Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019

19-3031 Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists

This occupation includes the 2018 SOC occupations 19-3033 Clinical and Counseling Psychologists and 19-3034 School Psychologists and the 2010 SOC occupation 19-3031 Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists.

National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
113,270	1.4 %	$42.04	$87,450	1.0 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$21.75	$28.65	$37.59	$49.26	$63.78
Annual Wage (2)	$45,240	$59,590	$78,200	$102,470	$132,670

Industry profile for this occupation:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Elementary and Secondary Schools	45,630	0.53	$38.55	$80,180
Offices of Other Health Practitioners	20,040	2.10	$48.22	$100,300
Individual and Family Services	6,640	0.26	$40.93	$85,140
Offices of Physicians	6,280	0.24	$46.14	$95,960
Outpatient Care Centers	5,830	0.61	$48.02	$99,870

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Offices of Other Health Practitioners	20,040	2.10	$48.22	$100,300
Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	3,700	1.50	$41.51	$86,350
Educational Support Services	2,430	1.24	$37.79	$78,610
Outpatient Care Centers	5,830	0.61	$48.02	$99,870
Elementary and Secondary Schools	45,630	0.53	$38.55	$80,180

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Child Day Care Services	180	0.02	$57.75	$120,130
Home Health Care Services	280	0.02	$50.69	$105,440
Offices of Other Health Practitioners	20,040	2.10	$48.22	$100,300
Outpatient Care Centers	5,830	0.61	$48.02	$99,870
Junior Colleges	120	0.02	$46.60	$96,930

Geographic profile for this occupation:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
California	16,960	0.98	1.26	$53.73	$111,750
New York	11,030	1.16	1.50	$46.23	$96,170
Texas	8,430	0.68	0.88	$35.54	$73,920
Florida	5,270	0.60	0.78	$37.24	$77,460
Illinois	5,100	0.85	1.10	$36.08	$75,050

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Rhode Island	700	1.44	1.87	$40.44	$84,120
Vermont	410	1.33	1.73	$33.71	$70,120
West Virginia	890	1.27	1.65	$26.34	$54,780
Delaware	560	1.23	1.60	$38.49	$80,060
New York	11,030	1.16	1.50	$46.23	$96,170

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Oregon	1,220	0.64	0.83	$53.85	$112,010
California	16,960	0.98	1.26	$53.73	$111,750
District of Columbia	720	1.00	1.29	$51.40	$106,900
New York	11,030	1.16	1.50	$46.23	$96,170
Louisiana	290	0.15	0.20	$46.17	$96,040

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	10,320	1.07	1.39	$48.23	$100,320
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	4,920	0.79	1.02	$56.32	$117,140
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	4,270	0.91	1.18	$36.75	$76,440
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	3,010	1.05	1.36	$40.23	$83,670
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA	2,930	1.18	1.53	$52.92	$110,070
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	2,730	0.97	1.26	$43.83	$91,170
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	2,600	0.82	1.06	$46.24	$96,180
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	2,050	0.56	0.73	$37.75	$78,520
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	1,980	1.00	1.30	$41.73	$86,810
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	1,880	0.71	0.92	$38.78	$80,660