Mental Health Counselors: Jobs, Careers, and Schools

Metro Area Employment Data for Mental Health Counselor

Employment info for Mental Health Counselor, by major US metro area (2006 data). The Popularity Index shows how common jobs for Mental Health Counselor are in the area. An Index of 1.0 means the area has an average number of people in the job compared to its population. A higher index indicates proportionally more jobs.

State	Metro Area	Jobs	Mean Salary	Popularity Index
Alabama	Auburn	30	$37,510	1.15
Alabama	Birmingham	270	$34,190	0.77
Alabama	Mobile	130	$41,920	1.12
Alabama	Montgomery	120	$48,910	1.1
Alabama	Tuscaloosa	50	$35,010	0.99
Alaska	Anchorage	210	$56,000	2.04
Alaska	Fairbanks	40		2.22
Arizona	Phoenix	1,050	$39,740	0.8
Arizona	Tucson	300	$37,340	1.19
Arkansas	Fort Smith	50	$48,880	0.68
Arkansas	Little Rock	100	$36,430	0.45
California	Bakersfield	60	$63,280	0.35
California	Fresno	400	$53,110	1.81
California	Los Angeles	2,600	$43,050	0.91
California	Oakland	800	$45,530	1.14
California	Oxnard	110	$40,720	0.54
California	Riverside	450	$59,860	0.5
California	Sacramento	960	$48,730	1.56
California	San Diego	1,160	$43,800	1.27
California	San Francisco	620	$48,750	0.93
California	San Jose	350	$50,940	0.56
California	San Luis Obispo	120	$38,360	1.83
California	Santa Ana	380	$37,050	0.36
California	Santa Cruz	180	$29,780	3.33
California	Santa Rosa	90	$40,820	0.71
California	Vallejo	150	$43,790	1.9
Colorado	Boulder	100	$55,220	0.98
Colorado	Colorado Springs	160	$44,750	0.94
Colorado	Denver	1,480	$34,830	1.74
Colorado	Fort Collins	140	$37,200	1.78
Colorado	Grand Junction	80	$31,570	2.29
Colorado	Greeley	50	$44,460	1.07
Connecticut	Bridgeport	640	$45,120	2.16
Connecticut	Danbury	150	$31,060	3.5
Connecticut	Hartford	370	$38,960	0.96
Connecticut	New Haven	530	$41,860	2.87
Connecticut	Waterbury	80	$32,620	1.86
Delaware	Wilmington	250	$38,460	1.14
District of Columbia	Washington	1,660	$48,990	1.04
Florida	Cape Coral	110	$33,600	0.77
Florida	Deltona	150	$38,440	1.45
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	430	$39,380	0.84
Florida	Gainesville	40	$31,440	0.57
Florida	Jacksonville	300	$33,640	0.72
Florida	Miami	680	$47,340	0.99
Florida	Naples	40	$46,790	0.48
Florida	Ocala	100	$32,950	1.64
Florida	Orlando	200	$46,810	0.27
Florida	Palm Bay	60	$37,850	0.46
Florida	Pensacola	210	$31,570	2.07
Florida	Port St Lucie	50	$32,580	0.59
Florida	Sarasota	90	$41,850	0.48
Florida	Tallahassee	60		0.56
Florida	Tampa	650	$35,300	0.76
Florida	West Palm Beach	150	$41,570	0.39
Georgia	Athens	50	$37,750	1.09
Georgia	Atlanta	970	$37,470	0.59
Georgia	Augusta	40	$46,270	0.3
Georgia	Savannah	40	$31,270	0.41
Georgia	Valdosta	50	$40,390	1.7
Hawaii	Honolulu	350	$39,080	1.22
Idaho	Boise	120		0.67
Idaho	Coeur Dalene	100	$30,950	3.34
Idaho	Idaho Falls	40	$58,060	1.43
Idaho	Lewiston	110	$31,680	9.23
Illinois	Champaign	70	$36,050	1.29
