Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 590.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Amherst Town earn more.
$58,810 in Amherst Town buys what $58,700 buys across the country as a whole.
Amherst Town's regional price parity is 100.2 — almost exactly the national average — the nominal figure is close to the real one here, which is not true of most large metros. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Massachusetts
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Amherst Town |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | $62,130 | $57,400 | 108.3 | −2.2% |
| Barnstable Town | $61,880 | $62,900 | 98.4 | +7.2% |
| Amherst Town This page | $58,810 | $58,700 | 100.2 | — |
| Springfield | $58,750 | $61,200 | 96.1 | +4.2% |
| Worcester | $57,950 | $56,500 | 102.5 | −3.7% |
| Pittsfield | $55,100 | $57,900 | 95.1 | −1.2% |
Price parity and difference against Amherst Town are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 590 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 21-1018, Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. Mapped to our taxonomy as substance-abuse-behavioral-disorder-and-mental-health-counselors.
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