For example, mean
salaries of mental health counselors in Kenosha and Lake Counties, a metropolitan area that includes parts of Illinois and Wisconsin, are at $ 69,110, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, making this area the highest paying metropolitan district in the country.
Not exact matches
According to the U.S. Bureau
of Labor Statistics,
mental health counselors make a median
salary of $ 42,840.
The overall median
salary for
mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists, according to the BLS, was $ 42,250 as
of May 2014.
But that's only part
of the story for those living in Alaska and interested in entering this helping profession: the median
salary for
mental health counselors in Alaska is $ 12,700 above the national median
salary, according to CareerOneStop.org, a U.S. Department
of Labor - sponsored website.