Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors Salary — Dallas, Texas

The average Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors in Dallas, Texas earns $65,610 a year.

$65,610 / year, mean
↑ 1.0% above national average 88th percentile in Texas

Dallas pays well above most of Texas for this role, landing in the top third statewide. That's close to the national average for substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Texas

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
5,000
Estimate confidence
RSE 3.2%
Cost of living 103 #36 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2109 #114 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $366,823 #68 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $87,155 #31 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Dallas ranks #36 for cost of living and #68 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Albany $82,260 San Francisco $82,100 San Luis Obispo $79,630 Bend $78,900 San Jose $78,710 Bellingham $78,690 Vallejo $78,600 Salem $78,010 Stockton $77,970 Portland $77,670 Seattle $77,520 Corvallis $77,370 Wenatchee $76,890 Santa Rosa $76,770 Mount Vernon $75,320 Kennewick $75,060 Sacramento $73,840 Olympia $73,680 Salinas $73,390 Lansing $72,990 Walla Walla $72,750 Champaign $72,710 Modesto $72,430 El Centro $72,420 Santa Maria $72,240 Grants Pass $72,160 Ann Arbor $71,610 Niles $71,400 Austin $71,150 Napa $70,680 Eugene $70,590 Battle Creek $70,510 Visalia $70,500 Medford $70,490 Oxnard $70,310 Hanford $70,230 Chicago $70,180 Longview $69,910 Spokane $69,870 Bremerton $69,200 Yuba City $68,570 New York $68,560 Grand Rapids $68,460 Lexington Park $68,210 Midland $68,060 Trenton $67,970 Houston $67,930 Muskegon $67,590 Naples $67,500 Fresno $67,460 San Diego $67,230 Merced $66,760 Santa Cruz $66,700 Lynchburg $66,180 Riverside $65,990 Amarillo $65,820 Ithaca $65,820 Michigan City $65,810 Punta Gorda $65,720 Dallas $65,610 Harrisonburg $65,570 Springfield $65,360 Jacksonville $65,330 Yakima $65,200 Kalamazoo $65,160 Bakersfield $65,100 Traverse City $64,900 Brownsville $64,880 Detroit $64,830 El Paso $64,680 McAllen $64,520 Kiryas Joel $64,380 Vineland $64,270 Beaumont $64,060 Redding $63,940 Elkhart $63,850 Sarasota $63,760 Fort Wayne $63,480 Los Angeles $63,450 Flint $63,350 Kingston $63,310 Texarkana $63,210 Kankakee $63,060 Peoria $62,960 Virginia Beach $62,920 Kokomo $62,820 Tampa $62,590 Chico $62,560 Albany $62,470 Richmond $62,460 Bloomington $62,350 Dover $62,220 Wichita Falls $62,220 Baltimore $62,200 Buffalo $62,040 Lebanon $61,820 Fort Myers $61,790 Monroe $61,430 Orlando $61,410 San Angelo $61,320 Sherman $61,280 Killeen $61,070 San Antonio $61,050 Elizabethtown $61,040 Saginaw $60,830 Lexington $60,820 Laredo $60,730 Jackson $60,680 Tallahassee $60,580 Philadelphia $60,500 Crestview $60,420 Hagerstown $60,390 Glens Falls $60,330 Miami $60,290 Lafayette $60,280 Atlantic City $60,210 Bloomington $60,200 Salisbury $60,160 Gainesville $59,900 Charlottesville $59,820 Binghamton $59,790 Rochester $59,690 Bowling Green $59,520 Ocala $59,090 Harrisburg $59,030 Palm Bay $58,980 Winchester $58,850 Deltona $58,760 Midland $58,760 Lancaster $58,620 Syracuse $58,520 Louisville $58,480 Waco $58,330 Port St. Lucie $58,310 Rockford $58,250 Decatur $58,050 Allentown $58,020 Weirton $58,010 Staunton $57,940 College Station $57,730 Lakeland $57,680 Gettysburg $57,670 Corpus Christi $57,260 Pittsburgh $57,220 Owensboro $57,170 Reading $57,140 Odessa $56,850 Roanoke $56,840 Indianapolis $56,820 Paducah $56,810 Utica $56,330 Tyler $56,300 Sebastian $56,280 York $56,180 Homosassa Springs $56,140 Abilene $56,100 State College $55,660 Terre Haute $55,220 Panama City $55,190 Pensacola $55,140 South Bend $55,060 Chambersburg $55,000 Elmira $54,930 Wildwood $54,830 Morgantown $54,790 Blacksburg $54,690 Beckley $54,450 Evansville $54,280 Wheeling $54,220 Williamsport $54,140 Muncie $54,010 Huntington $53,930 Longview $53,740 Lubbock $53,460 Victoria $53,440 Columbus $53,310 Charleston $52,910 Watertown $52,710 Johnstown $52,550 Scranton $51,890 Erie $51,260 Parkersburg $51,120 Bay City $49,820 Altoona $49,650 Sebring $49,210
