Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors
SOC 21-1018 · 2024-2034
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $60,909per year
- Projected openings
- 86,370
- Projected change
- +26.1%
- Usually needs
- Master's degree
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $78,312 | 200 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $77,866 | 5,040 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $76,699 | 3,130 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $76,227 | 680 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $75,970 | 210 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $74,347 | 920 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $71,399 | 4,570 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $69,540 | 1,170 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $69,371 | 4,080 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $67,301 | 200 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $66,319 | 620 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $65,493 | 560 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $64,979 | 1,210 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $64,846 | 740 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $64,548 | 650 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $64,116 | 380 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $63,346 | 290 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $63,182 | 510 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $63,017 | 640 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $62,514 | 5,800 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $62,370 | 220 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $62,288 | 2,250 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $62,033 | 20,320 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $61,620 | 560 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $61,466 | 320 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $61,466 | 940 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $61,138 | 1,890 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $60,285 | 6,110 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $59,895 | 520 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $56,916 | 370 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $53,413 | 7,220 |
Related work
Occupations in the same family as this one, ordered by projected openings. Related by how the job classification groups them, not by a claim that the skills transfer.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social and Human Service Assistants | $52,520 | 73,580 | +16.1% |
| Child, Family, and School Social Workers | $67,025 | 60,640 | +14.1% |
| Marriage and Family Therapists | $69,184 | 46,570 | +30.7% |
| Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors | $88,921 | 40,270 | +5.5% |
| Counselors, All Other | $50,217 | 25,900 | +28.1% |
| Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers | $81,211 | 22,620 | +20.1% |