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Marriage and Family Therapists · SOC 21-1013

Marriage and Family Therapists Salary in the Washington Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area

Figures describe the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Washington city limits.

Median annual wage$95,460
Median hourly wage$45.89

Marriage and Family Therapists in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area earned a median of $95,460 per year ($45.89 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $58,950 at the 10th percentile to $122,780 at the 90th. BLS estimates 260 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Marriage and Family Therapists in the Washington metro area earn more than $95,460 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $67,250 and $103,330.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$58,950$67,250$95,460$103,330$122,780
Hourly$28.34$32.33$45.89$49.68$59.03

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Washington metro areathis metro area
    $95,460
  • United Statesnational
    $66,940

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +43% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$34,980$70,640$106,300$141,960Madison, WI — $34,980Asheville, NC — $35,990Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $40,500Clarksville, TN-KY — $41,400Cleveland, OH — $41,840Knoxville, TN — $42,610Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $43,830Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $44,140Rapid City, SD — $44,690Spartanburg, SC — $45,780Greenville, NC — $46,610Grand Junction, CO — $47,030Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $47,650Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $47,850Chattanooga, TN-GA — $48,050Montgomery, AL — $48,540Jackson, TN — $48,600Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $48,690Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $49,140Columbia, SC — $49,340Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $49,380Jacksonville, FL — $49,420San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $49,610Erie, PA — $49,670Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $49,680Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $49,690Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $50,440Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $50,450Johnson City, TN — $50,540Winston-Salem, NC — $50,640Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $50,770Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $50,820Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $51,300Richmond, VA — $52,000Tulsa, OK — $52,300Las Cruces, NM — $53,040Fort Wayne, IN — $53,560Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $53,600Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $54,600Raleigh-Cary, NC — $55,500Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $57,670Oklahoma City, OK — $57,670Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $57,880Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $58,660Kansas City, MO-KS — $59,120York-Hanover, PA — $59,530Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $60,000Anchorage, AK — $60,010Reading, PA — $60,130Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $60,260St. Louis, MO-IL — $60,270Birmingham, AL — $60,690Boulder, CO — $60,700Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $60,880Springfield, MA — $61,050Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $61,360Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $61,850Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $61,860Duluth, MN-WI — $62,480Worcester, MA — $62,490Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $63,380Toledo, OH — $63,780Rochester, NY — $63,800Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $64,120San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $64,190Pittsburgh, PA — $64,430Syracuse, NY — $64,730Lancaster, PA — $65,370Chambersburg, PA — $65,500Salinas, CA — $65,930Cedar Rapids, IA — $66,300Yuba City, CA — $67,260Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $68,570Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $68,700Visalia, CA — $69,100Dover, DE — $69,450Modesto, CA — $69,680Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $69,830Stockton-Lodi, CA — $69,960El Centro, CA — $70,370Lebanon, PA — $70,460Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $70,910Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $71,010Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $71,050Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $71,110Redding, CA — $71,110Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $71,120Albuquerque, NM — $71,340St. Cloud, MN — $71,500Lincoln, NE — $71,760Omaha, NE-IA — $72,020Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $73,160Fargo, ND-MN — $73,210Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $73,220Corvallis, OR — $73,240Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $73,370Tucson, AZ — $74,360Fresno, CA — $74,970Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $75,030Rochester, MN — $75,560North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $76,910San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $77,210Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $77,850Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $78,640Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $79,300Columbus, OH — $81,500Ogden, UT — $81,550Chico, CA — $81,780Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $81,870Mankato, MN — $83,100Wichita, KS — $83,730Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $84,080Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $85,450Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $86,550Napa, CA — $88,520Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $88,810Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $90,900New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $91,130Logan, UT-ID — $91,260Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $92,150Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $92,150Vallejo, CA — $93,810Bend, OR — $94,140San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $95,110Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $95,460New Haven, CT — $99,070Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $101,460St. George, UT — $101,510Eugene-Springfield, OR — $102,910Greensboro-High Point, NC — $109,200Urban Honolulu, HI — $141,960

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Washington metro area has the 7th-highest published median for this occupation among the 131 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$65,270Social and Human Service Assistants$48,370Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$77,420Child, Family, and School Social Workers$75,550Rehabilitation Counselors$48,290Healthcare Social Workers$80,710

Highest-paying metro areas for marriage and family therapistss · Highest-paying occupations in Washington Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.