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Behavioral health pay in Vermont
Vermont's behavioral premium sits on a few hundred social workers. Counselors, the larger bench, are near the country.
The draft treated Vermont behavioral pay as one high number, and the counselor candidates were not living in that number.
Healthcare social workers earn $81,140 against $67,880 nationally, 1.20 times the country, and the state employs 250 of them.
Mental health and substance abuse social workers earn $73,210, with 320 employed.
Those are real premiums on small benches.
Counselors, the occupation with 1,120 jobs, earn $61,810 against $59,350 nationally, 1.04 times the country.
Marriage and family therapists are under the country at $62,780 against $66,940, and the file does not publish how many of them the state employs.
A premium story that starts at social work will misprice the req you are more likely to post.
Each occupation
1Healthcare Social Workers
- State median
- $81,140
- 75th percentile
- $100,520
- U.S. median
- $67,880
- State vs U.S.
- 1.20
- State employment
- 250
2Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
- State median
- $73,210
- 75th percentile
- $81,890
- U.S. median
- $60,280
- State vs U.S.
- 1.21
- State employment
- 320
3Health Education Specialists
- State median
- $68,140
- 75th percentile
- $81,640
- U.S. median
- $64,070
- State vs U.S.
- 1.06
- State employment
- 180
4Marriage and Family Therapists
- State median
- $62,780
- 75th percentile
- $75,620
- U.S. median
- $66,940
- State vs U.S.
- 0.94
- State employment
- unpublished
5Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors
- State median
- $61,810
- 75th percentile
- $72,020
- U.S. median
- $59,350
- State vs U.S.
- 1.04
- State employment
- 1,120
6Community Health Workers
- State median
- $51,500
- 75th percentile
- $57,650
- U.S. median
- $51,850
- State vs U.S.
- 0.99
- State employment
- 170
7Psychiatric Technicians
- State median
- $47,560
- 75th percentile
- $50,110
- U.S. median
- $45,130
- State vs U.S.
- 1.05
- State employment
- 600
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 | Healthcare Social Workers | $81,140 | $100,520 | $67,880 | 1.20 | 250 |
| 2 | Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers | $73,210 | $81,890 | $60,280 | 1.21 | 320 |
| 3 | Health Education Specialists | $68,140 | $81,640 | $64,070 | 1.06 | 180 |
| 4 | Marriage and Family Therapists | $62,780 | $75,620 | $66,940 | 0.94 | unpublished |
| 5 | Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors | $61,810 | $72,020 | $59,350 | 1.04 | 1,120 |
| 6 | Community Health Workers | $51,500 | $57,650 | $51,850 | 0.99 | 170 |
| 7 | Psychiatric Technicians | $47,560 | $50,110 | $45,130 | 1.05 | 600 |
Takeaways
- Health education specialists earn $68,140, with 180 employed. Community health workers earn $51,500 against $51,850 nationally, with 170 employed.
- Psychiatric technicians earn $47,560 against $45,130 nationally, with 600 employed.
- The social-worker 75th percentile is $100,520. The counselor 75th percentile is $72,020.
- Vermont is 6 of 51 on the social-worker sort, which is why a small row opens the page.
For recruiters
- Match the license before the social-worker median enters the draft.
- Where employment is unpublished, do not invent a headcount to make the wage feel solid.
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 Vermont 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. Vermont is 6 of 51. A row links to the Vermont 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: $81,140 is stated as about $81.1K. $67,880 is stated as about $67.9K. a comparison of 1.20 is stated as 20 percent. $100,520 is stated as about $100.5K. $47,560 is stated as about $47.6K. a comparison of 1.05 is stated as 5 percent. $45,130 is stated as about $45.1K.
Sources
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