SALARY EXPLORER · UPDATED 2026

Marriage and Family Therapists Salary in California

See the latest available wage benchmarks for Marriage and Family Therapistss in California, including the median, mean, employment and published percentile range.

Latest available wage reference: 2025 Page reviewed September 2026 34,970 jobs in this occupation

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California salary benchmark

Published wage distribution for Marriage and Family Therapists in California.

Median annual salary
$67,300
50th percentile
$79,440Mean / average
$6,620Mean per month
$38Mean per hour*
*Annual wage divided by 2,080 hours for a simple hourly equivalent.
U.S. comparison

The California median is -13% versus the U.S. median of $77,040 for the same occupation.

Salary distribution

The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentile wages.

$46,350
10th
$49,680
25th
$67,300
50th
$98,450
75th
$130,340
90th
10th percentile
$46,350
Lower end of the published range
Median
$67,300
50th percentile
90th percentile
$130,340
Upper end of the published range
Employment
34,970
Estimated jobs in the occupation

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Where in California

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Questions people ask

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What is the median Marriage and Family Therapists salary in California?

The published median is $67,300 per year. The median is the 50th percentile: half of workers are below it and half are above it in the published wage distribution.

How much is the 90th percentile for Marriage and Family Therapistss in California?

The 90th percentile is $130,340 per year. The 90th percentile means 90% of workers are at or below that wage estimate in the published distribution.

Does this salary figure include bonus or equity?

These wage estimates represent wages for the occupation and geography. They should not be treated as a complete total-compensation estimate for an individual offer; bonuses, equity and benefits may be reported separately by employers.

Where the numbers come from

This page uses the latest available Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics reference imported into LinkedInSalary. The current wage reference is May 2025.

The dataset publishes employment, mean wages and percentile wage estimates. Percentiles describe the wage distribution; the site does not infer seniority bands, bonuses, growth rates or cost-of-living adjustments from these figures.

Data source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS).

Data reference year: 2025 · Page presentation year: 2026.

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