Pay distribution $35,880 10th $39,640 25th $46,640 75th $62,550 90th
Half of Rehabilitation Counselors in the Merced metro area earn more than $39,640 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $39,640 and $46,640.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $35,880 $39,640 $39,640 $46,640 $62,550 Hourly $17.25 $19.06 $19.06 $22.42 $30.07
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.
How this area compares Merced metro areathis metro area
$39,640 median for Merced metro area; middle half earns $39,640 to $46,640
$44,480 median for California; middle half earns $37,560 to $51,420
$46,850 median for United States; middle half earns $38,770 to $59,260
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −11% vs California overall and −15% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $28,670 $45,573 $62,477 $79,380 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $28,670 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $29,150 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $29,900 Sumter, SC — $31,020 Burlington, NC — $31,520 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $33,080 Florence, SC — $33,500 Redding, CA — $34,320 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $35,060 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $35,440 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $35,480 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $35,580 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $35,870 Columbia, SC — $35,880 Spartanburg, SC — $35,910 Manhattan, KS — $36,050 Lexington Park, MD — $36,060 Utica-Rome, NY — $36,130 Salinas, CA — $36,310 Chambersburg, PA — $36,340 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $36,420 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $36,570 Visalia, CA — $36,600 Tulsa, OK — $36,850 Fort Wayne, IN — $36,890 Elmira, NY — $37,140 Sandusky, OH — $37,540 Gadsden, AL — $37,550 Oklahoma City, OK — $37,570 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $37,710 Ogden, UT — $37,730 Omaha, NE-IA — $37,850 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $37,870 Gainesville, FL — $37,920 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $38,210 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $38,250 Bangor, ME — $38,550 Iowa City, IA — $38,640 Las Cruces, NM — $38,670 Fresno, CA — $38,690 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $38,910 Jacksonville, FL — $38,930 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $39,100 Helena, MT — $39,280 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $39,310 Bay City, MI — $39,520 Cleveland, TN — $39,640 Merced, CA — $39,640 Asheville, NC — $39,670 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $39,820 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $39,860 Chico, CA — $39,950 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $40,120 Cleveland, OH — $40,130 Wichita, KS — $40,130 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $40,140 Jackson, TN — $40,190 Sheboygan, WI — $40,260 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $40,430 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $40,670 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $40,730 Akron, OH — $40,800 Tyler, TX — $40,850 Canton-Massillon, OH — $40,990 Jackson, MI — $41,140 Bloomington, IN — $41,270 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $41,340 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $41,490 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $41,930 Lawrence, KS — $41,980 Greeley, CO — $42,350 Pittsfield, MA — $42,350 Fayetteville, NC — $42,500 Napa, CA — $42,560 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $42,620 Tucson, AZ — $42,730 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $42,850 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $42,880 Bloomington, IL — $42,950 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $42,990 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $43,110 Jackson, MS — $43,120 Rocky Mount, NC — $43,130 Yuba City, CA — $43,150 Tallahassee, FL — $43,160 Winston-Salem, NC — $43,280 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $43,310 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $43,310 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $43,410 Corpus Christi, TX — $43,430 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $43,480 Binghamton, NY — $43,570 Albuquerque, NM — $43,600 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $43,600 Lubbock, TX — $43,610 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $43,660 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $43,750 Duluth, MN-WI — $43,770 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $43,880 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $43,930 El Centro, CA — $43,960 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $44,050 Knoxville, TN — $44,060 Reading, PA — $44,260 Modesto, CA — $44,270 Cedar Rapids, IA — $44,320 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $44,350 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $44,470 St. Louis, MO-IL — $44,620 Rochester, MN — $44,660 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $44,930 Goldsboro, NC — $44,970 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $44,970 Lincoln, NE — $45,030 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $45,040 Lynchburg, VA — $45,120 Kenosha, WI — $45,190 Saginaw, MI — $45,260 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $45,300 Columbus, OH — $45,500 Springfield, MA — $45,520 Port St. Lucie, FL — $45,540 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $45,650 Wilmington, NC — $45,660 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $45,680 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $45,700 Salisbury, MD — $45,780 Corvallis, OR — $45,870 Syracuse, NY — $45,870 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $45,890 Rochester, NY — $45,990 Dubuque, IA — $46,050 Reno, NV — $46,080 Bozeman, MT — $46,140 Evansville, IN — $46,140 Flint, MI — $46,160 Ocala, FL — $46,190 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $46,200 Decatur, IL — $46,260 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $46,430 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $46,440 Green Bay, WI — $46,450 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $46,490 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $46,590 Topeka, KS — $46,590 Altoona, PA — $46,610 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $46,670 Yuma, AZ — $46,790 Kansas City, MO-KS — $46,800 Billings, MT — $46,880 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $46,890 Vallejo, CA — $46,900 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $47,000 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $47,010 