The Average Salary of an Independent Marriage & Family Therapist
Marriage and family counselors help couples and family groups with a range of emotional and psychological issues. These workers are in hospitals and health care clinics, as well as in private or independent offices or settings. The Bureau of Labor Statistics categorizes all such therapists into the same class, and salaries for independent counselors may be slightly different from the average.
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National Averages
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that there were about 26,450 marriage and family counselors in 2009. These workers earned an average of $23.57 per hour, or about $49,020 per year. The top 10th percentile of family counselors made about $35.39 per hour, or about $73,610 per year, while the lowest 10th percentile earned about $14.07 per hour, or about $29,270 per year.
Most Common Sectors
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the "individual and family services" sector if the economy had the highest number of marriage and family counselors in 2009. The estimated 9,970 counselors in this sector made about $21.74 per hour, or about $45,23 per year. The "state government" sector was the sector with the second-highest number of counselors. They earned about $27.94 an hour, or about $58,120 per year.
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Highest Paying Sectors
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Marriage and family counselors in the "state government" sector had the highest average salaries in 2009, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Those employed in the "management of companies and enterprises" earned the second-highest average wages, making about $27.51 per hour, or $57,220 per year. The third-highest paying sector, "elementary and secondary schools," had an average salary of about $26.23 per hour, or about $54,560 per year.
State Differences
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that marriage and family counselors in Hawaii, Georgia, New Jersey, Alaska and Nevada had the highest average salaries out of all states in 2009. Those in Hawaii had the highest average wages, earning about $35.61 per hour, or about $74,070 per year, while those in the fifth-highest paying state, Nevada, made about $29.09 per hour, or about $60,510 per year.
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