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Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors

Punta Gorda, FL metropolitan area. Estimated employment 180.

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

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$60,880 · 50th
$45,35010th
$50,07025th
$60,88050th
$77,27075th
$91,17090th

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

Table 1 — Adjusted

$60,880 in Punta Gorda buys what $60,600 buys across the country as a whole.

Punta Gorda's regional price parity is 100.5 — above the national average, so the nominal figure overstates what it buys. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.

Table 2 — Nearby metros

The same job, elsewhere in Florida

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

Metro areaMedianAdjustedRPPvs. Punta Gorda
Jacksonville$61,260$61,60099.5+1.7%
North Port$61,200$59,800102.4−1.3%
Punta Gorda This page$60,880$60,600100.5
Naples$58,870$57,000103.2−5.8%
Tallahassee$58,240$62,00093.9+2.4%
Miami$57,290$50,200114.2−17.1%
Orlando$56,710$55,900101.4−7.7%
Lakeland$56,580$58,20097.1−3.8%

Price parity and difference against Punta Gorda 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
180 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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