Johnson City, TN — $47,020 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $47,060 Niles, MI — $47,080 Winchester, VA-WV — $47,220 Ann Arbor, MI — $47,310 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $47,310 Pueblo, CO — $47,340 Jacksonville, NC — $47,370 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $47,390 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $47,440 Toledo, OH — $47,580 Appleton, WI — $47,620 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $47,660 Wausau, WI — $47,680 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $47,840 Eau Claire, WI — $47,840 Idaho Falls, ID — $47,840 Glens Falls, NY — $47,890 Urban Honolulu, HI — $47,990 Greenville, NC — $48,040 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $48,070 El Paso, TX — $48,120 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $48,290 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $48,290 Fond du Lac, WI — $48,300 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $48,360 Barnstable Town, MA — $48,420 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $48,430 Flagstaff, AZ — $48,640 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $48,660 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $48,750 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $48,820 Richmond, VA — $48,890 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $49,010 Baton Rouge, LA — $49,120 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $49,150 Lewiston, ID-WA — $49,230 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $49,280 Springfield, MO — $49,320 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $49,350 Peoria, IL — $49,360 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $49,420 Pittsburgh, PA — $49,440 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $49,450 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $49,450 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $49,610 Jefferson City, MO — $49,640 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $49,810 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $49,890 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $50,000 Columbia, MO — $50,050 Lancaster, PA — $50,140 Pocatello, ID — $50,290 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $50,390 Battle Creek, MI — $50,490 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $50,510 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $50,600 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $50,650 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $50,990 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $51,170 Rockford, IL — $51,240 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $51,460 Terre Haute, IN — $51,670 Roanoke, VA — $51,840 Dover, DE — $52,110 Kingston, NY — $52,440 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $52,790 Kankakee, IL — $53,060 Medford, OR — $53,150 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $53,180 Beckley, WV — $53,620 Springfield, IL — $53,640 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $53,940 Charleston, WV — $53,960 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $54,090 Worcester, MA — $54,270 Madison, WI — $54,680 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $55,000 Savannah, GA — $55,000 Montgomery, AL — $55,050 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $55,100 Clarksville, TN-KY — $55,270 Colorado Springs, CO — $55,370 Bellingham, WA — $55,570 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $55,570 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $55,600 Yakima, WA — $55,990 Salem, OR — $56,170 Williamsport, PA — $56,200 Mobile, AL — $56,290 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $56,930 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $56,940 Mansfield, OH — $56,970 Twin Falls, ID — $57,080 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $57,410 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $57,480 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $57,870 Missoula, MT — $58,000 Birmingham, AL — $58,210 Boise City, ID — $58,240 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $58,570 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $58,580 Longview-Kelso, WA — $58,760 Boulder, CO — $58,770 Charlottesville, VA — $59,260 Bend, OR — $60,170 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $60,450 Anchorage, AK — $60,700 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $61,240 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $61,290 Fargo, ND-MN — $61,420 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $61,420 Erie, PA — $61,710 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $63,240 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $63,480 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $63,570 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $63,620 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $64,420 Portland-South Portland, ME — $66,480 St. Cloud, MN — $66,680 Bismarck, ND — $66,700 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $66,950 Killeen-Temple, TX — $69,180 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $69,740 Johnstown, PA — $70,450 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $72,960 New Haven, CT — $79,380 Merced metro area 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 Merced metro area has the 234th-highest published median for this occupation among the 281 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”.
Other metro areas in California Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for rehabilitation counselors, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Merced metro areathis page
$39,640 median for Merced metro area; middle half earns $39,640 to $46,640
$60,450 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $50,090 to $74,530
$50,510 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $43,300 to $62,050
$48,070 median for Santa Cruz metro area; middle half earns $37,110 to $51,080
$46,900 median for Vallejo metro area; middle half earns $40,360 to $55,810
$45,700 median for San Diego metro area; middle half earns $40,300 to $48,690
$44,970 median for Santa Rosa metro area; middle half earns $44,970 to $62,550
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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Child, Family, and School Social Workers $60,200 Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors $60,780 Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors $83,020 Social and Human Service Assistants $48,410 Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other $53,620 Healthcare Social Workers $74,880 Highest-paying metro areas for rehabilitation counselorss · Highest-paying occupations in Merced 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 .