME$60,360$44,910$86,230
Raleigh-Cary, NC$60,350$44,810$86,080
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$60,330$39,160$118,350
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$60,280$33,380$80,780
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$60,270$46,600$91,790
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$60,250$43,210$87,150
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$60,210$37,660$94,900
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$60,170$33,820$103,960
Green Bay, WI$60,100$42,510$84,140
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$60,040$42,030$90,380
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$60,040$39,620$89,410
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$59,990$39,520$95,770
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$59,990$44,260$102,520
Missoula, MT$59,970$32,930$76,190
Owensboro, KY$59,920$34,810$105,280
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$59,900$34,990$88,750
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$59,880$34,740$78,640
Merced, CA$59,840$40,240$98,710
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$59,820$35,940$86,370
Dalton, GA$59,730$42,360$87,000
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$59,620$39,520$91,140
Barnstable Town, MA$59,600$43,140$94,090
Illinois$59,570$42,500$107,630
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$59,550$34,490$77,290
Michigan$59,530$37,200$89,170
Ann Arbor, MI$59,530$38,620$103,490
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$59,520$44,460$101,690
Nevada$59,470$43,490$92,440
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$59,350$49,410$173,780
Punta Gorda, FL$59,330$39,160$84,690
Rochester, NY$59,280$40,710$78,630
St. George, UT$59,230$33,790$126,270
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$59,230$43,350$74,570
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$59,210$38,310$87,140
Sheboygan, WI$59,200$45,980$88,850
Colorado$59,190$40,570$98,030
Pueblo, CO$59,180$37,890$85,230
Sandusky, OH$59,120$45,450$86,290
Topeka, KS$59,110$36,280$80,420
Columbus, OH$59,110$44,630$90,700
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$59,110$45,600$86,720
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$59,100$44,650$98,810
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$59,060$43,160$86,240
Massachusetts$59,030$43,220$91,260
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$58,990$43,940$96,320
Victoria, TX$58,970$31,740$82,120
Jonesboro, AR$58,940$35,760$102,400
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$58,880$39,520$82,800
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$58,880$43,520$111,860
Bozeman, MT$58,820$29,990$87,650
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$58,820$38,910$82,890
Pittsburgh, PA$58,760$39,740$84,400
Minnesota$58,720$45,210$75,530
Cleveland, OH$58,710$40,160$78,450
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$58,690$43,640$110,530
Montana$58,660$32,930$80,870
Oklahoma$58,610$33,860$94,980
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$58,590$42,240$93,390
New Hampshire$58,520$39,520$85,800
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$58,500$40,550$89,450
Lexington-Fayette, KY$58,500$37,570$92,380
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$58,490$35,600$118,850
Grand Forks, ND-MN$58,460$41,550$79,960
Sherman-Denison, TX$58,420$39,950$173,970
Virginia$58,410$39,150$96,230
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$58,330$38,090$94,910
Pennsylvania$58,320$38,760$87,540
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$58,310$41,020$97,790
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$58,200$39,940$80,670
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$58,110$43,870$96,690
Harrisonburg, VA$58,020$41,290$95,310
Dubuque, IA$57,980$42,840$97,000
Jacksonville, FL$57,870$39,300$102,430
Columbia, MO$57,860$35,530$78,570
Maryland$57,820$41,160$97,050
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area$57,790$34,510$79,850
York-Hanover, PA$57,780$39,500$84,790
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$57,780$45,690$93,400
Kansas$57,760$36,710$80,720
Springfield, MA$57,750$40,990$95,910
Tulsa, OK$57,750$32,330$89,080
Rochester, MN$57,700$41,480$71,760
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$57,700$39,500$96,140
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$57,660$38,700$90,630
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$57,610$46,070$77,700
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$57,600$45,960$79,970
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$57,570$37,990$86,650
Fayetteville, NC$57,420$36,270$81,150
Canton-Massillon, OH$57,340$36,610$84,950
Asheville, NC$57,320$39,050$85,110
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$57,300$43,120$70,580
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$57,300$38,910$87,350
Waco, TX$57,290$37,130$88,410
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$57,260$37,850$81,830
Wichita, KS$57,180$35,690$74,720
Helena, MT$57,170$34,690$82,190
Yakima, WA$57,170$39,350$93,670
