Average Mental Health Counselor Salary in Canada

The line graph shows Mental Health Counselor salary in Canada on an annual basis. In this graph specifically, it is indicated that as the years of experience increases, so does their wages.

For Mental Health Counselor working less than a year in a company, you notice that their annual salary starts around $51,127.65.

As the years of experience reaches 1 to 4, there is a significant increase of $2,777.63 which would give a total wage of CAD53,905.28.

Once the experience reaches 5-9 years Mental Health Counselor salary would increase again to a total of $55,921.28, adding $2,016.00 from the last salary increase.

After reaching the 10-19 year experience in their career, another increase in salary will be added to a total of $62,009.48.

And finally, once the Mental Health Counselor gains 20 years of experience or more, their salary would reach $67,875.00.

The bar graph data indicates the importance of specific skills which can have a direct impact on Mental Health Counselor's salary. It clearly highlights the skills needed for a post of Mental Health Counselor when hired by an employer.

The most vital skill expected of Mental Health Counselor is Diagnosis and Treatment Planning which impacts the most than the rest of the skills indicated with a staggering 16% comparatively. Therefore, one’s salary would greatly depend on their skills in Diagnosis and Treatment Planning.

The skill least likely to affect one’s pay would be Clinical Psychology with 3%. It can be said that Clinical Psychology skill will unlikely impact the salary.

This combination of a line and the bar graph shows how the experience affects the salary of Mental Health Counselor. Companies are considering factors like training and education directly affecting the salary offered to you as an employee. The line graph shows the salary increment with the increase in experience whereas the bar graph shows the comparision of how the salary is getting affected based on experience level.

As shown in the trends, lowest earning is $50,932.00 whereas the highest earning is $66,043.00 which clearly shows the salary increases with the level of expertise.

Experienced person will earn the maximum salary of $66,043.00 at 18%. So to summerize, Entry Level earns 9% less than the average salary, Early Career earns 3% less than the average salary, Mid Carrer earns 0% less than the average salary, Late Career earns 10% more than the average salary, Experienced earns 18% more than the average salary.