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Mental health therapist salary in Massachusetts

Open mental health therapist jobs in Massachusetts post a median of $27 an hour, the middle half $22.75–$39 (about $56,200 a year full time), $7.50 below the national posted median. From 79 jobs at 23 employers that state their pay.

$27
Median posted /hr
$23–$39
Middle half /hr
$56,200
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$28.80
BLS median in MA
May 2025

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What mental health therapists are paid in Massachusetts

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Posted hourly rates of 79 open jobs in Massachusetts. Lowest posted $17, highest $70.

Posted on open jobs in Massachusetts

$22.75–$39/hr

Middle half of 49 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $27. 40% of the 200 open mental health therapist jobs in Massachusetts state an hourly rate.

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Mental health therapist pay by town in Massachusetts

Towns where at least three open jobs state an hourly rate, the towns with the most such jobs first.

TownMedian postedPosted rangeJobs (employers)
Worcester$29.50$20–$44.417 (3)
Leominster$23.50$22.07–$57.705 (2)
Lowell$23.50$23–$405 (2)
Boston$35.50$19.22–$454 (4)
Wrentham$17.25$17–$17.504 (1)
Milton$59$54–$693 (1)
Fall River$35$30–$50.243 (2)
Lawrence$25.75$22–$50.213 (2)
Dedham$25.25$19–$34.423 (2)
Haverhill$22.75$20.97–$403 (2)
Southbridge$22$20–$50.223 (2)

Median of employers' rates in the town, the lowest and highest rate posted, and the jobs and employers behind them. A town opens its own job page.

Mental health therapist pay by employer in Massachusetts

What each employer posts for mental health therapists here, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Open Sky Community Services$21.25$17–$44.4123
Universal Health Services$33$25–$4011
Beth Israel Lahey Health$25$19.50–$45.856
Vinfen$23$19.22–$23.586
BetterHelp$56.50$43–$704
Mass General Brigham$27$22.28–$32.804
Verge Therapy$61.50$54–$693
UMass Memorial Health$39$18.76–$57.703
Correctional Psychiatric Services$45$452
Community Services Institute$38.50$36.25–$41.252
Monte Nido & Affiliates$21$19–$232
Advocates$20.75$20.752
South Shore Health$52$42.35–$61.401
Southcoast Health System$50.25$50.241
Tenet Healthcare$47$36.95–$57.271
MerrimackHealth$41.75$33.47–$50.211
Boston Medical Center$39$31.72–$46.221
LifePoint Health$35$30–$401
Acadia Healthcare$32$27–$371
Hebrew SeniorLife$29.50$24.59–$34.421
Bay State Community Services$27.75$26.45–$28.891
Emerson Hospital$24.50$19–$301
Holyoke Medical Center$22.50$18.40–$26.521

Median of each employer's jobs in Massachusetts (a range at its midpoint), and its lowest and highest rate here. An employer's name opens its pay for mental health therapists nationwide when it has such a page.

Jobs that state a yearly salary

Measured on their own, never converted to hourly.

45 open jobs in Massachusetts state a yearly salary: a median of $82,900, the middle half $70,600 to $88,000.

Best-paid open mental health therapist jobs in Massachusetts

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

What BLS measures in Massachusetts

What people employed in the occupation earned in the state, at every level of experience, from the BLS survey. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Massachusetts. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (21-1018)$20.76 (source: BLS OEWS, Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors, opens in a new tab)$22.86 (source: BLS OEWS, Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors, opens in a new tab)$28.80 (source: BLS OEWS, Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors, opens in a new tab)$37.00 (source: BLS OEWS, Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors, opens in a new tab)$46.25 (source: BLS OEWS, Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors, opens in a new tab)18,190 (source: BLS OEWS, Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Mental health therapist salary in Massachusetts: common questions

How much does a mental health therapist make in Massachusetts?

Open mental health therapist jobs in Massachusetts that state an hourly rate post a median of $27, the middle half $22.75–$39 (79 jobs from 23 employers). Full time that is about $56,200 a year. BLS measured a median of $28.80/hr ($59,890 a year) for people employed in the occupation in Massachusetts (May 2025).

Where in Massachusetts do mental health therapists earn the most?

By the median rate open jobs post, in the towns with the most jobs stating pay: Worcester ($29.50), Leominster ($23.50), Lowell ($23.50) and Boston ($35.50). The town table lists 11.

Which employers in Massachusetts pay mental health therapists the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least three open jobs here: Verge Therapy ($61.50), BetterHelp ($56.50) and UMass Memorial Health ($39).

How does Massachusetts compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in Massachusetts ($27) is $7.50 below the national posted median of $34.50. In the BLS survey Massachusetts ranks 24 of 52 by median wage.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 79 of 200 open mental health therapist jobs in Massachusetts (40%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Mental health therapist pay in other states

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Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint. In the state's median and middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; a town's median follows the same rule. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. A state has a page while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate there. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (SOC 21-1018), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Marriage and Family Therapists (SOC 21-1013), every state, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers (SOC 21-1023), every state, published May 15, 2026
  5. BLS OEWS May 2025: Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors, national, published May 15, 2026
  6. BLS OEWS May 2025: Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Mental health therapist salary in Massachusetts. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/mental-health-therapist/massachusetts

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