Illinois	Chicago	3,060	$40,290	1.16
Illinois	Kankakee	110	$31,240	4.91
Illinois	Peoria	80	$38,050	0.74
Illinois	Rockford	150	$32,960	1.55
Indiana	Anderson	50	$37,020	2.26
Indiana	Elkhart	30	$27,070	0.36
Indiana	Evansville	150	$29,340	1.32
Indiana	Fort Wayne	150	$48,810	1.06
Indiana	Gary	100	$35,960	0.54
Indiana	Indianapolis	380	$41,520	0.63
Indiana	Michigan City	30	$36,510	1.19
Indiana	Muncie	40	$43,900	1.41
Iowa	Cedar Rapids	120	$33,680	1.39
Iowa	Davenport	70	$43,690	0.6
Iowa	Des Moines	60	$42,880	0.28
Kansas	Topeka	130	$30,080	1.9
Kansas	Wichita	60	$43,950	0.3
Kentucky	Louisville	330	$31,910	0.8
Louisiana	Lake Charles	160	$34,460	2.94
Louisiana	New Orleans	540	$28,620	1.6
Louisiana	Shreveport	60	$21,260	0.55
Maine	Bangor	100	$50,690	2.57
Maine	Lewiston	60		2.08
Maine	Portland	110	$45,370	0.85
Maryland	Baltimore	1,090	$39,290	1.24
Maryland	Bethesda	170	$41,870	0.45
Maryland	Salisbury	30	$33,940	0.97
Massachusetts	Barnstable Town	120	$37,300	1.91
Massachusetts	Boston	2,720	$37,750	2.33
Massachusetts	Brockton	100	$49,350	1.83
Massachusetts	Haverhill	230	$45,640	4.77
Massachusetts	Lawrence	120	$36,830	3.37
Massachusetts	Leominster	80	$37,470	2.68
Massachusetts	Lynn	480	$35,910	7.61
Massachusetts	Springfield	700	$31,270	3.47
Massachusetts	Worcester	460	$37,190	2.76
Michigan	Ann Arbor	50	$60,820	0.45
Michigan	Detroit	360	$42,080	0.71
Michigan	Flint	50	$61,050	0.54
Michigan	Lansing	120	$50,150	0.91
Michigan	Saginaw	60	$54,020	1.19
Michigan	Warren	470	$41,600	0.59
Minnesota	Duluth	70	$37,850	0.86
Minnesota	Minneapolis	1,340	$43,920	1.08
Minnesota	St Cloud	40	$40,990	0.64
Mississippi	Jackson	90	$41,570	0.54
Missouri	Jefferson City	70	$38,970	1.64
Missouri	Kansas City	420	$41,930	0.6
Missouri	Springfield	170	$83,710	1.34
Missouri	St Louis	650	$41,000	0.7
Montana	Billings	130	$97,100	2.6
Montana	Missoula	60	$32,970	1.88
Nebraska	Lincoln	200	$33,920	1.96
Nebraska	Omaha	220	$47,590	0.71
Nevada	Las Vegas	190	$47,540	0.3
Nevada	Reno	190	$51,550	1.33
New Hampshire	Manchester	80	$36,000	1.28
New Jersey	Camden	310	$44,510	0.86
New Jersey	Edison	570	$36,960	0.82
New Jersey	Newark	1,330	$39,690	1.93
New Jersey	Trenton	190	$40,610	1.32
New Mexico	Albuquerque	570	$47,480	2.19
New York	Albany	420	$43,620	1.43
New York	Binghamton	30	$40,290	0.43
New York	Buffalo	380	$29,210	1.05
New York	Ithaca	90	$33,550	3.93
New York	Kingston	60	$49,040	1.66
New York	Nassau	710	$33,970	0.83
New York	New York	4,660	$37,560	1.35
New York	Poughkeepsie	150	$39,280	0.94
New York	Rochester	360	$42,940	1.06
New York	Syracuse	120	$37,680	0.59
New York	Utica	40	$42,910	0.49
North Carolina	Asheville	60	$41,410	0.52
North Carolina	Charlotte	180	$36,390	0.3
North Carolina	Durham	190	$36,400	1.08
North Carolina	Fayetteville	150	$32,500	1.98
North Carolina	Greensboro	80	$39,860	0.32
North Carolina	Greenville	30	$50,050	0.7
North Carolina	Hickory	350	$43,210	3.22
