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Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors

Lebanon, PA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 200.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 21-1018
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

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$59,510 · 50th
$36,79010th
$45,83025th
$59,51050th
$71,15075th
$92,91090th

That is the medianhalf of people in this occupation in Lebanon earn more.

Table 1 — Adjusted

$59,510 in Lebanon buys what $63,800 buys across the country as a whole.

Lebanon's regional price parity is 93.2 — 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.

Table 2 — Nearby metros

The same job, elsewhere in Pennsylvania

Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.

Metro areaMedianAdjustedRPPvs. Lebanon
Lebanon This page$59,510$63,80093.2
Philadelphia$58,140$56,700102.6−11.2%
Harrisburg$57,210$58,00098.7−9.2%
Reading$55,690$57,40097.1−10.1%
Allentown$55,520$55,500100.0−13.0%
Pittsburgh$54,290$57,30094.7−10.2%
State College$53,540$55,30096.8−13.3%
York$51,470$53,60096.0−16.0%

Price parity and difference against Lebanon are in the full table on wider screens.

Sources

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
200 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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