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Behavioral health pay in Connecticut
Connecticut's marriage-and-family upper quarter is a 260-person story. Counselors are the bench you will actually post.
Someone saw a 75th percentile of $164,740 and wrote it into a counselor range.
Marriage and family therapists earn a median of $86,250 against $66,940 nationally, 1.29 times the country, and the state employs 260 of them.
The upper quarter at $164,740 is a long way from that median.
It describes a small license with a wide tail.
Counselors number 7,540 at $63,590 against $59,350 nationally, 1.07 times the country, with an upper quarter of $80,040.
Counselors are the open job.
The therapist tail will make a fair counselor offer look timid, and it will not describe the people in the interview.
Each occupation
1Marriage and Family Therapists
- State median
- $86,250
- 75th percentile
- $164,740
- U.S. median
- $66,940
- State vs U.S.
- 1.29
- State employment
- 260
2Healthcare Social Workers
- State median
- $79,900
- 75th percentile
- $96,470
- U.S. median
- $67,880
- State vs U.S.
- 1.18
- State employment
- 1,650
3Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
- State median
- $78,640
- 75th percentile
- $92,430
- U.S. median
- $60,280
- State vs U.S.
- 1.30
- State employment
- 1,540
4Health Education Specialists
- State median
- $66,870
- 75th percentile
- $88,720
- U.S. median
- $64,070
- State vs U.S.
- 1.04
- State employment
- 400
5Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors
- State median
- $63,590
- 75th percentile
- $80,040
- U.S. median
- $59,350
- State vs U.S.
- 1.07
- State employment
- 7,540
6Psychiatric Technicians
- State median
- $55,500
- 75th percentile
- $70,000
- U.S. median
- $45,130
- State vs U.S.
- 1.23
- State employment
- 1,040
7Community Health Workers
- State median
- $53,560
- 75th percentile
- $64,380
- U.S. median
- $51,850
- State vs U.S.
- 1.03
- State employment
- 290
Ranked table
Swipe the table sideways. The same figures are in the blocks above.
| Rank | Occupation | State median | 75th percentile | U.S. median | State vs U.S. | State employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marriage and Family Therapists | $86,250 | $164,740 | $66,940 | 1.29 | 260 |
| 2 | Healthcare Social Workers | $79,900 | $96,470 | $67,880 | 1.18 | 1,650 |
| 3 | Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers | $78,640 | $92,430 | $60,280 | 1.30 | 1,540 |
| 4 | Health Education Specialists | $66,870 | $88,720 | $64,070 | 1.04 | 400 |
| 5 | Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors | $63,590 | $80,040 | $59,350 | 1.07 | 7,540 |
| 6 | Psychiatric Technicians | $55,500 | $70,000 | $45,130 | 1.23 | 1,040 |
| 7 | Community Health Workers | $53,560 | $64,380 | $51,850 | 1.03 | 290 |
Takeaways
- Social workers in healthcare earn $79,900 with 1,650 employed. Mental health and substance abuse social workers earn $78,640 with 1,540 employed, 1.30 times a national median of $60,280.
- Psychiatric technicians earn $55,500 against $45,130 nationally, 1.23 times the country, with 1,040 employed.
- Community health workers earn $53,560 against $51,850, with 290 employed. Health education specialists earn $66,870, with 400 employed.
- Connecticut is 7 of 51 on the social-worker sort. The sort is not a counselor rank and it is not an upper-quarter rank.
For recruiters
- Keep $164,740 on the marriage-and-family req, and only if you are hiring that tail.
- For counselors, defend $63,590 and decide whether $80,040 is in the budget.
FAQ
- Are these posted wages or open jobs?
- No. The table is a government survey or a designation file.
- What should a recruiter do first?
- Follow the recruiter note on this page.
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
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Methodology
Occupations are the fixed set named in the series, kept only when both the Connecticut median and the U.S. median are published. A 75th percentile or an employment count that is unpublished stays blank in the table. The article is omitted when fewer than 4 occupations qualify. OEWS May 2025. A comparison of 1.00 matches the U.S. median. Sorted by the Healthcare Social Workers state median when that occupation qualifies, otherwise by the highest median in the table. Connecticut is 7 of 51. A row links to the Connecticut metro page with the highest public market difficulty score for that occupation when one is published, and otherwise to the occupation page on the hiring grid. An unpublished percentile or employment count is shown as unpublished rather than replaced with a zero. The wages are annual OEWS figures. They are not job listings and they are not an employer's current offer. Read the comparison beside the dollar figures: a high state wage can still sit under the national median for that occupation, and a lower state wage can still sit above it. Rounded figures in the prose: $86,250 is stated as about $86.3K. $66,940 is stated as about $66.9K. a comparison of 1.29 is stated as 29 percent. $164,740 is stated as about $164.7K. $53,560 is stated as about $53.6K. a comparison of 1.03 is stated as 3 percent. $51,850 is stated as about $51.9K. Rounded figures in the prose: $79,900 is stated as about $79.9K. a comparison of 1.18 is stated as 18 percent. a comparison of 1.23 is stated as 23 percent.
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