Visa Wage Index

Mental Health Counselors in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

Employers filed 75 applications covering 75 positions for this role here, at a median of $70,373 a year. 68 of those state a minimum and no maximum — a Labor Condition Application commits an employer to a floor, not to a salary.

What the government requires here

The prevailing wage for Mental Health Counselors in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, wage year 2025-26 — the four levels an employer must meet depending on the experience the role demands.

LevelWho it is forA year
Level IEntry: a role needing basic understanding and close supervision$45,594
Level IIQualified: some experience, moderate supervision$55,411
Level IIIExperienced: sound understanding, limited supervision$65,229
Level IVFully competent: judgement, may supervise others$75,046

Who filed, and at what

EmployerLevelFilingsPositionsMedian
GANDARA Mental HEALTH CENTER Inc Level II 1010 $60,000
Advocates, Inc. Level II 66 $73,996
Advocates, Inc. Level I 44 $69,019
Lynn Community Health, Inc Level I 44 $64,260
Justice Resource Institute Inc. Level II 33 $62,400
Multicultural Clinical Services LLC Level II 33 $114,400
NeighborHealth Corporation Level II 33 $86,000
Walker, Inc. Level I 33 $67,000
ADELIS HEALTH PLLC Level III 22 $65,229
Clinical Alliance Services, LLC Level IV 22 $93,600
Collaborative Insight Counseling Associates, LLC Level II 22 $79,023
Eliot Community Human Services, Inc. Level III 22 $65,229
GANDARA Mental HEALTH CENTER Inc Level I 22 $54,500
The Home for Little Wanderers Level III 22 $65,615
LIGHTBRIDGE WELLNESS & COUNSELING LLC Level IV 22 $79,040
Trauma and Family Integration Level III 22 $66,000
Advocates, Inc. Level III 11 $82,850
Behavioral Health Network, Inc Level III 11 $78,790
Collaborative Insight Counseling Associates, LLC Level I 11 $75,046
Collaborative Insight Counseling Associates, LLC Level III 11 $75,046
Collaborative Insight Counseling Associates, LLC Level IV 11 $75,046
Dimock Community Health Center Level III 11 $78,749
Eliot Community Human Services, Inc. Level IV 11 $75,050
Empowered Change, PLLC Level III 11 $65,229
The General Hospital Corporation Level I 11 $79,000
Justice Resource Institute Inc. Level III 11 $65,229
Newton Housing Authority Level III 11 $69,000
Northeast Behavioral Health Corporation d/b/a Beth Israel Lahey Health Behavioral Services Level II 11 $70,373
South Shore Mental Health Center, Inc. Level II 11 $62,441
Eliot Community Human Services, Inc. not stated 66 $67,500
North Suffolk Community Services, Inc. not stated 44 $78,950

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Source: OFLC disclosure data and prevailing wage library, US Department of Labor (public domain). Figures are what employers filed, not what they paid.