SOC 21-1018 · Community and Social Service Occupations · May 2025

How much do Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors make in Sheboygan, WI?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors in Sheboygan, WI is $63,820. The 10th percentile is $49,730 and the 90th percentile is $103,210. Employment is 150.

Median annual wage

$63,820

10th percentile
$49,730
25th percentile
$58,560
Median
$63,820
75th percentile
$81,290
90th percentile
$103,210
Mean
$70,360

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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A nurse with a patient at a hospital centre in Birmingham. Wellcome Collection. Photograph by Wellcome Collection. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0

Percentile spread

For Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors, the published 10th percentile is $49,730 and the 90th percentile is $103,210. The difference is $53,480, which is 83.8% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $58,560 to the 75th at $81,290, covers $22,730.

The mean annual wage is $70,360, which sits above the median of $63,820. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Sheboygan, WI median is 7.5% higher than the national median of $59,350 for Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. In 2024 national prices the local median is $67,884, which is 14.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.6% higher than the Wisconsin median of $62,220.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Sheboygan, WI is 94.014, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $63,820 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors at $67,884 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

30 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. Sheboygan, WI ranks 11th of 31 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Fond du Lac, WI is 38 miles away, with a median of $62,190 and employment of 130. That median is 2.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,861, against $67,884 here.
  • Appleton, WI is 50 miles away, with a median of $60,380 and employment of 480. That median is 5.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,333, against $67,884 here.
  • Oshkosh-Neenah, WI is 52 miles away, with a median of $67,450 and employment of 300. That median is 5.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $72,582, against $67,884 here.

Employment share

Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors accounts for 0.25% of wage-and-salary employment in Sheboygan, WI (150 of 60,630). Nationally the occupation is 0.32% of employment (491,930 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.78 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors make in Sheboygan, WI?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors in Sheboygan, WI is $63,820. The 10th percentile is $49,730 and the 90th percentile is $103,210. Employment is 150.

How does that compare with the national median for Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors?

The local median is 7.5% higher than the national median of $59,350.

What is Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors pay in Sheboygan, WI after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Sheboygan, WI is 94.014, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $63,820 is $67,884. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Sheboygan, WI compare with nearby metros for Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors?

Fond du Lac, WI is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 38 miles away, at $62,190. Sheboygan, WI ranks 11th of 31 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.