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Rehabilitation Counselors · SOC 21-1015

Rehabilitation Counselors Salary in the San Francisco Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area

Figures describe the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not San Francisco city limits.

Median annual wage$50,510
Median hourly wage$24.29

Rehabilitation Counselors in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area earned a median of $50,510 per year ($24.29 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $40,700 at the 10th percentile to $83,180 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,600 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Rehabilitation Counselors in the San Francisco metro area earn more than $50,510 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $43,300 and $62,050.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$40,700$43,300$50,510$62,050$83,180
Hourly$19.57$20.82$24.29$29.83$39.99

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

  • San Francisco metro areathis metro area
    $50,510
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $44,480
  • United Statesnational
    $46,850

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

The median here is +14% vs California overall and +8% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$28,670$45,573$62,477$79,380Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $28,670Fort Smith, AR-OK — $29,150Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $29,900Sumter, SC — $31,020Burlington, NC — $31,520Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $33,080Florence, SC — $33,500Redding, CA — $34,320Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $35,060Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $35,440Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $35,480Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $35,580Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $35,870Columbia, SC — $35,880Spartanburg, SC — $35,910Manhattan, KS — $36,050Lexington Park, MD — $36,060Utica-Rome, NY — $36,130Salinas, CA — $36,310Chambersburg, PA — $36,340Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $36,420Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $36,570Visalia, CA — $36,600Tulsa, OK — $36,850Fort Wayne, IN — $36,890Elmira, NY — $37,140Sandusky, OH — $37,540Gadsden, AL — $37,550Oklahoma City, OK — $37,570Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $37,710Ogden, UT — $37,730Omaha, NE-IA — $37,850South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $37,870Gainesville, FL — $37,920Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $38,210Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $38,250Bangor, ME — $38,550Iowa City, IA — $38,640Las Cruces, NM — $38,670Fresno, CA — $38,690Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $38,910Jacksonville, FL — $38,930Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $39,100Helena, MT — $39,280Manchester-Nashua, NH — $39,310Bay City, MI — $39,520Cleveland, TN — $39,640Merced, CA — $39,640Asheville, NC — $39,670Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $39,820Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $39,860Chico, CA — $39,950Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $40,120Cleveland, OH — $40,130Wichita, KS — $40,130Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $40,140Jackson, TN — $40,190Sheboygan, WI — $40,260Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $40,430Youngstown-Warren, OH — $40,670Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $40,730Akron, OH — $40,800Tyler, TX — $40,850Canton-Massillon, OH — $40,990Jackson, MI — $41,140Bloomington, IN — $41,270Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $41,340La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $41,490Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $41,930Lawrence, KS — $41,980Greeley, CO — $42,350Pittsfield, MA — $42,350Fayetteville, NC — $42,500Napa, CA — $42,560Stockton-Lodi, CA — $42,620Tucson, AZ — $42,730Janesville-Beloit, WI — $42,850Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $42,880Bloomington, IL — $42,950Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $42,990Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $43,110Jackson, MS — $43,120Rocky Mount, NC — $43,130Yuba City, CA — $43,150Tallahassee, FL — $43,160Winston-Salem, NC — $43,280Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $43,310Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $43,310Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $43,410Corpus Christi, TX — $43,430Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $43,480Binghamton, NY — $43,570Albuquerque, NM — $43,600Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $43,600Lubbock, TX — $43,610Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $43,660San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $43,750Duluth, MN-WI — $43,770Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $43,880Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $43,930El Centro, CA — $43,960Greensboro-High Point, NC — $44,050Knoxville, TN — $44,060Reading, PA — $44,260Modesto, CA — $44,270Cedar Rapids, IA — $44,320Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $44,350Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $44,470St. Louis, MO-IL — $44,620Rochester, MN — $44,660Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $44,930Goldsboro, NC — $44,970Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $44,970Lincoln, NE — $45,030Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $45,040Lynchburg, VA — $45,120Kenosha, WI — $45,190Saginaw, MI — $45,260Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $45,300Columbus, OH — $45,500Springfield, MA — $45,520Port St. Lucie, FL — $45,540Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $45,650Wilmington, NC — $45,660North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $45,680San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $45,700Salisbury, MD — $45,780Corvallis, OR — $45,870Syracuse, NY — $45,870Raleigh-Cary, NC — $45,890Rochester, NY — $45,990Dubuque, IA — $46,050Reno, NV — $46,080Bozeman, MT — $46,140Evansville, IN — $46,140Flint, MI — $46,160Ocala, FL — $46,190Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $46,200Decatur, IL — $46,260Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $46,430Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $46,440Green