Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors
Punta Gorda, FL metropolitan area. Estimated employment 180.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Punta Gorda earn more.
$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.
The same job, elsewhere in Florida
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Punta Gorda |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville | $61,260 | $61,600 | 99.5 | +1.7% |
| North Port | $61,200 | $59,800 | 102.4 | −1.3% |
| Punta Gorda This page | $60,880 | $60,600 | 100.5 | — |
| Naples | $58,870 | $57,000 | 103.2 | −5.8% |
| Tallahassee | $58,240 | $62,000 | 93.9 | +2.4% |
| Miami | $57,290 | $50,200 | 114.2 | −17.1% |
| Orlando | $56,710 | $55,900 | 101.4 | −7.7% |
| Lakeland | $56,580 | $58,200 | 97.1 | −3.8% |
Price parity and difference against Punta Gorda 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
- 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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