Warner Robins, GA$57,160$38,760$91,650
Utica-Rome, NY$56,990$34,400$109,290
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$56,990$38,280$71,750
Ohio$56,990$39,210$83,200
Cleveland, TN$56,990$40,900$63,830
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$56,980$38,940$98,440
Lebanon, PA$56,870$41,550$86,390
Richmond, VA$56,850$36,870$91,250
Florida$56,830$38,790$83,330
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$56,770$39,610$91,220
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$56,690$42,400$80,540
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$56,660$36,880$92,410
Missouri$56,640$35,630$80,160
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$56,580$44,630$83,240
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$56,580$39,070$80,320
Pittsfield, MA$56,550$41,350$96,130
Billings, MT$56,550$34,490$83,200
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$56,500$41,560$89,410
Worcester, MA$56,480$43,070$85,560
North Carolina$56,470$38,440$83,790
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$56,450$34,730$88,170
Gettysburg, PA$56,430$38,290$81,530
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$56,430$40,260$88,520
Akron, OH$56,340$38,590$94,980
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$56,260$39,610$83,770
Columbia, SC$56,150$36,750$87,590
Greeley, CO$56,140$37,300$86,950
Toledo, OH$55,990$37,970$78,100
Albany, GA$55,970$35,720$92,280
Bowling Green, KY$55,950$31,700$88,060
Great Falls, MT$55,910$31,660$74,420
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$55,910$35,360$80,600
Springfield, OH$55,900$38,900$76,120
Macon-Bibb County, GA$55,870$39,020$83,790
Reading, PA$55,840$42,980$81,410
Binghamton, NY$55,800$43,170$94,580
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$55,800$45,900$141,660
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$55,760$43,200$75,170
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$55,750$43,470$77,950
State College, PA$55,600$41,630$78,850
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$55,580$35,080$73,840
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$55,560$39,250$84,960
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$55,430$38,150$88,220
Redding, CA$55,410$38,390$93,220
St. Joseph, MO-KS$55,400$34,850$83,850
Killeen-Temple, TX$55,340$33,770$111,210
Georgia$55,320$39,020$93,200
Bloomington, IN$55,240$46,080$85,300
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$55,180$37,290$83,660
Greenville, NC$55,170$38,810$77,850
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$55,140$39,110$74,240
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$55,130$29,120$112,120
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$55,060$41,720$79,860
Savannah, GA$55,010$43,040$89,690
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$54,990$39,160$96,420
Port St. Lucie, FL$54,930$41,240$78,720
Dover, DE$54,810$37,760$95,250
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$54,800$39,270$82,700
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$54,800$40,940$83,330
Lancaster, PA$54,760$39,840$86,000
Hinesville, GA$54,670$38,310$86,240
Lawrence, KS$54,630$43,040$71,760
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$54,580$36,630$89,440
Wichita Falls, TX$54,550$36,740$96,260
Winchester, VA-WV$54,530$38,730$88,530
Hawaii$54,390$48,910$158,310
Yuma, AZ$54,320$34,060$90,110
Glens Falls, NY$54,270$41,820$86,420
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$54,160$37,990$68,220
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$54,150$36,780$96,060
Rapid City, SD$54,020$40,410$76,220
Greensboro-High Point, NC$54,010$31,200$91,440
Grand Junction, CO$54,000$36,410$81,110
Williamsport, PA$54,000$38,240$86,130
Charlottesville, VA$53,960$41,030$78,820
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$53,830$45,410$73,380
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$53,830$37,440$93,770
Winston-Salem, NC$53,800$34,340$78,730
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$53,700$35,780$78,070
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$53,660$41,750$86,120
Goldsboro, NC$53,590$39,970$84,130
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$53,540$44,020$71,990
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$53,410$34,630$79,170
South Dakota$53,400$40,410$74,250
Chambersburg, PA$53,360$37,350$88,280
Tallahassee, FL$53,310$36,350$99,590
St. Louis, MO-IL$53,300$37,520$89,330
Elizabethtown, KY$53,230$28,360$92,810
Midland, TX$53,230$47,310$92,870
Youngstown-Warren, OH$52,980$36,590$83,150
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$52,830$37,840$77,690
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$52,820$41,380$70,110
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$52,770$37,010$80,510
Peoria, IL$52,740$40,610$90,400
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$52,630$40,430$82,410
Vineland, NJ$52,590$34,690$86,710
Lincoln, NE$52,560$34,430$82,440
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$52,440$38,680$81,660
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$52,430$37,150$74,510
