19 Series · SOC 19-3033

Clinical and Counseling Psychologists

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$95,830

per year

Median Hourly

$46.07/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$106,850

average

Employment

72,190

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$50,470$67,470$95,830$131,510$170,150
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$24.26$32.44$46.07$63.23$81.80
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10th Percentile

$50,470

25th Percentile

$67,470

Median

$95,830

75th Percentile

$131,510

90th Percentile

$170,150

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. Oregon $132,550 2. Colorado $126,260 3. Kentucky $116,480 4. Washington $115,050 5. California $114,520

Lowest Paying States

42. Georgia $51,210 43. New Hampshire $52,510 44. Kansas $61,800 45. Puerto Rico $64,050 46. Louisiana $67,470
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Oregon $132,550 +38% above national
2 Colorado $126,260 +32% above national
3 Kentucky $116,480 +22% above national
4 Washington $115,050 +20% above national
5 California $114,520 +20% above national
6 New Jersey $110,190 +15% above national
7 Delaware $109,120 +14% above national
8 North Dakota $109,110 +14% above national
9 Hawaii $108,840 +14% above national
10 Arizona $106,970 +12% above national
11 Alaska $105,870 +10% above national
12 Maryland $104,480 +9% above national
13 Wisconsin $103,860 +8% above national
14 Nevada $103,510 +8% above national
15 Minnesota $102,650 +7% above national
16 Ohio $102,290 +7% above national
17 Rhode Island $101,820 +6% above national
18 Alabama $100,320 +5% above national
19 New York $99,910 +4% above national
20 Iowa $98,580 +3% above national
21 Maine $97,630 +2% above national
22 Illinois $97,470 +2% above national
23 Mississippi $92,390 4% below national
24 Tennessee $92,320 4% below national
25 North Carolina $91,840 4% below national
26 Oklahoma $91,140 5% below national
27 Pennsylvania $90,450 6% below national
28 Utah $88,990 7% below national
29 Virginia $87,110 9% below national
30 Massachusetts $87,060 9% below national
31 Missouri $86,340 10% below national
32 South Dakota $85,790 10% below national
33 Florida $84,020 12% below national
34 Indiana $80,770 16% below national
35 Michigan $80,030 16% below national
36 Wyoming $79,890 17% below national
37 Vermont $79,550 17% below national
38 Idaho $74,820 22% below national
39 New Mexico $73,860 23% below national
40 Texas $72,320 25% below national
41 West Virginia $70,540 26% below national
42 Louisiana $67,470 30% below national
43 Puerto Rico $64,050 33% below national
44 Kansas $61,800 36% below national
45 New Hampshire $52,510 45% below national
46 Georgia $51,210 47% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $160,210 2. Vallejo, CA $143,370 3. Hanford-Corcoran, CA $139,440 4. La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $137,990 5. Salem, OR $134,440

