Therapist Statistics 2026: Job Market, Pay, Demand & Workforce

BehavioralHires had 1,959 open therapist listings from 54 employers on October 29, 2026.

268 were first posted in the previous 14 days and 582 in the previous 30 days.

At least 21.1% of therapist listings were part-time on October 29, 2026.

Listings that name no schedule are counted as full-time, so the real part-time share is likely higher.

17% of therapist listings were marked fully remote and 17.2% hybrid on October 29, 2026.

Listings that say nothing about location count as on-site, so these shares are floors.

For remote and hybrid shares across every role, see our remote behavioral health jobs data release.

The benefit therapist listings named most often on October 29, 2026 was 401k Match, in 72.8% of listings, followed by health Insurance (60.5%).

A listing that does not mention a benefit may still offer it.

To browse the openings themselves, see all therapist listings.

BLS has no occupation called therapist; in May 2025 the national median annual wage was $59,350 for substance abuse, behavioral disorder and mental health counselors (SOC 21-1018), $60,280 for mental health and substance abuse social workers (21-1023) and $66,940 for marriage and family therapists (21-1013) (BLS OEWS, May 2025).

Too few therapist listings state pay, or one employer posts most of those that do, to publish a market figure for advertised pay on October 29, 2026.

For the full federal pay breakdown and what it can and cannot tell you, see the therapist salary guide.

For how many listings state pay at all, including pay written only in the description, see our pay transparency data release.

Pennsylvania had the most open therapist listings on October 29, 2026, with 160 (8.2% of the national total).

Virginia followed with 132 (6.7%).

To browse the openings in one state, start with therapist openings in Pennsylvania.

54 employers had open therapist listings on BehavioralHires on October 29, 2026, and the five largest posted 66.5% of them.

7 employers (13%) had exactly one open therapist listing.

The largest single employer, Thriveworks, posted 24.7% of all therapist listings, so this sample leans toward large behavioral health groups.

BLS projects employment of substance abuse, behavioral disorder and mental health counselors to grow 18.4% from 2025 to 2035, from 533,400 to 631,400 jobs, against 3.5% for all occupations (BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35).

BLS expects about 50,500 openings a year for those counselors on average from 2025 to 2035 (BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35).

BLS projects marriage and family therapist employment to grow 13.5% and mental health and substance abuse social worker employment 10.3% from 2025 to 2035 (BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35).

Offices of mental health practitioners, outpatient mental health and substance abuse centers and residential facilities together employed 223,160 counselors, 53,000 mental health and substance abuse social workers and 32,560 marriage and family therapists in May 2025 (BLS OEWS industry tables).

For what the shortage projections and hiring data mean for employers, see our behavioral health hiring market guide.

For how to enter the field, see the therapist career guide.

Listing figures are computed from every active, paid therapist listing on BehavioralHires at the time shown, and refreshed every six hours.

Listings on a job board are not a random sample of all therapist jobs, so read them as a picture of current hiring, not of total employment.

This page is published only while the live sample has at least 300 listings from 25 employers.

Advertised pay is the midpoint of the range an employer posts, or its single figure, and hourly and annual postings are never converted into each other.

The headline is the employer median: each employer’s own median, then the median across employers, so a group posting hundreds of openings counts once.

A pay figure needs at least 30 listings from 10 employers and is withheld when one employer posted more than two thirds of them.

Third-party figures are quoted as published, with the source and year in each sentence.

Where BLS has no occupation for a job title, federal pay is given separately for each occupation the title falls under, never averaged into one number.

This page counts listings titled as general therapist roles.

Listings filed under a specific license (LCSW, mental health counselor, marriage and family therapist) are counted on their own role pages, not here.