The five sites at a glance
| Attribute | BehavioralHires | NAADAC Career Center (Career Classifieds) | SUD Jobs (Counselor Magazine) | National Council Jobs Marketplace | Indeed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | A job board built only for behavioral health: mental health, substance use treatment and ABA | The career center of NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals, with paid postings on its Career Classifieds page | The job board of Counselor Magazine, the official publication of CCAPP | The National Council's Jobs Marketplace for mental health and substance use treatment employers, powered by Triad | A general job site covering every industry |
| Audience | Behavioral health employers and job seekers: therapists, counselors, SUD staff, behavioral health technicians, peer support and more | NAADAC's addiction-focused audience; eUpdate subscribers (over 70,000, self-reported) include addiction counselors, professional counselors, social workers and prevention specialists | Counselor Magazine's readers; jobs from treatment providers across California and the nation | Mental health and substance use treatment professionals (200,000+ reach, self-reported) | A general audience of job seekers across every industry |
| Pricing model | Pay per post, or a monthly slot plan | Paid tiers, paid before posting | Free postings | Not published (members get a 30% discount) | Free postings where they qualify, plus paid sponsorship charged per interaction |
| Published price | $199 Standard / $399 Featured (launch pricing) | $400 Tier 1 / $300 Tier 2 | Free | Not published | No fixed price (the minimum appears on the sponsorship page) |
| How long a posting runs | 30 days | Three months, or until the posting's closing date, whichever is sooner | 90 days, or until the job is filled | Not published | Not published |
| Where the posting appears | The matching role and city pages, and Google Jobs | NAADAC's Career Classifieds webpage; Tier 1 also lists the job in the weekly Professional eUpdate | The SUD Jobs board | The Jobs Marketplace | On Indeed, subject to its terms, quality standards and usage limits |
| Best for | Treatment programs and group practices that want one behavioral-health-only board for clinicians and support staff | Employers who want NAADAC's addiction-focused audience, especially for hard-to-fill SUD roles | Zero-budget postings and a CCAPP-connected audience across California and the nation | National Council members and providers hiring across behavioral health disciplines | Employers who want broad general reach and will screen applicants |
As of October 2026, checked on each company's own website.
How did we compare and rank these sites?
Each site was checked on its own website in October 2026: what posting costs where the price is published, who the audience is, how long a posting runs, and where the posting appears.
The ranking is written for one buyer: a treatment program, rehab or outpatient provider hiring substance abuse counselors, also called SUD counselors.
Price is not the whole story.
A free posting aimed at the wrong audience can cost more in screening time than a paid one aimed at the right one, so weigh reach and fit together.
Where a number is a company's own claim about itself, it is marked self-reported.
BehavioralHires wrote this page and appears in the ranking.
What does BehavioralHires offer treatment programs hiring counselors?
BehavioralHires is a job board built only for behavioral health: mental health, substance use treatment and applied behavior analysis.
It has a dedicated substance abuse counselor page, alongside pages for behavioral health technicians, peer support specialists and the rest of a program team, so one board covers the whole hire.
A Standard post is $199 at launch pricing (regular $299) and runs 30 days; a Featured post is $399 (regular $499) and adds the logo, a highlighted card and top-of-feed placement.
Both are one-time payments, live the moment checkout confirms, with candidates sent to your own application page.
Programs with several sites or constant openings can take a slot plan instead: $899 a month for 10 live posts or $1,749 a month for 25, arranged by contacting BehavioralHires.
What does NAADAC's Career Center cost, and who sees the posting?
NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals, sells postings on its Career Classifieds page in two tiers.
Tier 1 costs $400 and adds a listing in the weekly Professional eUpdate; Tier 2 costs $300 and is the Career Classifieds posting only.
Both run three months, or until the posting's closing date, whichever is sooner.
The audience is the point: NAADAC says eUpdate subscribers include addiction counselors, professional counselors, social workers, addiction educators, psychologists and prevention specialists, and puts the eUpdate list at over 70,000 subscribers (self-reported).
Organizations submitting ten or more job postings within 24 hours of each other, with payment, get a 10% discount.
When is SUD Jobs the better choice?
SUD Jobs is the job board of Counselor Magazine, the official publication of the California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals (CCAPP), listing counseling, clinical, medical, peer support and program jobs from treatment providers across California and the nation.
Posting is free: the site's own words are "Free.
No account or password needed.
About two minutes."
A job stays live for 90 days or until it is filled.
Employers who are CCAPP or NBHAP members get a verified badge; SUD Jobs checks employers against those membership records.
It is the obvious pick when the budget for this opening is zero, when you are hiring in California, or when you want a posting live in minutes rather than a purchase flow.
What does the National Council Jobs Marketplace offer, and what does it cost?
The National Council's Jobs Marketplace, powered by Triad (a National Council Gold Partner), is aimed at mental health and substance use treatment employers.
The National Council says employers can promote a job to 200,000+ mental health and substance use treatment professionals through the marketplace (self-reported), and its job categories include behavior analysis, counseling, marriage and family therapy, peer specialist, psychology and social work.
The National Council's page publishes no posting prices, so there is no number to compare in advance.
What it does publish is a 30% discount for National Council members — if your organization already belongs, that discount is the main reason to price it out.
What does Indeed charge to post an addiction counselor job?
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 aggregated from a career site or published from a data feed — and Indeed reserves the right to require that a job must be sponsored for any reason.