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$52,430$35,270$79,040
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$52,320$41,500$98,640
St. Cloud, MN$52,270$41,960$66,750
Saginaw, MI$52,100$34,230$87,970
Jefferson City, MO$52,060$35,830$76,900
Lima, OH$52,000$36,210$76,240
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$52,000$39,310$83,410
Tuscaloosa, AL$51,980$38,660$73,660
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$51,940$36,710$80,440
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$51,880$38,140$78,700
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$51,800$46,790$79,000
Kentucky$51,790$33,970$89,690
Fort Smith, AR-OK$51,790$31,160$106,100
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$51,750$38,900$82,510
Kokomo, IN$51,740$37,290$88,720
Manchester-Nashua, NH$51,710$39,370$79,070
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$51,630$39,860$74,730
Huntsville, AL$51,580$38,610$72,520
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$51,550$34,020$86,540
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$51,530$37,840$88,610
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$51,510$37,570$87,140
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$51,490$30,880$71,840
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$51,240$33,730$81,090
Duluth, MN-WI$51,210$43,510$72,900
Montgomery, AL$51,170$37,440$86,780
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$51,090$26,910$80,880
Lynchburg, VA$51,080$37,410$85,030
Decatur, AL$51,070$36,990$79,570
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$51,070$33,260$82,490
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$50,950$37,200$88,250
Salisbury, MD$50,890$31,820$88,420
Auburn-Opelika, AL$50,880$37,110$74,450
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$50,820$42,880$73,600
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$50,800$38,470$76,530
Roanoke, VA$50,750$38,010$77,890
Tyler, TX$50,750$37,860$81,780
South Carolina$50,720$34,730$84,190
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$50,690$33,850$87,840
Birmingham, AL$50,650$37,670$76,140
Burlington, NC$50,590$29,020$75,600
Jackson, MS$50,510$34,080$72,500
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$50,450$37,490$77,630
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$50,430$37,930$81,400
Jacksonville, NC$50,340$41,450$65,160
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$50,300$38,870$87,140
Grand Island, NE$50,280$34,170$98,740
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$50,280$31,680$72,730
Chattanooga, TN-GA$50,220$32,920$79,620
Bloomington, IL$50,170$37,050$97,460
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$50,160$40,470$83,470
Urban Honolulu, HI$50,090$49,230$158,310
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$50,080$37,520$84,460
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$50,030$30,930$102,320
Colorado Springs, CO$50,020$37,330$89,490
Ocala, FL$49,990$37,790$72,670
Arkansas$49,990$31,600$102,400
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$49,990$35,720$84,120
Gainesville, FL$49,950$37,690$78,360
Abilene, TX$49,920$33,120$92,030
Mobile, AL$49,900$35,600$68,350
Corpus Christi, TX$49,830$35,880$75,160
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$49,820$32,610$79,630
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$49,780$36,370$82,840
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$49,770$38,990$87,420
Rhode Island$49,770$38,990$90,350
Spartanburg, SC$49,700$25,950$84,160
Delaware$49,680$38,960$78,510
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$49,680$36,750$77,490
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$49,670$37,840$75,140
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$49,670$37,530$76,350
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$49,610$34,090$77,020
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$49,570$25,970$89,640
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$49,460$31,480$108,470
Valdosta, GA$49,430$36,000$77,120
Wilmington, NC$49,410$37,590$80,470
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$49,330$32,250$63,330
Indiana$49,280$36,650$78,920
Erie, PA$49,160$39,320$73,790
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$49,100$30,090$79,050
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$49,060$31,820$74,900
Odessa, TX$48,980$33,960$95,490
Paducah, KY-IL$48,980$35,920$82,900
Sumter, SC$48,980$42,720$90,830
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$48,960$34,770$78,250
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$48,940$30,980$75,270
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$48,890$37,840$69,610
Alabama$48,880$35,940$73,050
Florence, SC$48,830$38,220$81,010
Columbus, GA-AL$48,770$37,560$75,750
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$48,680$30,550$68,440
Athens-Clarke County, GA$48,500$33,160$83,700
Lawton, OK$48,470$25,320$95,650
Fort Wayne, IN$48,380$35,950$86,730
Longview, TX$48,310$34,880$86,300
Flint, MI$48,180$36,110$97,350
Tennessee$48,170$30,890$75,240
