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Mental Health Counselors

Occupation · SOC 2018 21-1014 · United States

SOC 2018 code
21-1014
Share of U.S. applications
0.04%
Applications on record
5,102
FY2025
738
Median offered wage
$66,000
Certified (last three years)
96.1%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$66,000certified LCAs, FY2024–FY2026
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Mental Health Counselors (SOC 21-1014). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Mental Health Counselors

369738FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
369738FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200820
FY200976
FY2010235
FY2011212
FY2012183
FY2013147
FY2014187
FY2015174
FY2016197
FY2017229
FY2018209
FY2019234
FY2020215
FY2021225
FY2022391
FY2023381
FY2024479
FY2025738
FY2026*570
Fiscal yearH-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*050862
FY2025165879
FY2024043841
FY2023034635
FY2022037219
FY2021019629
FY2020019817
FY2019021717
FY2018018623
FY2017019435
FY2016017126
FY2015014331
FY2014015631
FY2013012621
FY2012015825
FY2011018626
FY2010020827
FY200906412
FY20080020
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.

Applications by employer
  1. GANDARA Mental HEALTH CENTER Inc319
  2. Sea Mar Community Health Centers127
  3. Richmond Area Multi-services, Inc.93
  4. Eliot Community Human Services, Inc.60
  5. New York Asian Women's Center51
  6. Omni Health Services, Inc.48
  7. Purdue University44
  8. The Asian Americans for Community Involvement of Santa Clara County, I43
  9. Wayside Youth & Family Support Network, Inc.41
  10. Holocene Acquisition II LLC38
  11. Northeast Community Mental Health Center37
  12. The Otis R. Bowen Center for Human Services, Inc.33
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

Mental Health Counselors: applications by worksite state

3+10+22+50+102+
3+10+22+50+102+
Data table
StateApplications
MA900
NY647
CA638
PA344
IL318
WA313
TX216
MD143
IN121
FL121
VA102
CO95
MN90
OH88
OR83
OK80
NJ73
TN61
MI57
GA57
CT50
AZ48
NC46
MO35
UT33
WI25
NM25
DC25
NE24
KS24
RI22
AK21
KY20
NH15
IA14
VT13
MS13
LA13
WY12
WV11
ID10
MT9
SC9
AL8
ME8
NV6
SD5
AR5
HI3
VI3
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ610
  2. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH519
  3. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN288
  4. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA249
  5. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA249
  6. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD249
  7. Springfield, MA201
  8. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA200
  9. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV130
  10. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA108
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $66,000; middle half $56,301 to $78,750 · median prevailing wage $55,504 (marker) · 1,504 applications.

$40k$55k$70k$85k$100k
$40k$55k$70k$85k$100k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I357
  2. Level II644
  3. Level III255
  4. Level IV218
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Mental Health Counselor561
  2. Mental Health Therapist178
  3. Clinician151
  4. Psychotherapist123
  5. Therapist114
  6. Counselor86
  7. Behavioral Health Counselor78
  8. Mental Health Therapist III76
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area

Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.

  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
  • Springfield, MA
  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
  • Worcester, MA
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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