Family therapy majors have a hard time finding a job right out of college. Graduates with a family therapy degree are entering a strange job market and it can be hard to find your first job in family therapy. To make finding a job easier, Zippia scanned through 5,505 family therapy major resumes to identify the jobs family therapy majors most prefer.
Highest-Paying Jobs With a Family Therapy Degree
- Starting Salary$42,000Job openings124,816Top Locations:Job Description:Social workers help people solve and cope with problems in their everyday lives. One group of social workers—clinical social workers—also diagnose and treat mental, behavioral, and emotional issues.
- Starting Salary$42,000Job openings136,898Top Locations:Detroit, MI; Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA;Job Description:Physical therapists, sometimes called PTs, help injured or ill people improve their movement and manage their pain. These therapists are often an important part of the rehabilitation, treatment, and prevention of patients with chronic conditions, illnesses, or injuries.
- Starting Salary$41,000Job openings114,361Top Locations:Job Description:Mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists help people manage and overcome mental and emotional disorders and problems with family and other relationships. They listen to clients and ask questions to help the clients understand their problems and develop strategies to improve their lives.
- Starting Salary$39,000Job openings159,770Top Locations:Job Description:Physical therapists, sometimes called PTs, help injured or ill people improve their movement and manage their pain. These therapists are often an important part of the rehabilitation, treatment, and prevention of patients with chronic conditions, illnesses, or injuries.
- Starting Salary$37,000Job openings120,152Top Locations:Tucson, AZ; Portland, OR; Vancouver, WA;Job Description:Mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists help people manage and overcome mental and emotional disorders and problems with family and other relationships. They listen to clients and ask questions to help the clients understand their problems and develop strategies to improve their lives.
- Starting Salary$36,000Job openings75,740Top Locations:New York, NY; Chicago, IL; Philadelphia, PA;Job Description:School counselors help students develop academic and social skills and succeed in school. Career counselors assist people with the process of making career decisions by helping them develop skills or choose a career or educational program.
- Starting Salary$36,000Job openings91,347Top Locations:New York, NY; Oakland, CA; Roanoke, VA;Job Description:Social workers help people solve and cope with problems in their everyday lives. One group of social workers—clinical social workers—also diagnose and treat mental, behavioral, and emotional issues.
- Starting Salary$35,000Job openings114,386Top Locations:Job Description:Social workers help people solve and cope with problems in their everyday lives. One group of social workers—clinical social workers—also diagnose and treat mental, behavioral, and emotional issues.
- Starting Salary$34,000Job openings110,752Top Locations:Job Description:Mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists help people manage and overcome mental and emotional disorders and problems with family and other relationships. They listen to clients and ask questions to help the clients understand their problems and develop strategies to improve their lives.
- Starting Salary$25,000Job openings63,061Top Locations:New York, NY; Chicago, IL; Boston, MA;Job Description:Social workers help people solve and cope with problems in their everyday lives. One group of social workers—clinical social workers—also diagnose and treat mental, behavioral, and emotional issues.
