The six boards for BCBA and RBT hiring, side by side. ABAI pricing and resume-bank figures are from a March 2026 capture of ABAI's pricing page, not a live check — confirm current prices with ABAI.
| Attribute | BehavioralHires | ABAI Career Center | APBA Career Center | Indeed | ZipRecruiter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | A job board built only for behavioral health: mental health, substance use treatment and ABA | The behavior analysis association's (ABAI's) career center | The Association of Professional Behavior Analysts' career center | A general job site covering every industry | A general job board that says it redistributes postings to other job sites | A professional network with promoted job posts |
| Roles covered | Therapists, licensed clinical social workers, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, substance abuse counselors, behavioral health technicians, BCBAs, RBTs, case managers, peer support specialists and clinical directors | Behavior analysis roles | Behavior analysis roles | General — all industries | General — all industries | General — all industries |
| Best for | ABA companies and behavioral health employers hiring BCBAs, RBTs and support staff at the same time | BCBA openings that should reach behavior analysts through their professional association | BCBA openings at the lowest published association rate, especially for APBA members | RBT volume hiring, and roles outside behavioral health on the same board | Volume hiring where broad distribution beyond one board is the goal | Promoting a hard-to-fill BCBA opening on a professional network |
| Pricing model | One-time payment per 30-day post, or a monthly slot plan | Per-posting packages and Job Flash email packages | Member and non-member posting packages, plus Job Flash, network and TalentBoost add-ons | Free organic posts (some jobs are sponsored-only) plus Sponsored Jobs billed per click or started application | Not published — new employers can start with a free trial | Free non-promoted posts; promoted posts are pay-per-click, charged only for clicks in the country the job is posted in |
| Published price | $199 Standard or $399 Featured per 30-day post at launch pricing; slot plans $899/mo for 10 live posts or $1,749/mo for 25 | $349 for 30 days or $699 for 60 days; Job Flash $499, Premium Job Flash $599, Ultimate Recruitment Package $799 | 30-day post $109 members / $189 non-members; 60-day $189 / $329; Job Flash $159 / $269; Premium Job Flash $259 / $369 | Not published — Indeed generates a recommended price per job; the minimum shows on the sponsorship page | Not published | Not published — you set a daily or total budget and pay per click |
| Where a listing appears | The matching role and city pages on behavioralhires.com, plus Google Jobs | The ABAI Career Center and partner sites such as ZipRecruiter, Jobs2Careers, Google for Jobs and Adzuna/LinkedIn | The APBA Career Center; Network and Ultimate packages add the psychology job board network and other high-traffic sites | On Indeed | ZipRecruiter says one click sends a job to 100+ job sites, including Google Jobs and niche job boards (self-reported) | On LinkedIn |
| How candidates apply | On the employer's own application page; no candidate profiles or resume database | Not published (ABAI also sells resume bank access: $149 for 30 days, or $35 for a single resume) | Not published | On Indeed | Not published | Not published |
As of October 2026, checked on each company's own website.
What makes hiring a BCBA different from hiring an RBT?
A BCBA hire and an RBT hire are not the same kind of hire, and they reward different boards.
A BCBA is a credentialed hire: the credential is specific, and what you are buying with a post is the audience that sees it.
Behavior analysis has not one but two association career centers, ABAI's and APBA's, and reaching behavior analysts is what they are built for — which is why a higher price per post can be the right buy here.
An RBT hire is the volume case, and this page treats it that way: what matters is cost and reach per post, and the general boards are built for reach across industries.
Everything below is ranked with that split in mind.
Where should you post a BCBA job?
ABAI Career Center.
The Association for Behavior Analysis International's career center is the behavior analysis association's own board.
Jobs posted there are also distributed to partner sites such as ZipRecruiter, Jobs2Careers, Google for Jobs and Adzuna/LinkedIn.
Per a March 2026 capture of its pricing page, a standard post is $349 for 30 days or $699 for 60 days, and the Job Flash Package — $499 — emails the job to 19,000 behavior analysis professionals and includes resume bank access.
Standalone resume bank access is $149 for 30 days, and a single resume purchase is $35.
APBA Career Center.
The Association of Professional Behavior Analysts has the lower starting price of the two association boards: a 30-day post is $109 for members or $189 for non-members, and a 60-day post is $189 or $329.
Job Flash packages email the job to behavior analysts from $159, and the Network and Ultimate packages push the posting across a psychology job board network and other high-traffic sites.
The two boards side by side: ABAI Career Center vs APBA Career Center.
BehavioralHires.
The BCBA role page sits alongside the rest of behavioral health, at a flat $199 per 30-day post at launch pricing ($399 Featured), and candidates apply on your own site.
The head-to-head with the association board is on BehavioralHires vs ABAI Career Center.
LinkedIn.
A promoted post is pay-per-click, charged only for clicks in the country where the job is posted, under a daily or total budget you set.
That control suits a single hard-to-fill BCBA search better than recurring volume hiring.
To be plain about it: if the BCBA hire is the only thing you are hiring for, the two association career centers are the better fit — their audience is behavior analysis professionals.
Where should you post RBT jobs?
Indeed.
