Since a master’s is the minimum requirement for the board-certification (BCBA) and state licensure needed to practice independently as an applied behavior analyst, it places you in the running for the full range of salaries available in this role. Estimates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) put that range at anywhere from $44,500 on the low end (bottom 10%) on up to $133,470 at the high end (top 10%). As a branch of the US Department of Labor, the BLS is the only reliable source of salary information for all jobs in the US. But as an emerging profession, ABA hasn’t been given its own category yet, and instead, falls within the uncategorized “all-other” segment of psychologists. It’s very reasonable to conclude that master’s-prepared ABAs would fall right in the middle of that range, where the median salary is $105,780.