H1B Report
H-1B salary guideSOC 21-1014Rank #95Updated May 2026

Mental Health Counselors

H-1B prevailing-wage data for Mental Health Counselors (SOC 21-1014). Based on 2,242 Labor Condition Applications filed with the US Department of Labor.

Median wage
$59,915
P50 across filings
P25 wage
$49,500
lower quartile
P75 wage
$72,800
upper quartile
Filings
2,242
Rank #95
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Wage by DOL prevailing-wage level

P25 / P50 / P75 of offered annual wage at each PW_WAGE_LEVEL. Level I = entry, Level IV = expert — the I-to-IV gap is the career runway.

LevelNP25MedianP75
Level I590$43,680$50,002$63,888
Level II922$48,075$55,000$66,778
Level III285$60,000$70,147$80,000
Level IV186$65,480$80,000$104,000

Top hiring states

Worksite states with the most filings for this SOC, with the local median wage.

#StateFilingsMedian
1MA554$53,000
2NY284$61,900
3CA275$68,952
4WA180$65,146
5PA145$50,000
6IL106$55,084
7TX75$64,449
8MD56$72,000
9OR46$62,400
10MI41$64,300
MA
554
NY
284
CA
275
WA
180
PA
145
IL
106
TX
75
MD
56
OR
46
MI
41

Top sponsoring employers

Who actually files most for this role.

GANDARA Mental HEALTH CENT…
88
Sea Mar Community Health C…
47
OMNI Health Services, Inc.
41
Wayside Youth & Family Sup…
22
THE ASIAN AMERICANS FOR CO…
14
Richmond Area Multi-Servic…
14
Children's Crisis Treatmen…
13
The Devereux Foundation
11
Hamilton-Madison House
11
North Suffolk Community Se…
10

Median wage by fiscal year

How the typical offered wage for this SOC has drifted across fiscal years.

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