The Clinician Pay Guide: What an Offer Actually Pays

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The Clinician Pay Guide

The math you need to work out what an offer, a platform, or a supervision deal actually pays. Free, and it takes about fifteen minutes to read.

01

The offer that looks like $71,500. A real contractor offer worked all the way through to roughly $40,000, and every step that got it there.

02

W-2 against 1099, with 2026 numbers. Payroll tax, where your state comes in, and the QBI cliff that hits therapists specifically.

03

What "free supervision" actually costs. A formula that works in any state, priced against Florida's 100 required hours. The break-even is about $5.20 a session.

04

Twelve questions before you sign anything. Including the four that hiring managers are least prepared to answer.

One thing this guide is not

It does not publish a table of platform rates, because no such table is honest. Contracted rates vary by state, license type, payer and CPT code, platforms treat them as confidential, and every figure circulating online is either an estimate or one person's contract.

So this teaches you the formulas instead. When you have a real rate sheet in front of you, you will be able to tell whether it is good.

Where should I send it?

You will get one email asking you to confirm. Click the link and the guide is yours, along with occasional notes on licensure and compensation, and nothing else.

Where are you right now?

No spam, and one click unsubscribes you. I am a working clinician, not a marketing list.

Gabriel Benaim, LMHC

Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida, running an online practice statewide. Degree to License is the independent resource I write on Florida licensure, compensation and the business of an independent practice, with sources and dates on every figure.

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