Highest-paying Cities for Marriage and Family Therapists

The top 100 highest paying cities for marriage and family therapists (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of marriage and family therapists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $123,150, Kingston, New York is the highest paying city for marriage and family therapists. It is followed by Prescott, Arizona (average annual salary $84,210). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of marriage and family therapists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Marriage and Family Therapists

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Kingston, New York	$123,150	$46,640	40
2	Prescott, Arizona	$84,210	$33,740	60
3	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$83,560	$43,310	270
4	Rochester, Minnesota	$79,140	$36,480	230
5	Provo-Orem, Utah	$78,830	$46,070	260
6	Salt Lake City, Utah	$78,730	$62,190	840
7	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$78,260	$46,120	180
8	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$76,470	$62,210	310
9	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$76,440	$47,450	170
10	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$75,730	$46,790	3,510
11	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$75,180	$60,440	180
12	Waterbury, Connecticut	$75,160	$49,860	40
13	Camden, New Jersey	$75,120	$54,800	760
14	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$75,120	$57,330	1,160
15	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$75,020	$67,820	50
16	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$74,960	$52,720	80
17	St George, Utah	$72,200	$54,740	80
18	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$71,990	$55,440	770
19	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$71,630	$50,980	530
20	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$71,370	$46,410	1,140
21	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$71,310	$38,870	160
22	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$71,150	$48,790	1,950
23	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$70,650	$48,920	140
24	Duluth, Wisconsin	$69,510	$44,170	120
25	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$69,330	$36,840	150
26	Lynchburg, Virginia	$69,020	$33,270	60
27	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$67,510	$39,290	210
28	Yuba City, California	$67,070	$37,660	40
29	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$66,740	$47,090	2,070
30	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$66,660	$34,810	40
31	Logan, Utah	$66,650	$57,110	50
32	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$66,450	$39,730	n/a
33	Southwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$66,140	$34,530	50
34	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$65,500	$31,060	430
35	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$64,840	$41,570	150
36	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$64,820	$42,900	90
37	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$64,500	$45,800	90
38	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$64,360	$44,410	180
39	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$64,170	$43,660	130
40	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$64,050	$43,300	2,400
41	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$63,700	$40,630	1,130
42	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$63,120	$50,370	80
43	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$62,870	$38,180	30
44	Sioux City, South Dakota	$62,650	$45,120	60
45	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$62,630	$38,830	n/a
46	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$62,520	$40,290	360
47	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$62,450	$46,530	120
48	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$62,150	$31,800	170
49	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$62,080	$36,160	50
50	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$61,810	$38,840	380
51	Chico, California	$61,620	$44,730	100
52	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$61,330	$34,690	30
53	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$61,280	$48,470	230
54	Visalia-Porterville, California	$61,190	$41,620	150
55	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$60,650	$45,940	130
56	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$60,600	$36,390	1,490
57	Salinas, California	$60,520	$41,180	120
58	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$60,440	$34,650	160
59	Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$60,250	$49,720	90
60	St Cloud, Minnesota	$60,240	$42,110	70
61	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$60,100	$44,640	100
62	Appleton, Wisconsin	$60,040	$51,490	50
63	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$59,990	$40,310	120
64	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$59,990	$37,220	240
65	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$59,900	$41,110	190
66	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$59,820	$39,690	310
67	Worcester, Massachusetts	$59,640	$37,220	30
68	East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania	$59,640	$47,560	60
69	Reading, Pennsylvania	$59,630	$37,880	140
70	Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$59,550	$40,150	80
71	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$59,440	$43,030	40
72	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$59,430	$39,620	180
73	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$59,260	$50,920	530
74	Fargo, North Dakota	$59,230	$45,250	70
75	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$59,060	$46,110	250
76	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$58,910	$45,420	60
77	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$58,820	$41,740	400
78	St Louis, Missouri	$58,680	$38,110	200
79	El Paso, Texas	$58,680	$45,490	30
80	Anchorage, Alaska	$58,490	$45,750	40
81	New Haven, Connecticut	$58,440	$50,780	50
82	Modesto, California	$58,360	$35,380	320
83	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$58,220	$34,130	1,770
84	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$58,220	$37,200	1,200
85	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$58,200	$54,080	90
86	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$57,820	$41,400	50
87	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$57,780	$42,620	40
88	Fresno, California	$57,760	$33,990	520
89	East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$57,700	$34,150	n/a
90	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri	$57,660	$43,610	40
91	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$57,660	$41,000	140
92	El Centro, California	$57,580	$34,440	50
93	Wichita, Kansas	$57,290	$36,420	40
94	Southwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$56,980	$43,110	30
95	Danbury, Connecticut	$56,800	$39,250	30
96	Redding, California	$56,720	$41,600	140
97	Madison, Wisconsin	$56,630	$39,240	310
98	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$56,390	$34,250	440
99	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$56,380	$33,290	890
100	Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$56,260	$44,760	n/a

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for marriage and family therapists.