SALARY · SUBSTANCE ABUSE, BEHAVIORAL DISORDER, AND MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS · ALABAMA

Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors salary in Alabama

Averages can hide a lot. Medians hide less. That is why this page leads with the median for substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors in Alabama: $47,310 a year. The mean is listed too, so you can see when a small group of high earners pulls the average upward.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$47,310

$23 per hour at the median · That is $12,040 (20.3 percent) below the national median of $59,350 for this occupation.

$54,200Mean annual salary
$26Mean hourly wage
Not publishedPeople employed in this job in Alabama

Salary range

25th: $39,430Median: $47,31075th: $62,670
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$39,430
Median (50th percentile)$47,310
75th percentile$62,670
Mean$54,200

The middle half of workers earned from $39,430 to $62,670 a year. Do not read the percentile range as good versus bad jobs. It mostly reflects experience, hours, employer type and local demand. A new starter near the 25th percentile and a veteran near the 75th can both be fairly paid for their stage.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$38,243 a year
$3,187 a month
Federal tax $3,497 · FICA $3,619 · State tax $1,951

Caveat: the Alabama 2026 Form 40 return instruction booklet was not retrieved as a single document. Brackets, standard deduction table and federal tax deduction rest on the 2026 Form 40ES worksheet and statute.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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