Marriage and Family Therapists pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$77,240avg. a year
$37.14 an hour · 13,200 employed
Marriage and Family Therapists in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area earn an average of $77,240 a year. That is $2,200 (3%) less than the California average of $79,440. The U.S. average is $76,960.
$71,110Median pay
$37.14Average hourly
-3%vs. California average
13,200Jobs in this metro
Other California metro areas
Average pay for marriage and family therapists in other California metro areas. Swipe to see all 21.
11,180 jobs
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
$105,320
$50.64 an hour
250 jobs
Napa, CA
$100,790
$48.46 an hour
3150 jobs
Vallejo, CA
$97,720
$46.98 an hour
4
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
$95,400
$45.87 an hour
5290 jobs
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA
$93,930
$45.16 an hour
6220 jobs
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
$93,290
$44.85 an hour
790 jobs
Chico, CA
$90,700
$43.61 an hour
850 jobs
El Centro, CA
$84,500
$40.63 an hour
91,380 jobs
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
$84,310
$40.54 an hour
10310 jobs
Stockton-Lodi, CA
$84,160
$40.46 an hour
11130 jobs
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
$83,810
$40.29 an hour
12640 jobs
Fresno, CA
$83,550
$40.17 an hour
13350 jobs
Bakersfield-Delano, CA
$80,090
$38.51 an hour
14210 jobs
Redding, CA
$78,970
$37.97 an hour
15130 jobs
Visalia, CA
$78,720
$37.85 an hour
16140 jobs
Salinas, CA
$78,570
$37.78 an hour
17240 jobs
Modesto, CA
$78,510
$37.75 an hour
1850 jobs
Yuba City, CA
$76,860
$36.95 an hour
19
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
$75,210
$36.16 an hour
20
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
$66,140
$31.80 an hour
215,350 jobs
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
$65,440
$31.46 an hour
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How Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim compares
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Questions and answers
How much do marriage and family therapists make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim?
The average is $77,240 a year, and the median is $71,110. About 13,200 people work in this job in the metro area.
Is that more than the California average?
That is $2,200 (3%) less than the California average of $79,440.
Is this job common in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim?
It makes up 2.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the metro area, 4.91 times the national share.
Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, occupation code 21-1013. Metro area: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metropolitan statistical area (BLS area code 31080). Wages are gross pay before taxes and don't include overtime premiums, tips, bonuses or benefits; self-employed workers aren't included. How we use the data. JobPayFacts isn't affiliated with BLS.