Compared with the local labor market
Behavioral Health Specialist pay vs. the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area
Across all employers in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area, the median wage for Clinical and Counseling Psychologists — about 720 people — is $117,170. Cmpd Administrative Service Group pays a median base salary of $89,014 for this role, 24% below that figure — about the 30th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Cmpd Administrative Service Group sits in the local pay range
$51,940
$81,470
$117,170
$223,600
$256,700
Cmpd Administrative Service Group median · $89,014
The bar is the range of annual wages for Clinical and Counseling Psychologists across every employer in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Cmpd Administrative Service Group’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Clinical and Counseling Psychologists — about 75,990 people — is $100,580. Cmpd Administrative Service Group’s median base salary is 11% below that national figure, about the 39th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$55,170
$73,210
$100,580
$135,200
$180,960
Cmpd Administrative Service Group median · $89,014
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Cmpd Administrative Service Group is $89,014, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
This role across City of Charlotte
Behavioral Health Specialist is held in 2 City of Charlotte departments. In Cmpd Administrative Service Group, the median of $89,014 ranks #1 of 2.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Behavioral Health Specialist role in other City of Charlottedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
Behavioral Health Specialist beyond City of Charlotte
This role is reported in 3 jurisdictions. In City of Charlotte, the median of $80,014 ranks #1 of 3. See Behavioral Health Specialist across all of City of Charlotte →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Behavioral Health Specialist roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.