CityMean salaryvs. Dallas
Abilene, Texas$56,100-14.5%
Albany, Oregon$82,260+25.4%
Albany, New York$62,470-4.8%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$58,020-11.6%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$49,650-24.3%
Amarillo, Texas$65,820+0.3%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$71,610+9.1%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$60,210-8.2%
Austin, Texas$71,150+8.4%
Bakersfield, California$65,100-0.8%
Baltimore, Maryland$62,200-5.2%
Battle Creek, Michigan$70,510+7.5%
Bay City, Michigan$49,820-24.1%
Beaumont, Texas$64,060-2.4%
Beckley, West Virginia$54,450-17.0%
Bellingham, Washington$78,690+19.9%
Bend, Oregon$78,900+20.3%
Binghamton, New York$59,790-8.9%
Blacksburg, Virginia$54,690-16.6%
Bloomington, Illinois$60,200-8.2%
Bloomington, Indiana$62,350-5.0%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$59,520-9.3%
Bremerton, Washington$69,200+5.5%
Brownsville, Texas$64,880-1.1%
Buffalo, New York$62,040-5.4%
Fort Myers, Florida$61,790-5.8%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$55,000-16.2%
Champaign, Illinois$72,710+10.8%
Charleston, West Virginia$52,910-19.4%
Charlottesville, Virginia$59,820-8.8%
Chicago, Illinois$70,180+7.0%
Chico, California$62,560-4.6%
College Station, Texas$57,730-12.0%
Columbus, Indiana$53,310-18.7%
Corpus Christi, Texas$57,260-12.7%
Corvallis, Oregon$77,370+17.9%
Crestview, Florida$60,420-7.9%
Decatur, Illinois$58,050-11.5%
Deltona, Florida$58,760-10.4%
Detroit, Michigan$64,830-1.2%
Dover, Delaware$62,220-5.2%
El Centro, California$72,420+10.4%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$61,040-7.0%
Elkhart, Indiana$63,850-2.7%
Elmira, New York$54,930-16.3%
El Paso, Texas$64,680-1.4%
Erie, Pennsylvania$51,260-21.9%
Eugene, Oregon$70,590+7.6%
Evansville, Indiana$54,280-17.3%
Flint, Michigan$63,350-3.4%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$63,480-3.2%
Fresno, California$67,460+2.8%
Gainesville, Florida$59,900-8.7%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$57,670-12.1%
Glens Falls, New York$60,330-8.0%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$68,460+4.3%
Grants Pass, Oregon$72,160+10.0%
Hagerstown, Maryland$60,390-8.0%
Hanford, California$70,230+7.0%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$59,030-10.0%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$65,570-0.1%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$56,140-14.4%
Houston, Texas$67,930+3.5%
Huntington, West Virginia$53,930-17.8%
Indianapolis, Indiana$56,820-13.4%
Ithaca, New York$65,820+0.3%
Jackson, Michigan$60,680-7.5%
Jacksonville, Florida$65,330-0.4%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$52,550-19.9%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$65,160-0.7%
Kankakee, Illinois$63,060-3.9%
Kennewick, Washington$75,060+14.4%
Killeen, Texas$61,070-6.9%
Kingston, New York$63,310-3.5%
Kiryas Joel, New York$64,380-1.9%
Kokomo, Indiana$62,820-4.3%
Lafayette, Indiana$60,280-8.1%
Lakeland, Florida$57,680-12.1%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$58,620-10.7%
Lansing, Michigan$72,990+11.2%
Laredo, Texas$60,730-7.4%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$61,820-5.8%
Lexington, Kentucky$60,820-7.3%
Lexington Park, Maryland$68,210+4.0%
Longview, Texas$53,740-18.1%
Longview, Washington$69,910+6.6%
Los Angeles, California$63,450-3.3%
Louisville, Kentucky$58,480-10.9%
Lubbock, Texas$53,460-18.5%
