Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors
Barnstable Town, MA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 440.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Barnstable Town earn more.
$61,880 in Barnstable Town buys what $62,900 buys across the country as a whole.
Barnstable Town's regional price parity is 98.4 — below the national average, so a dollar here goes further than the nominal figure suggests. 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. Barnstable Town |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | $62,130 | $57,400 | 108.3 | −8.8% |
| Barnstable Town This page | $61,880 | $62,900 | 98.4 | — |
| Amherst Town | $58,810 | $58,700 | 100.2 | −6.8% |
| Springfield | $58,750 | $61,200 | 96.1 | −2.8% |
| Worcester | $57,950 | $56,500 | 102.5 | −10.2% |
| Pittsfield | $55,100 | $57,900 | 95.1 | −7.9% |
Price parity and difference against Barnstable 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
- 440 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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