Featured:
Allergies
Grilling Guide
eHow Now Blog

The Average Salary of a Marriage and Family Therapist in California

Marriage and family therapists work with individuals, couples and families to diagnose and treat mental and emotional problems. They emphasize understanding their clients' symptoms and interactions, rather than on identifying psychological conflict. They hold at least a master's degree as well as state licensing granted through the passing of two exams. Salaries vary by the location of employment within California.

  1. State

    • The 5,960 marriage and family therapists in California earn a mean $24.81 per hour or $51,600 per year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) as of May 2009. This is slightly more than the $24.37 per hour and $50,700 per year earned by 205,920 community and social services workers in the state. It is also more than the $23.82 per hour or $49,550 per year earned by all 14.5 million employees in the state.

    National

    • The state salaries are only slightly more than the average wages earned by the 26,450 marriage and family therapists in the U.S. -- $23.57 per hour or $49,020 per year. This amount is greater than the mean $20.55 per hour or $42,750 per year earned in all 1.8 million community and social services occupations. It is also higher than the $20.90 per hour or $43,460 per year earned by all 130.6 million workers in the nation.

    Northern California

    • The 580 marriage and family therapists who work in the Northern California city of San Francisco make $22.93 per hour or $47,700 per year, which is slightly less than the state mean. Their wages are also less than the mean $26 per hour and $54,080 per year made in all 15,140 community and social services occupations in the city. They are also under the mean $29.78 per hour and $61,940 per year earned by all 982,930 workers in the city.

    Southern California

    • The 1,690 marriage and family therapists working in the Southern California city of Los Angeles earn $24.18 per hour or $50,300 per year, a bit under the state mean. However, this amount is greater than the $23.99 per hour or $49,910 made by those working in the 56,740 community and social services occupations of the city. It is also more than the mean $23.56 per hour or $49,010 per year received by all workers in Los Angeles. Other examples in this most populous region in the state include the mean $24.19 per hour or $50,310 per year earned by the 500 marriage and family therapists in Orange County, and the mean $25.74 or $53,540 received by the 720 therapists in San Diego.

Related Searches:

References

Resources

Comments

You May Also Like

Related Ads

thumbnail
Featured