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Marriage and Family Therapists pay in Burlington-South Burlington, VT and Urban Honolulu, HI
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Marriage and Family Therapists is $57,880 per year in Burlington-South Burlington, VT. It is $141,960 per year in Urban Honolulu, HI. Burlington-South Burlington, VT is 59.2% below Urban Honolulu, HI on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 21-1013 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists Not published wage and salary jobs in Burlington-South Burlington, VT and 190 in Urban Honolulu, HI. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.