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Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors pay in Alaska and Wyoming
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors is $80,770 per year in Alaska. It is $62,980 per year in Wyoming. Alaska is 28.2% above Wyoming on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 21-1018 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 1,290 wage and salary jobs in Alaska and 910 in Wyoming. 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.