Marriage and Family Therapists salary

SOC 21-1013 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$66,940

per year, nationally

Middle half

$50,070–$93,840

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

66,740

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+12.6%

7,700 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$44,650$123,730

10th: $44,650
25th: $50,070
Median: $66,940
75th: $93,840
90th: $123,730

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Master's degree
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Internship/residency

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where marriage and family therapists earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Hawaii	$141,960	110.0	220	0.81×
2	New Jersey	$92,150	108.8	4,040	2.20×
3	Georgia	$91,550	96.3	—	—
4	Oregon	$91,520	103.4	850	1.00×
5	Connecticut	$86,250	103.6	260	0.36×
6	Utah	$84,980	98.9	2,390	3.21×
7	Virginia	$79,900	101.1	930	0.53×
8	Delaware	$76,580	99.8	400	1.92×
9	Minnesota	$72,470	98.6	4,870	3.85×
10	Maine	$71,680	97.0	180	0.65×
11	New Mexico	$70,630	92.2	160	0.42×
12	Ohio	$70,240	92.8	460	0.19×
13	Maryland	$69,900	105.0	460	0.39×
14	Kansas	$68,710	90.1	190	0.30×
15	Massachusetts	$67,370	105.8	600	0.38×
16	California	$67,300	110.7	34,970	4.47×
17	Iowa	$67,180	87.8	240	0.36×
18	Pennsylvania	$66,040	97.6	2,350	0.90×
19	Arizona	$65,290	100.7	—	—
20	New York	$64,430	107.9	770	0.18×
21	Arkansas	$64,340	86.9	80	0.15×
22	Vermont	$62,780	98.0	—	—
23	Idaho	$62,700	95.5	140	0.38×
24	Nebraska	$62,610	90.1	260	0.58×
25	Illinois	$60,970	100.0	860	0.33×
26	Colorado	$60,700	103.1	900	0.73×
27	Missouri	$60,440	90.8	390	0.31×
28	New Hampshire	$60,030	104.2	70	0.24×
29	Alaska	$60,010	102.4	60	0.45×
30	Washington	$60,000	107.0	—	—
31	Oklahoma	$57,670	87.8	—	—
32	Indiana	$56,810	93.3	510	0.37×
33	Florida	$56,400	103.4	930	0.22×
34	West Virginia	$55,700	89.5	90	0.31×
35	South Carolina	$55,430	93.7	380	0.39×
36	Kentucky	$52,420	90.2	330	0.39×
37	Michigan	$52,270	96.2	590	0.31×
38	Mississippi	$51,440	87.0	140	0.28×
39	Alabama	$49,990	88.8	190	0.21×
40	North Carolina	$48,100	94.3	1,400	0.66×
41	Montana	$46,960	94.6	100	0.44×
42	Tennessee	$46,700	91.9	1,440	1.02×
43	Texas	$46,300	97.1	1,380	0.23×
44	South Dakota	$44,870	88.6	80	0.42×
45	Wisconsin	$37,870	94.1	180	0.14×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where marriage and family therapists wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for marriage and family therapists

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Urban Honolulu, HI	$141,960	111.0	190	0.97×
2	Greensboro-High Point, NC	$109,200	92.9	90	0.55×
3	Eugene-Springfield, OR	$102,910	101.6	130	1.95×
4	St. George, UT	$101,510	97.3	140	3.63×
5	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$101,460	100.1	—	—
6	New Haven, CT	$99,070	104.6	30	0.27×
7	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$95,460	108.9	260	0.19×
8	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$95,110	110.4	1,180	2.42×
9	Bend, OR	$94,140	103.6	80	1.62×
10	Vallejo, CA	$93,810	108.5	150	2.43×
11	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$92,150	98.9	270	3.69×
12	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$92,150	103.2	370	3.57×
13	Logan, UT-ID	$91,260	95.9	110	3.82×
14	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$91,130	112.6	2,800	0.69×
15	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$90,900	99.8	40	0.58×
16	Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	$88,810	98.2	730	5.59×
17	Napa, CA	$88,520	112.6	50	1.62×
18	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$86,550	100.9	890	2.50×
19	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$85,450	108.8	220	2.60×
20	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$84,080	107.8	290	3.33×
21	Wichita, KS	$83,730	88.9	70	0.52×
22	Mankato, MN	$83,100	91.0	150	6.09×
23	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$81,870	97.9	300	0.90×
24	Chico, CA	$81,780	101.2	90	2.63×
25	Ogden, UT	$81,550	100.3	410	3.50×
26	Columbus, OH	$81,500	95.5	100	0.20×
27	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	$79,300	93.6	90	0.84×
28	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$78,640	102.6	2,110	1.70×
29	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$77,850	105.4	470	0.90×
30	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$77,210	115.6	—	—
31	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	$76,910	102.4	—	—
32	Rochester, MN	$75,560	90.8	110	2.04×
33	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$75,030	106.7	1,380	2.98×
34	Fresno, CA	$74,970	102.2	640	3.15×
35	Tucson, AZ	$74,360	96.9	40	0.25×
36	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$73,370	104.8	—	—
37	Corvallis, OR	$73,240	104.0	—	—
38	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$73,220	102.7	140	0.55×
39	Fargo, ND-MN	$73,210	90.9	70	1.10×
40	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$73,160	99.6	30	0.18×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where marriage and family therapists wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$59,350
Social and Human Service Assistants$45,930
Child, Family, and School Social Workers$59,550
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$64,330
Healthcare Social Workers$67,880
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers$60,280
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other$56,730
Rehabilitation Counselors$46,850