Clinical Psychologist Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Job Numbers and Growth

Nationally, there are 152,000 working as clinical psychologists. This occupation has a very low ranking for joblessness. The jobless rate for employees was about 1% in 2008.

Area Job Conditions

Workers per capita is greatest in Santa Fe (New Mexico), Las Cruces (New Mexico), and Albuquerque (New Mexico). Beaumont (Texas), McAllen (Texas), and Birmingham (Alabama) have the fewest per capita.

The highest salaries for employees are found in Vallejo (California), Dayton (Ohio), and Visalia (California), and the lowest-paying areas are in San Angelo (Texas), Jefferson City (Missouri), and Johnson City (Tennessee).

Training and Education

A doctoral degree is generally expected for employees. Recent data shows that 99% of clinical psychologists have a degree. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which if any could help you with this career.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Clinical psychologists working less than full time, whether by design or chance, were 24% of the total. Approximately 34% of people who work as workers are self-employed.

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Clinical Psychologists Around the Country

In the list below, each metro area is rated for the relative popularity of clinical psychologists compared to other locations (that is, jobs per population). Single or double up or down arrows indicate the relative popularity in that location. Within each state listing, metro areas are sorted by the actual number of jobs for clinical psychologists.

Alabama

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Mobile	$60,000	90
Birmingham		90
Tuscaloosa	$61,000	30

Alaska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Anchorage	$58,000	80

Arizona

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Phoenix	$61,000	830
Tucson	$57,000	250
Flagstaff	$56,000	80

Arkansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Little Rock	$60,000	310
Fayetteville	$54,000	60
Fort Smith	$57,000	40

California

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Riverside	$81,000	1,500
San Diego	$70,000	1,470
Oakland	$83,000	1,230
Santa Ana	$83,000	970
San Francisco	$77,000	770
Sacramento	$69,000	640
San Jose	$81,000	550
Oxnard	$79,000	310
Fresno	$64,000	260
Vallejo	$116,000	210
San Luis Obispo	$112,000	160
Bakersfield	$73,000	150
Santa Barbara	$80,000	140
Santa Rosa	$76,000	140
Stockton	$94,000	130
Santa Cruz	$66,000	120
Modesto	$81,000	90
Visalia	$95,000	80
Chico	$81,000	70
Merced	$83,000	60
Yuba City	$81,000	50
Redding	$72,000	50
El Centro	$87,000	40

Colorado

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Denver	$81,000	1,220
Colorado Springs	$75,000	280
Boulder	$69,000	110
Fort Collins	$74,000	110
Pueblo	$93,000	60

Connecticut

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Hartford	$79,000	600
Bridgeport	$75,000	410
New Haven	$70,000	280
Norwich	$65,000	170
Waterbury	$65,000	170
Danbury	$77,000	50

Delaware

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wilmington	$69,000	260

District of Columbia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Washington	$70,000	1,680

Florida

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Miami	$77,000	770
Tampa	$66,000	440
Orlando	$63,000	330
Fort Lauderdale	$91,000	270
West Palm Beach	$58,000	240
Jacksonville	$62,000	190
Tallahassee	$60,000	150
Lakeland	$69,000	80
Sarasota	$66,000	70
Gainesville	$63,000	60
Pensacola	$65,000	60
Ocala	$64,000	50
Deltona	$72,000	50
Palm Bay		50
Port St Lucie	$82,000	50

Georgia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Atlanta	$68,000	1,610
Augusta	$73,000	110
Savannah	$60,000	60
Rome	$55,000	50
Macon	$71,000	50
Columbus	$52,000	40
Athens	$64,000	40
Albany	$64,000	30

Hawaii

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Honolulu	$66,000	480

Idaho

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boise	$66,000	260
Idaho Falls	$48,000	70

Illinois

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Chicago	$73,000	2,790
Peoria	$65,000	190
Rockford	$71,000	110
Springfield	$70,000	70
Bloomington	$57,000	60
Champaign	$57,000	60

Indiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Indianapolis	$78,000	380
Gary	$60,000	80
South Bend	$63,000	80
Elkhart	$55,000	70
Evansville	$54,000	60
Fort Wayne	$66,000	60
Lafayette	$60,000	50
Terre Haute	$60,000	40

Iowa

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Des Moines	$67,000	150
Davenport	$65,000	120
Iowa City	$66,000	60

Kansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wichita	$58,000	240
Topeka	$58,000	130
Lawrence	$74,000	70

Kentucky

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Louisville	$63,000	230
Lexington	$57,000	220
Bowling Green	$50,000	30

Louisiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Baton Rouge	$69,000	80

Maine

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$85,000	130
Bangor	$63,000	60

Maryland

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Baltimore	$76,000	1,030
Bethesda	$63,000	410
Salisbury	$59,000	60
Hagerstown	$58,000	30

Massachusetts

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boston	$72,000	1,970
Springfield	$81,000	640
Worcester	$71,000	510
Barnstable Town	$63,000	150
Brockton	$71,000	130
Taunton	$77,000	120
Lowell	$81,000	110
Haverhill	$66,000	100
New Bedford	$67,000	80
Leominster	$61,000	70
Lawrence	$56,000	40
Pittsfield	$55,000	30

