Mental & Behavioral Health Occupations nurse pay
$85,000median posted offer#327 of 386 specialties
Read from 27 live Mental & Behavioral Health Occupations postings that state pay — 11% below the all-nursing median of $95,680. Updated September 10, 2026.
Where does your pay sit in Mental & Behavioral Health Occupations?
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Posted offers on live listings — not take-home pay or a promise of what any one nurse will earn.
Where Mental & Behavioral Health Occupations pays the most
| # | State | Median | Top 10% from | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | $101,750 | $119k | 11 |
| 2 | California | $85,000 | $133k | 5 |
What to do with this
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Questions nurses ask
- How much do Mental & Behavioral Health Occupations nurses make?
- Across 27 live Mental & Behavioral Health Occupations postings that state pay, the median offer is $85,000 a year. The middle half runs $48,788–$103,750, and the top 10% start at $118,528.
- Does Mental & Behavioral Health Occupations pay more than nursing overall?
- Mental & Behavioral Health Occupations ranks #327 of 386 specialties on posted pay. Its median is 11% below the all-nursing median of $95,680.
- Which states pay Mental & Behavioral Health Occupations nurses the most?
- By posted median right now: #1 Texas ($101,750), #2 California ($85,000). Rankings move as postings change — this page updates continuously.
- Where do these numbers come from?
- Midpoint of stated salary ranges on live nursing job postings; values outside $20,000–$800,000/yr treated as parse artifacts and excluded; groups under 5 postings suppressed. Headline figures blend every employment type; `employmentTypes` splits the same postings into staff, travel, PRN and agency bands, each annualized on the posting's own stated terms (weekly travel rates at 52 weeks), so a rate is only ever ranked against its own band. Community-reported figures are anonymous, unverified, and reported separately.