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Mental health therapist salary in New York

Open mental health therapist jobs in New York post a median of $28.50 an hour, the middle half $22.75–$32.50 (about $59,300 a year full time), $6 below the national posted median. From 100 jobs at 29 employers that state their pay.

$28.50
Median posted /hr
$23–$33
Middle half /hr
$59,300
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$28.58
BLS median in NY
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Mental health therapist jobs in New York · Mental health therapist pay nationwide

What mental health therapists are paid in New York

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

Posted hourly rates of 100 open jobs in New York. Lowest posted $15, highest $80.

Posted on open jobs in New York

$22.75–$32.50/hr

Middle half of 83 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $28.50. 47% of the 212 open mental health therapist jobs in New York state an hourly rate.

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Mental health therapist pay by town in New York

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

TownMedian postedPosted rangeJobs (employers)
Syracuse$28.25$15–$38.0424 (3)
Rochester$24.25$15–$40.6717 (7)
Bronx$30.50$23.07–$37.046 (2)
Bath$21$19–$236 (2)
Salamanca$62.50$45–$804 (2)
Binghamton$26.75$15–$45.864 (2)
Utica$26$15–$354 (1)
New York$33.75$28–$45.553 (3)
Liverpool$28.50$16–$41.133 (2)
Auburn$19.75$17–$33.713 (1)

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 New York

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

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Helio Health$28$15–$3526
University of Rochester Medical Center$27$17.50–$40.958
Samaritan Daytop Village$28.75$23.07–$37.047
Crouse Hospital$30.75$19.38–$38.046
New View Alliance$80$19–$805
BetterHelp$56.50$43–$704
Conifer Park$28.50$18.78–$41.134
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rochester$21$19–$264
East House$18.50$16.50–$24.904
New Directions Youth & Family Services$80$45–$803
Unity House of Cayuga County$19.75$17–$33.713
Catholic Charities Steuben/Livingston$19$19–$233
Cardinal McCloskey Community Services$47.75$34–$602
United Health Services (New York)$35$25.27–$45.862
UPMC$28.25$20.46–$36.582
Rochester Regional Health$27.75$19.50–$36.502
Trinity Health$27.75$23.77–$31.952
Arms Acres$27$21.30–$352
Gateway-Longview$80$801
NewYork-Presbyterian$42.25$38.85–$45.551
Catholic Health (Long Island)$41$40.941
Westchester Medical Center Health Network$39.75$35.31–$44.391
Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center$35.50$30.60–$40.541
The Renfrew Center$29$28–$301
Hope For Youth$27.50$25–$301
Hospice & Palliative Care Buffalo$26$261
Professional Care Medical Practice$26$24–$281
Catholic Charities Family and Community Services$24.25$22.50–$261
Whitney M Young Jr Health Center$24.25$23–$25.501

Median of each employer's jobs in New York (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.

Night shift mental health therapist pay in New York

Where one employer posts both night and other mental health therapist jobs in the same state (5 such employers and states), the night jobs post a median $2.75 an hour less than the rest. Many employers state a night differential apart from the base pay, which this does not count.

Employer, stateNight jobs, medianOther jobs, median
Helio Health, NY$16.75 (1)$28.50 (25)
Samaritan Daytop Village, NY$26 (1)$28.75 (6)
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rochester, NY$19 (1)$23 (3)
East House, NY$17.75 (1)$19.25 (3)
Catholic Charities Steuben/Livingston, NY$19 (1)$21 (2)

A job counts as a night job when its title names nights ("Nights", "NOC", "7p-7a"). Jobs in brackets.

Jobs that state a yearly salary

Measured on their own, never converted to hourly.

64 open jobs in New York state a yearly salary: a median of $68,900, the middle half $63,500 to $75,000.

Best-paid open mental health therapist jobs in New York

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

What BLS measures in New York

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, New York. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (21-1018)$20.39 (source: BLS OEWS, Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors, opens in a new tab)$23.16 (source: BLS OEWS, Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors, opens in a new tab)$28.58 (source: BLS OEWS, Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors, opens in a new tab)$35.44 (source: BLS OEWS, Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors, opens in a new tab)$43.55 (source: BLS OEWS, Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors, opens in a new tab)26,770 (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 New York: common questions

How much does a mental health therapist make in New York?

Open mental health therapist jobs in New York that state an hourly rate post a median of $28.50, the middle half $22.75–$32.50 (100 jobs from 29 employers). Full time that is about $59,300 a year. BLS measured a median of $28.58/hr ($59,450 a year) for people employed in the occupation in New York (May 2025).

Where in New York do mental health therapists earn the most?

By the median rate open jobs post, in the towns with the most jobs stating pay: Syracuse ($28.25), Rochester ($24.25), Bronx ($30.50) and Bath ($21). The town table lists 10.

Which employers in New York pay mental health therapists the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least three open jobs here: New View Alliance ($80), New Directions Youth & Family Services ($80) and BetterHelp ($56.50).

How does New York compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in New York ($28.50) is $6 below the national posted median of $34.50. In the BLS survey New York ranks 28 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: 100 of 212 open mental health therapist jobs in New York (47%) 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

Mental health therapist salary nationwide →Every healthcare salary →

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

Cite this page

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

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