Lowest Paying Metros

269. North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $49,310 270. South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $50,350 271. Manchester-Nashua, NH $52,510 272. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $56,640 273. Wichita, KS $57,450
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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $160,210 +67% above national
2 Vallejo, CA $143,370 +50% above national
3 Hanford-Corcoran, CA $139,440 +46% above national
4 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $137,990 +44% above national
5 Salem, OR $134,440 +40% above national
6 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $133,820 +40% above national
7 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $132,550 +38% above national
8 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $126,910 +32% above national
9 Jacksonville, FL $126,460 +32% above national
10 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $126,260 +32% above national
11 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $125,700 +31% above national
12 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $124,800 +30% above national
13 Rochester, MN $124,740 +30% above national
14 Fresno, CA $123,460 +29% above national
15 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $122,910 +28% above national
16 Maryland nonmetropolitan area $122,300 +28% above national
17 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $122,100 +27% above national
18 Eugene-Springfield, OR $120,590 +26% above national
19 Tulsa, OK $119,830 +25% above national
20 Madison, WI $119,310 +25% above national
21 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $118,780 +24% above national
22 Salinas, CA $118,780 +24% above national
23 Stockton-Lodi, CA $118,780 +24% above national
24 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area $118,600 +24% above national
25 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $118,110 +23% above national
26 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $117,790 +23% above national
27 Raleigh-Cary, NC $117,060 +22% above national
28 West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $116,480 +22% above national
29 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $116,480 +22% above national
30 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $116,470 +22% above national
31 Kahului-Wailuku, HI $116,050 +21% above national
32 Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $115,580 +21% above national
33 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $115,580 +21% above national
34 Killeen-Temple, TX $115,500 +21% above national
35 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $114,400 +19% above national
36 Bismarck, ND $113,220 +18% above national
37 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $112,100 +17% above national
38 Mankato, MN $111,320 +16% above national
39 Toledo, OH $111,310 +16% above national
40 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $110,910 +16% above national
41 Wilmington, NC $110,620 +15% above national
42 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $110,310 +15% above national
43 Urban Honolulu, HI $109,950 +15% above national
44 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $109,500 +14% above national
45 Canton-Massillon, OH $109,430 +14% above national
46 Columbus, OH $108,460 +13% above national
47 Huntsville, AL $108,440 +13% above national
48 Chattanooga, TN-GA $108,300 +13% above national
49 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $108,270 +13% above national
50 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $108,080 +13% above national
51 Visalia, CA $107,860 +13% above national
52 Pittsfield, MA $107,800 +12% above national
53 Syracuse, NY $106,860 +12% above national
54 Green Bay, WI $106,850 +11% above national
55 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $106,820 +11% above national
56 Reno, NV $106,530 +11% above national
57 York-Hanover, PA $106,520 +11% above national
58 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $106,330 +11% above national
59 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $105,750 +10% above national
60 Knoxville, TN $105,630 +10% above national
61 Springfield, MA $105,300 +10% above national
62 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $105,210 +10% above national
63 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $104,960 +10% above national
64 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $104,250 +9% above national
65 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $103,700 +8% above national
66 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $103,580 +8% above national
67 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $103,510 +8% above national
68 Binghamton, NY $103,340 +8% above national
69 Glens Falls, NY $103,340 +8% above national
70 Utica-Rome, NY $103,340 +8% above national
71 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $103,010 +7% above national
72 Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $102,310 +7% above national
73 New Haven, CT $102,210 +7% above national
74 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $101,880 +6% above national
75 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $101,520 +6% above national
76 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $101,400 +6% above national
77 Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $101,350 +6% above national
78 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $101,110 +6% above national
79 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $100,990 +5% above national
80 Asheville, NC $100,670 +5% above national
81 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $100,330 +5% above national
82 Naples-Marco Island, FL $99,990 +4% above national
83 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $99,990 +4% above national
84 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $99,990 +4% above national
85 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA $99,820 +4% above national
86 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $99,650 +4% above national
87 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $99,590 +4% above national
88 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $99,540 +4% above national
89 Pueblo, CO $99,470 +4% above national
90 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $99,250 +4% above national
91 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $99,210 +4% above national
92 Oklahoma City, OK $99,110 +3% above national
93 Ames, IA $99,040 +3% above national
94 Cedar Rapids, IA $99,010 +3% above national
95 Anchorage, AK $98,690 +3% above national
96 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $98,260 +3% above national
97 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $98,240 +3% above national
98 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $98,170 +2% above national
99 Grand Forks, ND-MN $97,940 +2% above national
100 Wausau, WI $97,880 +2% above national
101 Youngstown-Warren, OH $97,860 +2% above national
102 Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $97,700 +2% above national
103 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $97,120 +1% above national
104 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $96,760 +1% above national
105 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $96,600 +1% above national
106 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $96,360 +1% above national
107 Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $96,310 +1% above national
108 Saginaw, MI $96,270 same as national
109 Fargo, ND-MN $95,890 same as national
110 Redding, CA $95,800 same as national
111 Clarksville, TN-KY $95,550 same as national
112 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $95,290 1% below national
113 North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $95,240 1% below national
114 Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $95,050 1% below national
115 St. Cloud, MN $95,000 1% below national
116 Jackson, TN $94,830 1% below national
117 Akron, OH $94,680 1% below national
118 Erie, PA $94,680 1% below national
119 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $94,440 1% below national
120 Chico, CA $94,060 2% below national
121 Duluth, MN-WI $94,040 2% below national
122 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $93,600 2% below national
123 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $93,500 2% below national
124 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $93,470 2% below national
125 Jonesboro, AR $93,450 2% below national
126 St. Louis, MO-IL $93,290 3% below national
127 Muncie, IN $93,240 3% below national
128 Colorado Springs, CO $93,070 3% below national
129 Lexington-Fayette, KY $93,040 3% below national
130 Rochester, NY $92,350 4% below national
131 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $92,320 4% below national
132 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $92,260 4% below national
133 Greenville, NC $91,840 4% below national
134 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $91,520 4% below national
135 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $91,390 5% below national