Michigan

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Warren	$87,000	900
Detroit	$63,000	790
Grand Rapids	$60,000	450
Ann Arbor	$92,000	220
Lansing	$63,000	90
Kalamazoo	$63,000	90
Flint		80
Battle Creek	$74,000	50
Holland	$64,000	50
Muskegon	$77,000	30

Minnesota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Minneapolis	$62,000	1,580
Duluth	$65,000	160
St Cloud	$59,000	60
Rochester	$79,000	50

Mississippi

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Jackson	$70,000	240
Gulfport	$66,000	70

Missouri

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Kansas City	$58,000	720
St Louis	$64,000	620
Springfield	$53,000	110
Jefferson City	$43,000	60
Joplin	$46,000	50
Columbia	$54,000	50
St Joseph	$52,000	30

Montana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Missoula	$48,000	50
Great Falls		40

Nebraska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Omaha	$52,000	320
Lincoln	$58,000	110

Nevada

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Las Vegas	$71,000	270
Reno	$74,000	90

New Hampshire

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Rochester	$55,000	50
Nashua	$72,000	50
Manchester	$63,000	30

New Jersey

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Newark	$85,000	900
Edison	$89,000	780
Camden	$90,000	580
Trenton	$105,000	270
Atlantic City	$72,000	80
Vineland	$75,000	50

New Mexico

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Albuquerque	$60,000	1,280
Santa Fe	$45,000	490
Las Cruces	$46,000	190

New York

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New York	$83,000	5,970
Nassau	$88,000	1,490
Albany	$87,000	560
Rochester	$63,000	490
Poughkeepsie	$78,000	450
Buffalo	$68,000	430
Syracuse	$62,000	360
Utica	$68,000	250
Binghamton	$66,000	140
Kingston	$68,000	90
Glens Falls	$66,000	60
Ithaca	$76,000	50
Elmira	$69,000	50

North Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Raleigh	$76,000	540
Charlotte	$64,000	410
Greensboro	$52,000	180
Wilmington	$49,000	170
Asheville	$76,000	120
Winston Salem	$72,000	100
Goldsboro	$90,000	80
Durham	$75,000	70
Greenville	$65,000	60
Fayetteville	$56,000	50
Jacksonville	$67,000	40
Rocky Mount	$55,000	30

North Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Grand Forks	$64,000	60
Fargo	$58,000	50

Ohio

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Columbus	$82,000	670
Cincinnati	$76,000	610
Cleveland	$77,000	490
Dayton	$92,000	210
Akron	$72,000	200
Toledo	$87,000	180
Youngstown	$78,000	130
Canton	$76,000	80

Oklahoma

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Oklahoma City	$56,000	550
Tulsa	$46,000	280

Oregon

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$71,000	670
Eugene	$51,000	150
Salem	$66,000	80
Medford	$59,000	70

Pennsylvania

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Philadelphia	$64,000	1,690
Pittsburgh	$75,000	630
Allentown	$77,000	280
Lancaster	$65,000	280
Harrisburg	$68,000	230
Scranton	$58,000	200
Reading	$57,000	180
Lebanon		90
Erie	$58,000	70
York	$69,000	70
Johnstown	$50,000	60
Williamsport	$77,000	30

Rhode Island

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Providence	$79,000	500

South Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Columbia	$64,000	200
Greenville	$49,000	180
Charleston	$64,000	130
Florence	$43,000	70
Spartanburg	$86,000	40
Myrtle Beach	$65,000	40

South Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Rapid City	$73,000	60
Sioux Falls	$74,000	60

Tennessee

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Memphis	$76,000	680
Nashville	$53,000	400
Chattanooga	$54,000	170
Knoxville	$66,000	150
Kingsport	$47,000	70
Clarksville	$62,000	70
Johnson City	$47,000	60

Texas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Houston	$62,000	970
Dallas	$60,000	670
San Antonio	$60,000	660
Austin	$52,000	660
Fort Worth	$53,000	330
El Paso	$67,000	110
Amarillo	$55,000	90
Waco	$65,000	80
Corpus Christi	$53,000	70
Killeen	$50,000	50
Lubbock		40
Mcallen	$61,000	40
Wichita Falls	$51,000	30
Beaumont	$54,000	30
San Angelo	$42,000	30

Utah

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Provo	$77,000	260
Salt Lake City	$63,000	220
Ogden	$53,000	120
St George	$51,000	50
Logan	$76,000	40

Vermont

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Burlington	$66,000	120

Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Virginia Beach	$62,000	420
Richmond	$66,000	310
Roanoke	$65,000	80
Charlottesville	$60,000	60
Winchester	$63,000	40
Lynchburg	$54,000	40

Washington

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Seattle	$70,000	700
Tacoma	$69,000	340
Spokane	$65,000	160
Olympia	$69,000	90
Mount Vernon	$56,000	70
Bremerton	$66,000	60
Bellingham	$60,000	60
Kennewick	$65,000	50
Yakima	$62,000	40

West Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Charleston	$51,000	140
Huntington	$48,000	50
Parkersburg		40
Morgantown	$43,000	40

Wisconsin

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Milwaukee	$58,000	490
Madison	$63,000	380
Green Bay	$66,000	110
Janesville	$53,000	100
Sheboygan	$68,000	70
Racine	$56,000	70
Eau Claire	$62,000	70
La Crosse	$60,000	50
Oshkosh	$59,000	50
Fond	$79,000	40

Wyoming

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cheyenne	$65,000	50

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