For RBT volume, Indeed is the pragmatic first stop: many jobs can be posted free, subject to Indeed's terms, conditions, quality standards and usage limits.
When you want a post pushed, there is no fixed price: Sponsored Jobs invoices reflect the amount spent on job seeker interactions like clicks or started applications, and Indeed generates a recommended price from market factors such as job competitiveness, your hiring timeline and the supply of job seekers.
Note that some jobs are sponsored-only, and Indeed can require sponsorship for any reason.
ZipRecruiter.
The pitch is distribution: ZipRecruiter says one click sends a job to 100+ job sites, including Google Jobs and niche job boards — a self-reported figure.
New employers can start with a free trial, with no coupon code needed.
BehavioralHires.
The RBT role page and behavioral health technician role page put these openings on a board where every listing is behavioral health, at the same flat $199 per 30-day post at launch pricing.
There is no free posting option — the trade for the focus is that every post is paid.
The fair read: if cost is the whole decision for RBT hiring, Indeed's free post is the cheapest tool on this list.
The niche board earns its price when the mixed applicant pool is eating your screening time.
What does each board cost to post a job?
Published prices, as checked on each company's own site in October 2026 — except ABAI's, which are from a March 2026 capture of its pricing page:
- BehavioralHires: $199 per 30-day Standard post or $399 Featured — one-time payments at launch pricing; slot plans $899/mo for 10 live posts or $1,749/mo for 25, arranged by contacting BehavioralHires.
- ABAI Career Center: $349 (30 days) or $699 (60 days); Job Flash $499; Premium Job Flash $599; Ultimate Recruitment Package $799; resume bank access $149 for 30 days, or $35 for a single resume.
- APBA Career Center: 30-day post $109 members / $189 non-members; 60-day $189 / $329; Job Flash $159 / $269; Premium Job Flash $259 / $369; Network $539 / $689; Ultimate $729 / $949; a 30-day post plus the network $459 / $539.
- Indeed: no fixed price — free organic posts for many jobs; sponsored placement is a budget you set, billed per click or started application.
- ZipRecruiter: not published; a free trial is available for new employers.
- LinkedIn: not published — promoted posts are pay-per-click under a daily or total budget you set.
Not counting Indeed's free posts, the cheapest flat-rate post on this list is APBA's $109 member rate, and the priciest package is APBA's $949 Ultimate Recruitment Package for non-members.
How did we rank these boards?
By fit for the two different hires, not by size or traffic.
A credentialed BCBA search rewards a focused audience — which is why the two association career centers outrank the general boards for that role — while an RBT opening rewards cheap, wide distribution.
Prices and terms were checked on each company's own pricing and help pages in October 2026, except ABAI's pricing page, which sits behind bot protection and is quoted from a March 2026 capture.
Every price in this piece is a published number: where a board does not publish its price, the table says Not published rather than estimating.
ZipRecruiter's distribution figure is the one self-reported number here, and it is labelled as such.
The order is a fit ranking, not a scoreboard: for a BCBA-only search the association boards outrank the general boards, and for RBT volume the order flips.
Can one board cover the BCBA and all the RBT hires?
Usually that question is about BehavioralHires, so directly: it covers both.
The board is built only for behavioral health — mental health, substance use treatment and ABA — with dedicated role pages for BCBAs, RBTs and behavioral health technicians, so the BCBA search and the RBT pipeline sit in one place.
A Standard post is $199 for 30 days at launch pricing ($399 Featured), and an ABA company with several openings across sites can move to a slot plan — up to 10 or 25 posts live at once, with filled roles swapped out as they close.
When it is not the right fit: if you want the association's own machinery — the Job Flash email to behavior analysts, and on ABAI a resume bank to browse — the two association career centers do that and BehavioralHires does not.
And if free posting is the requirement, two boards here offer it: Indeed posts many jobs free and LinkedIn offers a free non-promoted post — ZipRecruiter's free trial is a trial, not a free tier.
The complete company facts are on the BehavioralHires fact sheet, and the current prices are always on the pricing page.
Which one should you choose?
Choose BehavioralHires if…
- You are hiring BCBAs, RBTs and behavioral health technicians at the same time and want one behavioral-health-only board for all of them.
- You want a published flat price — $199 or $399 per 30-day post at launch pricing — with nothing to sign.
- You keep multiple openings live across sites and want a monthly slot plan — 10 or 25 posts — with filled roles swapped out free.
- You want candidates sent to your own application page, with no profile for them to create.
Choose the ABAI Career Center if…
- You are hiring BCBAs or other behavior analysis staff and want the job on the field's association board.
- You want the posting also distributed to partner sites such as ZipRecruiter, Google for Jobs and Adzuna/LinkedIn.
- The $499 Job Flash — the job emailed to 19,000 behavior analysis professionals, with resume bank access, per a March 2026 capture of ABAI's pricing page — matches the urgency of the search.
- You would rather source candidates directly: resume bank access comes with the Job Flash packages, and a single resume purchase is $35.
Choose the APBA Career Center if…
- You are hiring behavior analysts and want the lowest published association rate — $109 for a member 30-day post.