Lynchburg, Virginia$66,180+0.9%
McAllen, Texas$64,520-1.7%
Medford, Oregon$70,490+7.4%
Merced, California$66,760+1.8%
Miami, Florida$60,290-8.1%
Michigan City, Indiana$65,810+0.3%
Midland, Michigan$68,060+3.7%
Midland, Texas$58,760-10.4%
Modesto, California$72,430+10.4%
Monroe, Michigan$61,430-6.4%
Morgantown, West Virginia$54,790-16.5%
Mount Vernon, Washington$75,320+14.8%
Muncie, Indiana$54,010-17.7%
Muskegon, Michigan$67,590+3.0%
Napa, California$70,680+7.7%
Naples, Florida$67,500+2.9%
New York, New York$68,560+4.5%
Niles, Michigan$71,400+8.8%
Sarasota, Florida$63,760-2.8%
Ocala, Florida$59,090-9.9%
Odessa, Texas$56,850-13.4%
Olympia, Washington$73,680+12.3%
Orlando, Florida$61,410-6.4%
Owensboro, Kentucky$57,170-12.9%
Oxnard, California$70,310+7.2%
Paducah, Kentucky$56,810-13.4%
Palm Bay, Florida$58,980-10.1%
Panama City, Florida$55,190-15.9%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$51,120-22.1%
Pensacola, Florida$55,140-16.0%
Peoria, Illinois$62,960-4.0%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$60,500-7.8%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$57,220-12.8%
Portland, Oregon$77,670+18.4%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$58,310-11.1%
Punta Gorda, Florida$65,720+0.2%
Reading, Pennsylvania$57,140-12.9%
Redding, California$63,940-2.5%
Richmond, Virginia$62,460-4.8%
Riverside, California$65,990+0.6%
Roanoke, Virginia$56,840-13.4%
Rochester, New York$59,690-9.0%
Rockford, Illinois$58,250-11.2%
Sacramento, California$73,840+12.5%
Saginaw, Michigan$60,830-7.3%
Salem, Oregon$78,010+18.9%
Salinas, California$73,390+11.9%
Salisbury, Maryland$60,160-8.3%
San Angelo, Texas$61,320-6.5%
San Antonio, Texas$61,050-7.0%
San Diego, California$67,230+2.5%
San Francisco, California$82,100+25.1%
San Jose, California$78,710+20.0%
San Luis Obispo, California$79,630+21.4%
Santa Cruz, California$66,700+1.7%
Santa Maria, California$72,240+10.1%
Santa Rosa, California$76,770+17.0%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$51,890-20.9%
Seattle, Washington$77,520+18.2%
Sebastian, Florida$56,280-14.2%
Sebring, Florida$49,210-25.0%
Sherman, Texas$61,280-6.6%
South Bend, Indiana$55,060-16.1%
Spokane, Washington$69,870+6.5%
Springfield, Illinois$65,360-0.4%
State College, Pennsylvania$55,660-15.2%
Staunton, Virginia$57,940-11.7%
Stockton, California$77,970+18.8%
Syracuse, New York$58,520-10.8%
Tallahassee, Florida$60,580-7.7%
Tampa, Florida$62,590-4.6%
Terre Haute, Indiana$55,220-15.8%
Texarkana, Texas$63,210-3.7%
Traverse City, Michigan$64,900-1.1%
Trenton, New Jersey$67,970+3.6%
Tyler, Texas$56,300-14.2%
Utica, New York$56,330-14.1%
Vallejo, California$78,600+19.8%
Victoria, Texas$53,440-18.5%
Vineland, New Jersey$64,270-2.0%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$62,920-4.1%
Visalia, California$70,500+7.5%
Waco, Texas$58,330-11.1%
Walla Walla, Washington$72,750+10.9%
Watertown, New York$52,710-19.7%
Weirton, West Virginia$58,010-11.6%
Wenatchee, Washington$76,890+17.2%
Wheeling, West Virginia$54,220-17.4%
Wichita Falls, Texas$62,220-5.2%
Wildwood, Florida$54,830-16.4%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$54,140-17.5%
Winchester, Virginia$58,850-10.3%
Yakima, Washington$65,200-0.6%
York, Pennsylvania$56,180-14.4%
Yuba City, California$68,570+4.5%
Gross salary
65,610/yr
Estimated take-home
54,898/yr
Est. total withheld
16.3%

Single filer, federal income tax + FICA only, 2025 rates — Texas has no state income tax on wages. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 21-1018 SOC code
Official area Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 19100 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: tx_constitucion_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
Fort WorthArlington
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
7,807,555