Marriage and Family Therapists
United States. Estimated employment 66,740, with pages for 6 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 21-1013
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$66,940 · 50th
$44,65010th
$50,07025th
$66,94050th
$93,84075th
$123,73090th
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Marriage and Family Therapists page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | $95,110 | 1,180 |
| Vallejo, CA | $93,810 | 150 |
| Santa Maria, CA | $85,450 | 220 |
| Santa Rosa, CA | $84,080 | 290 |
| Sacramento, CA | $75,030 | 1,380 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $71,110 | 13,200 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 66,740 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 21-1013, Marriage and Family Therapists. Mapped to our taxonomy as marriage-and-family-therapists.
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