Therapist Salary in Nebraska: Counselors, MFTs and Social Workers

Nebraska's three medians split into a pair and an outlier.

The counselor median of $63,770 is $4,420 above the national $59,350, and the family therapist median of $62,610 is $4,330 below the national $66,940 — leaving the two just $1,160 apart.

The social worker median of $43,240 is $17,040 below the national $60,280, a 28% gap.

The national order does not survive the trip: nationally the family therapist median leads counselors by $7,590, and social workers edge counselors by $930, while in Nebraska counselors lead family therapists by $1,160 and lead social workers by $20,530.

Any one Nebraska figure for the whole title would have to hide one of these directions, which is why this page shows all three.

The Nebraska counselor median of $63,770 is $4,420 above the national $59,350, and in dollars the advantage widens toward the top: the 75th percentile of $81,740 is $5,210 above the national $76,530, and the 90th percentile of $109,610 is $12,020 above the national $97,590, a 12% gap.

The floor is more uneven: the 10th percentile of $42,400 sits $3,460 above its national figure, yet the 25th percentile of $47,040 is $60 below the national $47,100, which rounds to even.

The middle half of the distribution spans $34,700 against a national band of $29,430, and the 10th-to-90th span is $67,210 against $58,650, so the extra width sits above the middle.

BLS estimates 2,170 counselors employed in the state, and the median ranks 9th of the 51 jurisdictions that publish one.

This is a combined occupation, so the figures describe every kind of counselor it pools, not one licence.

Nebraska marriage and family therapists had a median of $62,610, $4,330 below the national median of $66,940, a 6% gap.

The hourly median shows the same distance, $30.10 against $32.18 nationally.

BLS estimates 260 family therapists employed in Nebraska, and by the median the state ranks 24th of the 45 jurisdictions that publish one.

That employment estimate is small: this page flags it, and quotes only the median for this occupation.

The percentiles the table under this section prints rest on that thin estimate, so treat them as indications rather than figures to plan around.

Mental health and substance abuse social workers in Nebraska sit below the national distribution at every published percentile, and the gap grows toward the top.

The 10th percentile of $35,760 is 10% below national; the 25th percentile of $37,230 is 21% below; the median of $43,240 is $17,040 below the national $60,280, a 28% gap; the 75th percentile of $51,890 is 35% below; and the 90th percentile of $59,160 is 43% below the national $104,170.

The middle half of the Nebraska distribution spans $14,660, against a national band of $32,660, and the full 10th-to-90th span is $23,400 against a national $64,430, so pay in this occupation clusters tightly around the median.

The hourly median is $20.79 against $28.98 nationally.

BLS estimates 900 employed in the state; the median ranks 47th of the 51 jurisdictions that publish one, and employment ranks 35th of 50.

Start with the occupation the job would be counted in, and compare against that row rather than a blended number.

An offer at the Nebraska counselor median of $63,770 would sit $1,160 above the family therapist median and $20,530 above the social worker median.

Hourly postings read the same way: the Nebraska hourly medians are $30.66 for counselors, $30.10 for family therapists and $20.79 for social workers.

The family therapist row carries a small-sample flag, so its median is the only figure this page uses to judge such an offer.

A percentile is a position in the state distribution, not a pay step, so an offer at the 25th percentile says where it sits among Nebraska jobs in that occupation, not a judgement about the person hired.

None of the three rows is a licence figure.

The counselor row pools substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors with licensed counselors, and Nebraska does not issue a stand-alone counselor licence: the state licenses the cross-discipline PLMHP, LMHP and LIMHP tiers, with the CPC certification layered on for counselors, and BLS publishes no counselor-only median for the state.

The family therapist row is the closest to a single occupation.

Nebraska titles LMFT (an LMHP licence plus the CMFT certification) and LIMFT (LIMHP plus CMFT), with the PLMHP provisional licence before them, but OEWS does not split the row by licence stage, so it cannot say what a PLMHP holder earns.

Nebraska issues no stand-alone LCSW: the LCSW title pairs an LMHP licence with the CMSW certificate, and the LICSW title pairs LIMHP with CMSW.

Clinical social workers are counted either in this social worker row or in healthcare social work, depending on the setting, so the $43,240 median does not describe every Nebraska LCSW.

One of the three rows carries a small-sample flag: marriage and family therapists.

BLS estimates 260 employed in Nebraska, small enough that the page flags that table, so this page quotes only the occupation's median and builds no analysis on its percentiles.

The counselor row, at an estimated 2,170, and the social worker row, at an estimated 900, are not flagged.