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Psychologists, All Other earn $110,840 a year at the midpoint

Pay in this work stretches a long way: the lowest tenth earn about $54,990, the highest tenth about $168,520, and the middle sits at $110,840.

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$110,840median a year · United States
$53.29an hour $111,210average 18,820people
Nine in ten people in this work earn between the two ends. The shaded part is the middle half — where most people are.
$68,85025th $110,840median $147,24075th
$54,99010th percentile $168,52090th percentile
$68,850a year at the 25th percentile, nearer a first job
$157,540best-paying state · California
$46,350lowest-paying state · West Virginia
+42%top state against the national median
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  • Where you live moves it more than your resume does. National figures. A state or metro area can sit far from the national number, and that gap is usually larger than any difference a resume makes.
  • Not in these numbers. Growth and annual openings are not in this dataset. They come from the separate Employment Projections tables, where an opening is a modelled ten year average and not a posted vacancy.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025. Retrieved through the BLS Public Data API on 2026-08-13. bls.gov/oes “BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.”

State matters a lotThe same job pays $157,540 in California and $46,350 in West Virginia — a gap of $111,190 a year.

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Median pay for psychologists, all other in each state

The 39 states where the most people do this work, of 42 with a published figure: their medians range by 3.40 times. Figures are the 2025 survey.

State Median a year Where most start 10th to 90th Employed
California $157,540 $45,150 $45,150 — $198,950 1,600
Kentucky $149,990 $88,610 $88,610 — $185,390 300
Nevada $146,850 $46,990 $46,990 — $167,360 100
Oklahoma $141,290 $64,790 $64,790 — $173,200 90
Virginia $140,640 $75,070 $75,070 — $185,220 510
Iowa $138,420 $46,760 $46,760 — $159,410 60
Tennessee $138,070 $78,920 $78,920 — $163,180 200
Arizona $137,510 $56,320 $56,320 — $171,850 240
South Carolina $136,990 $94,600 $94,600 — $164,200 140
Alabama $136,070 $64,230 $64,230 — $160,800 110
Hawaii $135,680 $85,930 $85,930 — $192,190 160
Utah $135,200 $38,060 $38,060 — $156,790 110
Missouri $134,890 $49,230 $49,230 — $161,490 250
Florida $134,690 $73,920 $73,920 — $166,260 910
New Jersey $132,220 $96,700 $96,700 — $153,150 370
Ohio $132,060 $54,850 $54,850 — $160,260 410
Nebraska $131,640 $34,170 $34,170 — $169,980 50
Rhode Island $130,960 $32,250 $32,250 — $170,250 90
Massachusetts $129,410 $59,240 $59,240 — $168,900 500
New York $128,320 $50,210 $50,210 — $164,580 680
Washington $128,230 $69,590 $69,590 — $153,960 370
North Carolina $126,440 $53,620 $53,620 — $166,050 570
District of Columbia $125,110 $59,880 $59,880 — $169,170 230
Connecticut $125,020 $60,880 $60,880 — $157,290 210
Indiana $123,640 $64,570 $64,570 — $163,330 200
Idaho $121,140 $42,800 $42,800 — $166,850 70
Colorado $120,660 $50,220 $50,220 — $156,870 380
Minnesota $115,650 $57,250 $57,250 — $145,520 330
Arkansas $114,340 $47,180 $47,180 — $156,810 120
Maryland $109,970 $63,080 $63,080 — $186,120 840
Louisiana $104,460 $56,090 $56,090 — $157,350 170
Mississippi $103,380 $24,750 $24,750 — $158,620 70
Pennsylvania $95,650 $60,170 $60,170 — $154,520 780
Michigan $88,510 $40,250 $40,250 — $149,010 410
Oregon $86,680 $81,800 $81,800 — $146,240 840
Wisconsin $81,860 $55,160 $55,160 — $154,260 1,080
Vermont $81,080 $62,980 $62,980 — $142,600 80
Illinois $69,810 $48,270 $48,270 — $162,070 1,120
West Virginia $46,350 $34,240 $34,240 — $142,270 230

No estimate is published for 3 states: the survey withholds a figure when too few employers report it. Nothing has been filled in for them.

Nearby work, and what it pays

Occupations in the same group of the federal classification — the usual next steps, or the ones beside this one.

Psychologists, All Other$110,840
Economists$124,720+$13,880 Sociologists$106,030−$4,810 Urban and Regional Planners$89,320−$21,520 Historians$76,750−$34,090

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  • Conducted neuropsychological evaluations such as assessments of intelligence, academic ability, attention, concentration, sensorimotor function, language, learning, and memory.
  • Interviewed patients to obtain comprehensive medical histories.
  • Wrote or prepared detailed clinical neuropsychological reports, using data from psychological or neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct observations, or interviews.

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$110,843a year

Place 74 of 788 by median pay

Better paid than 91% of the occupations in the survey.

  1. 72 Materials Engineers $112,860
  2. 73 Marine Engineers and Naval Architects $112,230
  3. 74 Psychologists, All Other $110,840
  4. 75 Nuclear Technicians $110,240
  5. 76 Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers $109,910

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Questions people often ask

How much do psychologists, all other make a year?

The national median is $110,840 a year (2025 survey). The middle half earn between $68,850 and $147,240.

What is the hourly pay for psychologists, all other?

The median is $53.29 an hour; the average is $111,210 a year.

What do psychologists, all other earn when they start?

A beginner is usually paid nearer the 25th percentile, $68,850 a year, and sometimes as low as the 10th, $54,990.

Which state pays psychologists, all other the most?

California, with a median of $157,540 a year.

How many people work as psychologists, all other?

About 18,820 in the United States — number 74 of 788 occupations by median pay.

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Median pay within $4,180 of what psychologists, all other earn — $110,840 a year — but not always the same spread.

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