Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors · SOC 21-1018
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors Salary in the South Georgia nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025South Georgia nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors in the South Georgia nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $51,540 per year ($24.78 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $37,450 at the 10th percentile to $79,240 at the 90th. BLS estimates 280 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors in the South Georgia nonmetropolitan area earn more than $51,540 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $43,290 and $62,460.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $37,450 | $43,290 | $51,540 | $62,460 | $79,240 |
| Hourly | $18.01 | $20.81 | $24.78 | $30.03 | $38.10 |
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
- South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$51,540 median for South Georgia nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $43,290 to $62,460
- Georgiastate$58,960 median for Georgia; middle half earns $46,340 to $72,500
- 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 −13% vs Georgia overall and −13% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Georgia
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.
- South Georgia nonmetropolitan areathis page$51,540 median for South Georgia nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $43,290 to $62,460
- $60,880 median for Atlanta metro area; middle half earns $48,860 to $75,550
- $58,980 median for Brunswick metro area; middle half earns $45,130 to $80,190
- $56,870 median for Macon metro area; middle half earns $46,010 to $65,250
- $55,910 median for Columbus metro area; middle half earns $44,080 to $64,320
- $55,540 median for Hinesville metro area; middle half earns $42,610 to $65,490
- $55,320 median for Augusta metro area; middle half earns $46,800 to $65,250
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 South Georgia nonmetropolitan area
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.