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

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

If you are weighing a move, or weighing whether to stay, this is the number that matters first. In Tennessee, the middle substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors earned $49,580 a year in the latest BLS release. Half earned more than that and half earned less, so treat it as a realistic middle point, not a promise and not a ceiling.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$49,580

$24 per hour at the median · That is $9,770 (16.5 percent) below the national median of $59,350 for this occupation.

$53,720Mean annual salary
$26Mean hourly wage
$9,040People employed in this job in Tennessee

Salary range

25th: $39,160Median: $49,58075th: $61,160
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$39,160
Median (50th percentile)$49,580
75th percentile$61,160
Mean$53,720

The middle half of workers earned from $39,160 to $61,160 a year. The gap between the mean and the median tells its own story. When the mean sits above the median, a smaller group at the top is pulling the average up. When the two are close, pay is more even across the field.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$42,018 a year
$3,501 a month
Federal tax $3,770 · FICA $3,793 · State tax $0
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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