Community & Social Service

Marriage & Family Therapists

SOC 21-1013

Treat couples and families navigating conflict and mental health challenges.

The job

Median pay

$67k

$50k to $94k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Growing fast

+14% projected

Openings a year

BLS projection

Typical education

Master's plus license

Our model

AI displacement risk

Moderate

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

31/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

80th pct

More exposed than 80% of occupations · modeled estimate · 76th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

68/100

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Key skills

Active Listening
Speaking
Reading Comprehension
Writing
Critical Thinking
Active Learning

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
California	34,970	1.9	4.5×	$67k
Minnesota	4,870	1.7	3.9×	$72k
New Jersey	4,040	0.9	2.2×	$92k
Utah	2,390	1.4	3.2×	$85k
Pennsylvania	2,350	0.4	0.9×	$66k
Washington	1,703	0.5	1.1×	$60k~
Georgia	1,493	0.3	0.7×	$92k~
Tennessee	1,440	0.4	1.0×	$47k
North Carolina	1,400	0.3	0.7×	$48k
Texas	1,380	0.1	0.2×	$46k

All 51 states

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Arizona	1,239	0.4	0.9×	$65k~
Florida	930	0.1	0.2×	$56k
Virginia	930	0.2	0.5×	$80k
Colorado	900	0.3	0.7×	$61k
Illinois	860	0.1	0.3×	$61k
Oregon	850	0.4	1.0×	$92k
New York	770	0.1	0.2×	$64k
Louisiana	732	0.4	0.9×	$57k~
Oklahoma	732	0.4	1.0×	$58k~
Massachusetts	600	0.2	0.4×	$67k
Michigan	590	0.1	0.3×	$52k
Indiana	510	0.2	0.4×	$57k
Maryland	460	0.2	0.4×	$70k
Ohio	460	0.1	0.2×	$70k
Nevada	415	0.3	0.6×	$69k~
Delaware	400	0.8	1.9×	$77k
Missouri	390	0.1	0.3×	$60k
South Carolina	380	0.2	0.4×	$55k
Kentucky	330	0.2	0.4×	$52k
Rhode Island	292	0.6	1.4×	$70k~
Washington DC	284	0.4	0.9×	$79k~
Connecticut	260	0.2	0.4×	$86k
Nebraska	260	0.3	0.6×	$63k
Iowa	240	0.2	0.4×	$67k
Vermont	239	0.8	1.8×	$63k~
Hawaii	220	0.4	0.8×	$142k
Alabama	190	0.1	0.2×	$50k
Kansas	190	0.1	0.3×	$69k
Maine	180	0.3	0.7×	$72k
Wisconsin	180	0.1	0.1×	$38k
New Mexico	160	0.2	0.4×	$71k
North Dakota	159	0.4	0.9×	$70k~
Idaho	140	0.2	0.4×	$63k
Mississippi	140	0.1	0.3×	$51k
Wyoming	105	0.4	0.9×	$67k~
Montana	100	0.2	0.5×	$47k
West Virginia	90	0.1	0.3×	$56k
Arkansas	80	0.1	0.1×	$64k
South Dakota	80	0.2	0.4×	$45k
New Hampshire	70	0.1	0.2×	$60k
Alaska	60	0.2	0.4×	$60k

Top metro areas

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA13,200 jobs · $71k median
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA5,350 jobs · $50k median
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ2,800 jobs · $91k median
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD2,110 jobs · $79k median
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA1,380 jobs · $75k median
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA1,180 jobs · $95k median
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT890 jobs · $87k median
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT730 jobs · $89k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.