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Peer Support Specialist / Family Partner salary

Lived-experience peer roles: peer specialists, parent/youth partners. Based on 104 job-posting observations from Southern California nonprofits.

Based on 104 postings✓ Full range shown (10+ postings)
nis the number of individual job postings a figure is calculated from. The more postings behind a number, the more you can trust it. We never publish anything based on fewer than 5.
25th percentile
$48,880
Median
$52,000
75th percentile
$54,080
Most postings for this role are hourly; median posted rate is $25.00/hour.

By county

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CountyPostings25thMedian75th
ⓘNot shown (fewer than 5 postings): Riverside (4), Imperial (4), Kern (3).   25th/75th percentiles appear only where a county has 10+ postings (shown as “N/A” otherwise, since a low count makes those edges unreliable).

By organization budget

$10M-$20M$47,84017 postings
$20M-$50M$48,88026 postings
$50M-$100M$53,56022 postings
$100M+$52,00037 postings
ⓘNot shown (fewer than 5 postings): $2M-$10M (2).

By subsector

Mental Health & Crisis Intervention$52,00039 postings
Human Services$49,92046 postings
ⓘNot shown (fewer than 5 postings): Youth Development (3), Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations (2), Education (3).

By career level

Staff / Specialist$52,000100 postings
ⓘNot shown (fewer than 5 postings): Entry / Support (4).

Organizations hiring now

Amity FoundationBudget $100M+$52,000View org →TURN Behavioral Health ServicesSan Diego County · Budget $100M+$52,000–$58,240View org →SycamoresLos Angeles County · Budget $50M-$100M$41,600–$70,720View org →Transitions-Mental Health AssociationBudget $10M-$20M$37,440–$56,160View org →San Diego Center for ChildrenSan Diego County · Budget $20M-$50M$47,840–$52,000View org →Children's InstituteLos Angeles County · Budget $50M-$100M$43,680–$68,640View org →Didi HirschLos Angeles County · Budget $50M-$100M$43,680–$52,000View org →Aviva Family & Children's ServicesLos Angeles County · Budget $10M-$20M$52,000View org →

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How this page is built
Figures reflect 104 salary observations from public job postings across 10 Southern California counties, 2024–2026, annualized (hourly × 2,080) with titles standardized to a nonprofit occupation taxonomy. Percentiles are published only when an occupation reaches 10 observations. No cell is shown for any group with fewer than 5. Executive figures are cross-checked against IRS Form 990. Data through November 07, 2026. Slugs, canonical URLs, and structured data are stable across rebuilds.