Sponsorship has no fixed price: the Standard price comes from Indeed's recommendation system, which weighs factors like job competitiveness, your hiring timeline and the supply of job seekers, and the minimum price appears on the sponsorship page.
Sponsored Jobs are charged for job seeker interactions such as clicks or started applications, invoiced from the previous billing period.
That trade — broad general reach instead of a focused audience, with a budget priced by Indeed's system and screening left to you — is when Indeed is the right call.
Which one should you choose?
Choose BehavioralHires if…
- You are hiring substance abuse counselors alongside behavioral health technicians, peer support specialists or other behavioral health staff, and want one behavioral-health-only board for all of them.
- You want a fixed price: $199 for a 30-day Standard post at launch pricing, with no bidding and no budget to manage.
- You want the post live the moment you pay, with candidates sent to your own application page.
Choose NAADAC's Career Classifieds if…
- You want the posting in front of NAADAC's addiction-focused audience, whose eUpdate subscribers include addiction counselors, professional counselors, social workers and prevention specialists.
- Your opening justifies the Tier 1 posting, which adds a weekly Professional eUpdate listing to the Career Classifieds page.
- You are posting ten or more jobs and can use the 10% bulk discount on postings submitted within 24 hours of each other, with payment.
Choose SUD Jobs if…
- The budget for this opening is zero: posting is free, with no account or password needed.
- You are hiring in California, or want a board run by Counselor Magazine, CCAPP's official publication.
- You want the posting live in about two minutes and up for 90 days or until the job is filled.
- CCAPP or NBHAP membership can earn your posting a verified badge.
Choose the National Council Jobs Marketplace if…
- Your organization is a National Council member and the 30% discount applies.
- You want the posting aimed at mental health and substance use treatment professionals, the audience behind the marketplace's self-reported 200,000+ figure.
- You are also hiring peer specialists, social workers, psychologists or behavior analysts, which are among its job categories.
Choose Indeed if…
- You want a general-audience board that covers every industry, and are prepared to screen a broad mix of applicants.
- Your posting qualifies for Indeed's free option and you accept its terms, quality standards and usage limits.
- You would rather pay per click or started application than a flat fee, and can manage a sponsorship budget priced by Indeed's recommendation system.
Frequently asked questions
Where should I post an addiction counselor job in 2026?
Start with boards whose audience is already behavioral health.
BehavioralHires has a dedicated substance abuse counselor page and a fixed $199 launch price for a 30-day post.
NAADAC's Career Classifieds ($300 or $400) reaches NAADAC's addiction-focused audience, with a weekly eUpdate listing on Tier 1.
SUD Jobs, Counselor Magazine's CCAPP board, posts free for 90 days.
The National Council Jobs Marketplace suits National Council members, and Indeed suits employers who want a broad general audience and will screen it.
How much does it cost to post a substance abuse counselor job?
Published prices as of October 2026: BehavioralHires charges $199 for a Standard 30-day post or $399 Featured, at launch pricing; NAADAC's Career Classifieds charges $300 (Tier 2) or $400 (Tier 1, which adds a listing in the weekly Professional eUpdate); SUD Jobs is free.
The National Council's jobs-marketplace page publishes no prices and gives National Council members a 30% discount.
Indeed posts many jobs free subject to its limits, with paid sponsorship priced by its recommendation system.
Is NAADAC's Tier 1 or Tier 2 job posting the better value?
Tier 2 ($300) buys a posting on NAADAC's Career Classifieds webpage.
Tier 1 ($400) adds a listing in NAADAC's weekly Professional eUpdate, which NAADAC says reaches over 70,000 subscribers (self-reported).
Both run for three months, or until the posting's closing date, whichever is sooner.
If the opening is hard to fill or senior, the eUpdate listing earns its keep; for a straightforward local posting, Tier 2 is often enough.
Is SUD Jobs really free for employers?
Yes.
The post-a-job page says "Free.
No account or password needed.
About two minutes," and a posting stays live for 90 days or until the job is filled.
SUD Jobs is the job board of Counselor Magazine, the official publication of the California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals (CCAPP).
Employers who are CCAPP or NBHAP members get a verified badge; SUD Jobs checks employers against those membership records.
How long does an addiction counselor job posting stay live?
It depends on the site.
BehavioralHires posts run 30 days from purchase.
NAADAC's Career Classifieds postings run three months, or until the posting's closing date, whichever is sooner.
A SUD Jobs posting stays live for 90 days, or until the job is filled.
We found no published run time for Indeed or National Council Jobs Marketplace postings, so confirm it with them before you post.
Where can I post related behavioral health jobs, like BHTs or peer support specialists?
BehavioralHires has dedicated pages for behavioral health technicians and peer support specialists as well as substance abuse counselors, so one board can cover a whole program team.
The National Council Jobs Marketplace's job categories include peer specialist, counseling, social work, psychology, marriage and family therapy and behavior analysis.
NAADAC says its eUpdate audience includes addiction counselors, professional counselors, social workers, addiction educators, psychologists and prevention specialists.
Where these facts come from
- NAADAC Career Center (Career Classifieds): naadac.org/career-center (checked October 5, 2026)
- SUD Jobs (Counselor Magazine): sudjobs.com (checked October 5, 2026)
- SUD Jobs (Counselor Magazine): sudjobs.com/post-a-job (checked October 5, 2026)
- National Council Jobs Marketplace: thenationalcouncil.org/about-us/jobs-marketplace (checked October 5, 2026)
- Indeed: indeed.com/hire/pricing (checked October 5, 2026)