Mental Health Counselor (National)
Average salary $70,681 · from 24 active job market data points · Updated May 30, 2026
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- Mental Health Counselor Salary Data
- Mental Health Counselor Job Market
- Best Cities For Mental Health Counselor
- Hiring Demand For Mental Health Counselor
Career Data Contract
For Data Teams
The JSON feed for this coordinate is deterministic-only and designed for machine consumption. Human-facing narrative on this page is a presentation layer on top of the same source-derived metrics.
- Machine-readable URL:
https://jobsjobsjobsapp.com/data/explore/mental-health-counselor.json - Deterministic fields include salary, demand, purchasing power, career growth, scarcity, and trend metrics.
- Methodology: career data methodology
Market Model Scores
These scores are computed directly from the matching salary records and posting samples. They help compare this market against nearby roles, cities, sectors, and experience levels.
- strong opportunity market
- moderate-confidence market signal
Posting Composition
This sample includes 95 live posting examples, 36 visible employers, and 45 posting locations. The visible posting sample has moderate employer concentration.
Distinctive terms in this posting sample: psychotherapist, maternal-fetal, neurodivergent, specialization, professional, psychiatrist, psychologist, development .
- Headway: 27 sampled postings
- SonderMind Mentalhealth: 7 sampled postings
- Mental Health Provider Network: 4 sampled postings
- Gotham Enterprises Ltd: 3 sampled postings
- CoreSite: 3 sampled postings
Mental Health Counselor (National) shows 25% more open roles than the national average and 11% more purchasing power than the US average. The average salary signal is $70,681 across 24 active market data points. The market also shows 99% salary range from median to senior level and 0.6/10 scarcity leverage — low talent-to-demand ratio, which helps separate markets with broad opportunity from markets where the data is thinner or more specialized.
Key Insights
- Opportunity score: 76/100 — strong opportunity market.
- Confidence score: 74/100 — moderate-confidence market signal.
- Purchasing power: 11% more purchasing power than the US average.
- Demand signal: 25% more open roles than the national average.
- Career momentum: 99% salary range from median to senior level.
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