- You are an APBA member and the member rates — $159 Job Flash, $539 Network — are the ones that fit the budget.
- You want a posting pushed across a psychology job board network or other high-traffic sites through the Network or Ultimate packages.
Choose Indeed if…
- You are hiring RBTs in volume and free organic posts are covering most of the funnel.
- You only want to pay when a candidate clicks or starts an application.
- You hire outside behavioral health too — billers, schedulers, office managers — and want one site for everything.
- You accept that some jobs are sponsored-only and that sponsored pricing moves with the market.
Choose ZipRecruiter if…
- The point of the post is breadth: ZipRecruiter says one click sends a job to 100+ job sites, a self-reported figure.
- You want to test the channel before committing — new employers can start with a free trial, no coupon code needed.
Choose LinkedIn if…
- You are promoting one hard-to-fill BCBA job and want spend tied to clicks in your own country only.
- You want the post to stop on its own terms — a daily-budget post auto-closes after up to 6 months, and a total-budget post pauses when the budget is spent.
- The search is senior or specialized enough that paying per click on a professional network is worth more than a flat-rate post.
Frequently asked questions
Where is the best place to post a BCBA job?
For a BCBA search, the behavior analysis associations' career centers come first: the ABAI Career Center distributes posted jobs to partner sites such as ZipRecruiter and Google for Jobs and, per a March 2026 capture of its pricing page, offers a $499 Job Flash emailed to 19,000 behavior analysis professionals, while the APBA Career Center has the lowest published rate at $109 for a member 30-day post.
BehavioralHires is the flat-price option that puts a BCBA job on a board built only for behavioral health, at $199 for 30 days at launch pricing.
Where should I post RBT jobs?
Start with Indeed: many jobs post free there, subject to Indeed's terms, conditions, quality standards and usage limits, and sponsored placement is available when you want a post pushed.
ZipRecruiter adds one-click distribution — it says 100+ job sites, a self-reported figure — and a free trial for new employers.
BehavioralHires has dedicated RBT and behavioral health technician role pages at a flat $199 per 30-day post at launch pricing.
How much does it cost to post a job on the ABAI Career Center?
A standard post is $349 for 30 days or $699 for 60 days.
The Job Flash Package is $499 and emails the job to 19,000 behavior analysis professionals, with resume bank access and a 60-day posting; Premium Job Flash is $599, and the Ultimate Recruitment Package, which adds TalentBoost distribution, is $799.
Standalone 30-day resume bank access is $149, and a single resume purchase is $35.
These ABAI figures are from a March 2026 capture of its pricing page — confirm current prices with ABAI before you buy.
How much does the APBA Career Center cost?
A 30-day posting is $109 for APBA members or $189 for non-members; a 60-day posting is $189 or $329.
Job Flash packages add a 30-day posting plus the job emailed to behavior analysts at $159 or $269, and Premium Job Flash — top placement, highlighted — is $259 or $369.
The Network Package is $539 or $689 and the Ultimate Recruitment Package is $729 or $949.
Prices are net.
Is it free to post a job on Indeed?
Often, yes: Indeed says many jobs can be posted for free, subject to its terms, conditions, quality standards and usage limits.
Some jobs are sponsored-only — for example jobs that come from a career site, a data feed or an applicant tracking system — and Indeed reserves the right to require sponsorship for any reason.
Sponsored placement has no published fixed price; you are billed for job seeker interactions such as clicks or started applications.
Does ZipRecruiter cost anything to try?
New employers can start with a free trial, and ZipRecruiter says no coupon code is needed.
Beyond the trial, ZipRecruiter does not publish posting prices on the pages checked for this piece, so the ongoing cost is not published.
Its pitch is reach: it says a job can be sent to 100+ job sites with one click, including Google Jobs and niche job boards — a self-reported figure.
How does LinkedIn charge for job posts?
Promoted job posts are pay-per-click: you only pay for clicks in the country in which the job is posted.
You set a daily or a total budget.
A daily-budget post bills up to the daily budget until you close it, or for up to 6 months, when it closes automatically; a total-budget post stays active until the budget is spent, then pauses.
The help pages checked for this piece give no per-click rate.
How much does it cost to post a BCBA or RBT job on BehavioralHires?
A Standard post is $199 for 30 days and a Featured post is $399, at launch pricing (regular prices $299 and $499).
Both are one-time payments with nothing to sign, and a post is live the moment checkout is confirmed.
Organizations that are always hiring can take a slot plan instead — $899 a month for 10 live posts or $1,749 a month for 25.
Where these facts come from
- ABAI Career Center: abainternational.org/careers/employers.aspx (checked October 5, 2026)
- ABAI Career Center: job.abainternational.org/employer/pricing (checked March 27, 2026)
- APBA Career Center: jobs.apbahome.net/employer/pricing (checked October 5, 2026)
- Indeed: indeed.com/hire/pricing (checked October 5, 2026)
- ZipRecruiter: ziprecruiter.com/freetrial (checked October 5, 2026)
- ZipRecruiter: ziprecruiter.com/post-a-job (checked October 5, 2026)
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a520820 (checked October 5, 2026)
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1605750 (checked October 5, 2026)