136 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $91,030 5% below national
137 Jefferson City, MO $90,510 6% below national
138 Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $90,040 6% below national
139 Springfield, MO $89,170 7% below national
140 Ogden, UT $89,000 7% below national
141 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $88,660 7% below national
142 Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $88,080 8% below national
143 Worcester, MA $87,680 9% below national
144 West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $87,570 9% below national
145 Portland-South Portland, ME $87,550 9% below national
146 Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $87,420 9% below national
147 Columbia, MO $87,190 9% below national
148 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $87,110 9% below national
149 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $87,060 9% below national
150 Omaha, NE-IA $87,060 9% below national
151 Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $86,560 10% below national
152 Burlington-South Burlington, VT $86,520 10% below national
153 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $86,380 10% below national
154 Columbus, GA-AL $86,200 10% below national
155 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $85,890 10% below national
156 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA $84,820 11% below national
157 Lincoln, NE $84,800 12% below national
158 Rocky Mount, NC $84,390 12% below national
159 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $84,180 12% below national
160 Lynchburg, VA $83,960 12% below national
161 Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $83,820 13% below national
162 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $83,480 13% below national
163 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $83,480 13% below national
164 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $83,400 13% below national
165 Peoria, IL $83,310 13% below national
166 Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $83,310 13% below national
167 Modesto, CA $83,000 13% below national
168 East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $82,880 14% below national
169 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $82,280 14% below national
170 Springfield, IL $82,100 14% below national
171 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $82,080 14% below national
172 Charlottesville, VA $81,860 15% below national
173 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $81,700 15% below national
174 Bloomington, IN $81,330 15% below national
175 Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $81,320 15% below national
176 Janesville-Beloit, WI $81,170 15% below national
177 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $80,780 16% below national
178 Winston-Salem, NC $80,670 16% below national
179 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $80,640 16% below national
180 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $80,600 16% below national
181 Cleveland, OH $80,530 16% below national
182 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $80,360 16% below national
183 Kansas City, MO-KS $80,290 16% below national
184 Fayetteville, NC $80,250 16% below national
185 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $79,890 17% below national
186 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $79,670 17% below national
187 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $79,620 17% below national
188 College Station-Bryan, TX $79,490 17% below national
189 Champaign-Urbana, IL $79,220 17% below national
190 Flint, MI $79,130 17% below national
191 Evansville, IN $78,920 18% below national
192 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $78,890 18% below national
193 St. George, UT $78,830 18% below national
194 Lancaster, PA $78,790 18% below national
195 Auburn-Opelika, AL $78,620 18% below national
196 Jackson, MS $78,230 18% below national
197 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $78,150 18% below national
198 Waco, TX $78,040 19% below national
199 Fort Wayne, IN $78,020 19% below national
200 Bay City, MI $77,900 19% below national
201 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $77,700 19% below national
202 Iowa City, IA $77,510 19% below national
203 Abilene, TX $77,470 19% below national
204 Johnstown, PA $77,150 19% below national
205 State College, PA $77,150 19% below national
206 Williamsport, PA $77,150 19% below national
207 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $77,150 19% below national
208 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $77,140 20% below national
209 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $76,840 20% below national
210 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $76,690 20% below national
211 Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $76,640 20% below national
212 Richmond, VA $76,540 20% below national
213 Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $76,460 20% below national
214 Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $76,410 20% below national
215 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $76,400 20% below national
216 Boise City, ID $76,380 20% below national
217 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $75,980 21% below national
218 Roanoke, VA $75,650 21% below national
219 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $75,570 21% below national
220 Pittsburgh, PA $75,550 21% below national
221 Traverse City, MI $75,550 21% below national
222 Winchester, VA-WV $75,270 21% below national
223 Elkhart-Goshen, IN $75,120 22% below national
224 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $74,820 22% below national
225 Reading, PA $74,690 22% below national
226 Montgomery, AL $74,660 22% below national
227 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $74,560 22% below national
228 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $74,410 22% below national
229 Morgantown, WV $74,390 22% below national
230 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $74,200 23% below national
231 Rockford, IL $74,000 23% below national
232 Albuquerque, NM $73,860 23% below national
233 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $73,780 23% below national
234 Terre Haute, IN $73,770 23% below national
235 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $73,450 23% below national
236 Altoona, PA $72,880 24% below national
237 East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $72,600 24% below national
238 Ann Arbor, MI $72,120 25% below national
239 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $71,390 26% below national
240 El Paso, TX $71,180 26% below national
241 Niles, MI $69,980 27% below national
242 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $69,450 28% below national
243 Tyler, TX $69,450 28% below national
244 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $69,250 28% below national
245 High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area $69,140 28% below national
246 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $68,880 28% below national
247 Wheeling, WV-OH $68,070 29% below national
248 Lubbock, TX $67,660 29% below national
249 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $67,660 29% below national
250 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $67,660 29% below national
251 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $67,470 30% below national
252 North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $66,940 30% below national
253 Charleston, WV $65,990 31% below national
254 Tuscaloosa, AL $65,630 32% below national
255 Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $64,790 32% below national
256 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $64,720 32% below national
257 Barnstable Town, MA $64,690 32% below national
258 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $64,200 33% below national
259 Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $64,020 33% below national
260 Baton Rouge, LA $63,850 33% below national
261 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $63,720 34% below national
262 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV $63,050 34% below national
263 Greensboro-High Point, NC $62,680 35% below national
264 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $61,140 36% below national
265 Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $60,980 36% below national
266 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $60,050 37% below national
267 Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $58,960 38% below national
268 Corpus Christi, TX $58,420 39% below national
269 Wichita, KS $57,450 40% below national
270 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $56,640 41% below national
271 Manchester-Nashua, NH $52,510 45% below national
272 South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $50,350 47% below national
273 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $49,310 49% below national

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024. Data reflects cross-industry estimates for all ownership types.