Bay, WI — $46,450Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $46,490Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $46,590Topeka, KS — $46,590Altoona, PA — $46,610Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $46,670Yuma, AZ — $46,790Kansas City, MO-KS — $46,800Billings, MT — $46,880Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $46,890Vallejo, CA — $46,900Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $47,000Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $47,010Johnson City, TN — $47,020Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $47,060Niles, MI — $47,080Winchester, VA-WV — $47,220Ann Arbor, MI — $47,310Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $47,310Pueblo, CO — $47,340Jacksonville, NC — $47,370Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $47,390Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $47,440Toledo, OH — $47,580Appleton, WI — $47,620Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $47,660Wausau, WI — $47,680Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $47,840Eau Claire, WI — $47,840Idaho Falls, ID — $47,840Glens Falls, NY — $47,890Urban Honolulu, HI — $47,990Greenville, NC — $48,040Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $48,070El Paso, TX — $48,120Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $48,290Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $48,290Fond du Lac, WI — $48,300Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $48,360Barnstable Town, MA — $48,420Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $48,430Flagstaff, AZ — $48,640Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $48,660Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $48,750Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $48,820Richmond, VA — $48,890Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $49,010Baton Rouge, LA — $49,120Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $49,150Lewiston, ID-WA — $49,230Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $49,280Springfield, MO — $49,320Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $49,350Peoria, IL — $49,360St. Joseph, MO-KS — $49,420Pittsburgh, PA — $49,440Chattanooga, TN-GA — $49,450Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $49,450Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $49,610Jefferson City, MO — $49,640Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $49,810Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $49,890New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $50,000Columbia, MO — $50,050Lancaster, PA — $50,140Pocatello, ID — $50,290Champaign-Urbana, IL — $50,390Battle Creek, MI — $50,490San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $50,510Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $50,600Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $50,650Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $50,990Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $51,170Rockford, IL — $51,240Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $51,460Terre Haute, IN — $51,670Roanoke, VA — $51,840Dover, DE — $52,110Kingston, NY — $52,440Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $52,790Kankakee, IL — $53,060Medford, OR — $53,150San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $53,180Beckley, WV — $53,620Springfield, IL — $53,640Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $53,940Charleston, WV — $53,960San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $54,090Worcester, MA — $54,270Madison, WI — $54,680Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $55,000Savannah, GA — $55,000Montgomery, AL — $55,050Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $55,100Clarksville, TN-KY — $55,270Colorado Springs, CO — $55,370Bellingham, WA — $55,570Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $55,570Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $55,600Yakima, WA — $55,990Salem, OR — $56,170Williamsport, PA — $56,200Mobile, AL — $56,290Eugene-Springfield, OR — $56,930New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $56,940Mansfield, OH — $56,970Twin Falls, ID — $57,080Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $57,410Kennewick-Richland, WA — $57,480Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $57,870Missoula, MT — $58,000Birmingham, AL — $58,210Boise City, ID — $58,240Lexington-Fayette, KY — $58,570Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $58,580Longview-Kelso, WA — $58,760Boulder, CO — $58,770Charlottesville, VA — $59,260Bend, OR — $60,170San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $60,450Anchorage, AK — $60,700Coeur d'Alene, ID — $61,240Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $61,290Fargo, ND-MN — $61,420Grand Forks, ND-MN — $61,420Erie, PA — $61,710Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $63,240Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $63,480Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $63,570Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $63,620Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $64,420Portland-South Portland, ME — $66,480St. Cloud, MN — $66,680Bismarck, ND — $66,700Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $66,950Killeen-Temple, TX — $69,180Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $69,740Johnstown, PA — $70,450Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $72,960New Haven, CT — $79,380

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 San Francisco metro area has the 72nd-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.

  • San Francisco metro areathis page
    $50,510
  • San Jose metro area
    $60,450
  • Santa Cruz metro area
    $48,070
  • Vallejo metro area
    $46,900
  • San Diego metro area
    $45,700
  • Santa Rosa metro area
    $44,970
  • Modesto metro area
    $44,270

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

Keep exploring

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

Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$68,400Social and Human Service Assistants$57,580Child, Family, and School Social Workers$72,020Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$94,600Healthcare Social Workers$99,640Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other$68,390

Highest-paying metro areas for rehabilitation counselorss · Highest-paying occupations in San Francisco 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.