Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors · SOC 21-1018
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors Salary in the Michigan
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Michigan
Figures describe the state of Michigan as a whole.
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors in the Michigan earned a median of $61,690 per year ($29.66 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $38,490 at the 10th percentile to $94,400 at the 90th. BLS estimates 10,100 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors in the Michigan earn more than $61,690 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $47,990 and $77,650.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $38,490 | $47,990 | $61,690 | $77,650 | $94,400 |
| Hourly | $18.51 | $23.07 | $29.66 | $37.33 | $45.38 |
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
- Michigan$61,690 median for Michigan; middle half earns $47,990 to $77,650
- United Statesnational$59,350 median for United States; middle half earns $47,100 to $76,530
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +4% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in Michigan
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Michiganthis page$61,690 median for Michigan; middle half earns $47,990 to $77,650
- $73,450 median for Midland metro area; middle half earns $51,970 to $77,710
- $73,200 median for Niles metro area; middle half earns $51,710 to $83,600
- $69,090 median for Muskegon metro area; middle half earns $61,120 to $76,950
- $68,370 median for Battle Creek metro area; middle half earns $67,460 to $79,110
- $67,510 median for Lansing metro area; middle half earns $50,000 to $78,430
- $66,750 median for Kalamazoo metro area; middle half earns $50,520 to $76,200
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:
Highest-paying metro areas for substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselorss · Highest-paying occupations in Michigan
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.