North Carolina	Raleigh	260	$50,600	0.76
North Carolina	Wilmington	80	$50,480	0.87
Ohio	Akron	180	$40,630	0.8
Ohio	Canton	120	$38,000	1.08
Ohio	Cincinnati	500	$39,650	0.71
Ohio	Cleveland	580	$38,750	0.79
Ohio	Columbus	510	$42,380	0.81
Ohio	Dayton	170	$43,930	0.64
Ohio	Springfield	40	$42,720	1.39
Ohio	Toledo	270	$48,760	1.25
Ohio	Youngstown	590	$37,270	3.73
Oklahoma	Lawton	30	$40,850	1.44
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	390	$40,580	1.02
Oklahoma	Tulsa	190	$40,400	0.66
Oregon	Corvallis	60	$41,640	3.49
Oregon	Eugene	200	$40,810	2.07
Oregon	Portland	980	$48,020	1.38
Oregon	Salem	160	$46,300	1.67
Pennsylvania	Allentown	420	$39,210	1.88
Pennsylvania	Erie	550	$34,110	6.62
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	510	$40,700	2.55
Pennsylvania	Johnstown	90	$30,010	2.58
Pennsylvania	Lancaster	300	$39,370	1.95
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	3,900	$39,210	3.06
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	3,530	$29,690	4.52
Pennsylvania	Reading	290	$37,790	2.73
Pennsylvania	Scranton	1,310	$29,120	7.59
Pennsylvania	York	170	$32,160	1.46
Rhode Island	Providence	620	$37,660	1.57
South Carolina	Anderson	40	$37,290	1.12
South Carolina	Columbia	110	$42,410	0.47
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	110	$39,370	1.27
Tennessee	Kingsport	40	$29,390	0.56
Tennessee	Knoxville	90	$32,890	0.41
Tennessee	Memphis	510	$32,420	1.19
Tennessee	Nashville	590	$31,200	1.13
Texas	Abilene	60	$27,800	1.65
Texas	Austin	250	$36,750	0.49
Texas	Dallas	270	$38,190	0.19
Texas	El Paso	120	$31,370	0.7
Texas	Fort Worth	140	$42,210	0.25
Texas	Houston	650	$40,830	0.38
Texas	Longview	40	$33,620	0.7
Texas	Lubbock	100	$37,440	1.37
Texas	Midland	40		1.07
Texas	San Antonio	260	$46,850	0.47
Texas	Texarkana	60	$53,760	2.03
Texas	Tyler	40	$38,020	0.71
Utah	Ogden	100	$44,250	0.8
Utah	Provo	40	$46,410	0.37
Utah	Salt Lake City	240	$46,730	0.58
Virginia	Blacksburg	80	$37,510	2.39
Virginia	Charlottesville	80	$36,680	1.35
Virginia	Harrisonburg	30	$53,090	0.92
Virginia	Lynchburg	110	$33,980	1.72
Virginia	Richmond	520	$47,360	1.26
Virginia	Virginia Beach	860	$41,480	1.67
Virginia	Winchester	120	$42,240	3.81
Washington	Bellingham	50	$44,270	1.03
Washington	Bremerton	60	$40,120	1.22
Washington	Kennewick	50	$41,800	0.93
Washington	Longview	70	$43,950	3.63
Washington	Seattle	1,060	$43,500	1.08
Washington	Spokane	200	$44,630	1.46
Washington	Tacoma	540	$43,230	3.01
Washington	Yakima	130	$40,980	2.61
West Virginia	Charleston	190	$36,860	2.02
West Virginia	Huntington	150	$38,730	2.08
West Virginia	Wheeling	80	$34,520	2.03
Wisconsin	Appleton	50	$40,980	0.68
Wisconsin	Green Bay	40	$48,090	0.37
Wisconsin	Madison	120	$35,850	0.55
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	600	$38,850	1.02
Wisconsin	Oshkosh	140	$47,850	2.73
Wyoming	Cheyenne	60	$39,620	2.61

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