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$48,170$38,900$71,430
Dothan, AL$48,140$30,800$66,860
Mansfield, OH$48,120$38,100$76,200
Charleston, WV$48,110$31,930$81,370
Johnstown, PA$48,100$37,670$75,920
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$47,990$37,370$76,000
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$47,930$35,630$73,940
Anniston-Oxford, AL$47,920$34,250$73,570
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$47,910$33,920$76,390
Springfield, MO$47,900$35,520$75,790
Baton Rouge, LA$47,890$31,620$71,870
Altoona, PA$47,880$36,550$63,860
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$47,870$32,230$65,000
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$47,830$38,420$79,260
Rocky Mount, NC$47,790$35,760$75,440
College Station-Bryan, TX$47,730$36,900$81,260
Evansville, IN$47,620$35,940$80,360
Clarksville, TN-KY$47,600$32,380$82,260
Lubbock, TX$47,480$33,230$82,490
Beckley, WV$47,230$35,270$72,670
Hot Springs, AR$47,120$32,490$90,860
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$47,120$28,960$74,900
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$47,090$30,760$64,100
Virgin Islands$47,020$29,100$80,940
Mississippi$46,810$32,590$78,480
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$46,770$32,060$75,400
West Virginia$46,710$32,000$77,260
Rockford, IL$46,640$37,670$77,250
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$46,550$33,580$73,480
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$46,420$32,790$75,830
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$46,340$21,380$46,340
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$46,340$33,210$71,320
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$46,330$33,980$78,070
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$46,260$25,840$89,150
Muncie, IN$46,230$37,190$68,870
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$46,100$25,750$74,820
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$46,090$37,950$75,510
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$45,840$34,690$76,630
Morgantown, WV$45,790$31,580$71,840
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$45,790$34,640$77,570
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$45,760$32,520$82,520
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$45,750$34,440$68,160
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$45,700$37,570$69,850
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$45,690$33,110$70,220
Gadsden, AL$45,650$31,540$63,560
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$45,570$25,440$73,800
Puerto Rico$45,500$21,380$46,340
Wheeling, WV-OH$45,480$30,060$70,000
Jackson, TN$45,400$31,060$64,810
Knoxville, TN$45,400$29,390$70,800
Decatur, IL$45,370$40,990$76,650
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$45,310$37,900$92,980
Jackson, MI$44,750$33,880$75,880
Columbus, IN$44,420$35,900$69,960
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$44,350$38,060$62,900
Johnson City, TN$44,250$30,750$60,140
Terre Haute, IN$44,060$31,810$72,140
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$43,990$26,790$80,000
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$43,930$25,830$55,510
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$43,660$27,450$77,060
Manhattan, KS$43,380$34,990$63,260
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$43,170$30,120$80,290
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$43,150$31,760$76,400
Monroe, LA$43,000$27,840$65,500
Lafayette, LA$41,810$30,770$68,100
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$41,670$28,290$65,650
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$41,630$28,610$64,840
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$41,590$32,270$82,200
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$41,020$30,830$70,610
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$40,480$35,210$47,910
Louisiana$40,200$29,170$66,560
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$39,990$32,590$105,530
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$39,300$36,410$52,610
Lake Charles, LA$39,170$22,220$59,170
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$38,100$36,070$92,070
Alexandria, LA$37,130$23,260$73,300
Bay City, MI$37,120$37,120$61,050
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$36,640$29,220$67,380
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$36,400$27,570$60,790
Hammond, LA$36,050$31,650$74,840
Hattiesburg, MS$34,560$29,520$59,290
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$33,380$28,490$60,290

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors make?▾

The median annual salary for a Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors is $59,190, with a typical range of $39,090 – $98,210 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors?▾

Entry-level Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors positions typically start around $39,090 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselorss earn the most?▾

Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselorss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.