Earning a doctorate can help social workers, health and service managers, social and community service managers, behavioral counselors, and others advance their education, become more competent in their profession, and increase their earning potential.
Because a doctorate in behavioral health may be applied towards so many different types of jobs, it can be very difficult to precise, reliable salary expectations.
Across all U.S. occupations, those who earned a doctoral degree earn 24% more than those whose highest degree earned is a master’s degree—according to 2024 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
You can review Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics to determine which occupational category is most relevant to your current job. Earning a DBH can help you potentially compete for top percentile estimates aligned with your occupation.*
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* BLS pay estimates calculate the median annual wage for various occupations. Per the BLS the median wage for an occupation is: "The wage at which half of the workers in the occupation earned more than that amount, and half earned less. Median wage data are from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey." Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook 2024. BLS median wage estimates do not represent entry-level wages and/or salaries. Multiple factors, including prior experience, age, geographic market in which you want to work, and degree level and field, will affect career outcomes, including starting salary and earnings as an experienced employee. Herzing neither represents that its graduates will earn the median salaries calculated by BLS for a particular job nor guarantees that graduation from its program will result in a job, promotion, particular wage or salary, or other career growth.
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