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Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists Salary in Anchorage, Alaska

The annual salary statistics of clinical, counseling, and school psychologists in Anchorage, Alaska is shown in Table 1. The wage information of clinical, counseling, and school psychologists in Anchorage is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists in Anchorage, Alaska

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$51,700
25th Percentile Wage	$62,750
50th Percentile Wage	$83,120
75th Percentile Wage	$103,430
90th Percentile Wage	$127,170

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for clinical, counseling, and school psychologists in Anchorage, Alaska in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $127,170. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $83,120. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $51,700.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of clinical, counseling, and school psychologists from 2012 to 2020.

Year	Median Salary	Yearly Growth	8-Year Growth
2020	$83,120	-2.49%	24.87%
2019	$85,190	-0.28%	-
2018	$85,430	0.84%	-
2017	$84,710	3.79%	-
2016	$81,500	8.56%	-
2015	$74,520	11.82%	-
2014	$65,710	7.53%	-
2013	$60,760	-2.78%	-
2012	$62,450	-	-

Table 2. Compare Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists Salary in Anchorage with Other Alaska Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $83,120, Anchorage is the second highest paying city for clinical, counseling, and school psychologists in state of Alaska, following the highest paying city Alaska nonmetropolitan area (median annual salary of $92,100). Compared with Alaska nonmetropolitan area, the median annual salary of clinical, counseling, and school psychologists in Anchorage is 9.8 percent (9.8%) lower.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
Alaska nonmetropolitan area	$92,100
Anchorage	$83,120
Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area	$75,560
Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area	$68,570
Fairbanks	$48,310