Marriage and Family Therapists Salary — Houston, Texas

The average Marriage and Family Therapists in Houston, Texas earns $56,340 a year.

$56,340 / year, mean
↓ 27.4% below national average 33th percentile in Texas

Houston pays below most of Texas for this role, though still within a normal range for the state. That's well below the national average for marriage and family therapists — one of the largest gaps in this dataset. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This estimate comes from a smaller sample than most cities in this dataset — treat the exact figure with a bit more caution.

Percentile within Texas

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
360
Estimate confidence
RSE 19.6%
Cost of living 99 #69 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2109 #114 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $308,306 #99 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $80,458 #49 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Houston ranks #69 for cost of living and #99 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Eugene $109,120 San Jose $105,320 Bend $103,960 Napa $100,790 Sarasota $99,480 Portland $98,610 Trenton $98,030 Vallejo $97,720 San Francisco $95,400 Santa Rosa $93,930 Santa Maria $93,290 Chico $90,700 Atlantic City $89,950 New York $86,480 El Centro $84,500 Sacramento $84,310 Stockton $84,160 Santa Cruz $83,810 Fresno $83,550 Bakersfield $80,090 Corvallis $79,450 Redding $78,970 Visalia $78,720 Salinas $78,570 Modesto $78,510 Philadelphia $77,800 Virginia Beach $77,390 Los Angeles $77,240 Yuba City $76,860 Allentown $75,250 Riverside $75,210 Baltimore $74,010 Harrisburg $72,990 Dover $72,180 Scranton $72,080 San Antonio $71,360 Chicago $71,020 Syracuse $69,520 Lebanon $69,120 Albany $68,110 Seattle $68,030 Pittsburgh $67,220 Chambersburg $66,910 Lancaster $66,300 Oxnard $66,140 San Diego $65,440 Reading $65,350 Richmond $64,870 Rochester $63,890 York $62,570 Miami $61,990 Grand Rapids $61,880 Dallas $60,910 Indianapolis $59,710 Fort Wayne $59,690 Detroit $58,130 Orlando $57,420 Erie $56,990 Louisville $56,370 Houston $56,340 Huntington $54,580 Jacksonville $53,250 Tampa $53,170 Fort Myers $52,230 Lansing $45,770
CityMean salaryvs. Houston
Albany, New York$68,110+20.9%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$75,250+33.6%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$89,950+59.7%
Bakersfield, California$80,090+42.2%
Baltimore, Maryland$74,010+31.4%
Bend, Oregon$103,960+84.5%
Fort Myers, Florida$52,230-7.3%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$66,910+18.8%
Chicago, Illinois$71,020+26.1%
Chico, California$90,700+61.0%
Corvallis, Oregon$79,450+41.0%
Dallas, Texas$60,910+8.1%
Detroit, Michigan$58,130+3.2%
Dover, Delaware$72,180+28.1%
El Centro, California$84,500+50.0%
Erie, Pennsylvania$56,990+1.2%
Eugene, Oregon$109,120+93.7%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$59,690+5.9%
Fresno, California$83,550+48.3%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$61,880+9.8%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$72,990+29.6%
Huntington, West Virginia$54,580-3.1%
Indianapolis, Indiana$59,710+6.0%
Jacksonville, Florida$53,250-5.5%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$66,300+17.7%
Lansing, Michigan$45,770-18.8%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$69,120+22.7%
Los Angeles, California$77,240+37.1%
Louisville, Kentucky$56,370+0.1%
Miami, Florida$61,990+10.0%
Modesto, California$78,510+39.4%
Napa, California$100,790+78.9%
New York, New York$86,480+53.5%
Sarasota, Florida$99,480+76.6%
Orlando, Florida$57,420+1.9%
Oxnard, California$66,140+17.4%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$77,800+38.1%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$67,220+19.3%
Portland, Oregon$98,610+75.0%
Reading, Pennsylvania$65,350+16.0%
Redding, California$78,970+40.2%
Richmond, Virginia$64,870+15.1%
Riverside, California$75,210+33.5%
Rochester, New York$63,890+13.4%
Sacramento, California$84,310+49.6%
Salinas, California$78,570+39.5%
San Antonio, Texas$71,360+26.7%
San Diego, California$65,440+16.2%
San Francisco, California$95,400+69.3%
San Jose, California$105,320+86.9%
Santa Cruz, California$83,810+48.8%
Santa Maria, California$93,290+65.6%
Santa Rosa, California$93,930+66.7%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$72,080+27.9%
Seattle, Washington$68,030+20.7%
Stockton, California$84,160+49.4%
Syracuse, New York$69,520+23.4%
Tampa, Florida$53,170-5.6%
Trenton, New Jersey$98,030+74.0%
Vallejo, California$97,720+73.4%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$77,390+37.4%
Visalia, California$78,720+39.7%
York, Pennsylvania$62,570+11.1%
Yuba City, California$76,860+36.4%
Gross salary
56,340/yr
Estimated take-home
47,449/yr
Est. total withheld
15.8%

Single filer, federal income tax + FICA only, 2025 rates — Texas has no state income tax on wages. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 21-1013 SOC code
Official area Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 26420 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: tx_constitucion_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
PasadenaThe Woodlands
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Highlighted: Texas

Population (metro area)
7,274,714