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Highest Paying Industries for Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists

The top 81 highest paying industries for clinical, counseling, and school psychologists (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment in those industries are also shown. As shown in the table, with an average annual salary of $95,250, specialty hospitals - state government owned is the highest paying industry for clinical, counseling, and school psychologists. It is followed by psychiatric and substance abuse hospitals - state government owned industry (average annual salary $83,400). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2015 [1]. For more information about salaries of clinical, counseling, and school psychologists in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 81 Highest Paying Industries for Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Specialty hospitals - State government owned	$95,250	$53,970	140
2	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - State government owned	$83,400	$51,070	2,410
3	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$83,150	$46,750	580
4	Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists	$83,010	$50,940	490
5	Hospitals - State government owned	$82,430	$50,870	2,750
6	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$81,320	$44,530	440
7	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$80,680	$44,310	3,700
8	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned	$80,380	$51,980	1,240
9	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$79,930	$45,470	5,130
10	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$79,770	$45,310	9,040
11	Hospitals - Local government owned	$79,560	$51,170	1,300
12	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	$78,980	$44,620	3,330
13	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$78,480	$43,490	250
14	Hospitals - Privately owned	$78,070	$42,240	4,990
15	Scientific Research and Development Services	$77,720	$42,530	500
16	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$77,660	$46,250	4,680
17	Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities	$76,890	$40,830	250
18	Employment Services	$75,520	$39,160	430
19	Administrative and Support Services	$74,230	$37,700	510
20	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$74,230	$37,700	510
21	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$73,710	$45,740	8,450
22	Federal, State, and Local Government	$73,710	$45,740	8,450
23	State government, including schools and hospitals	$72,800	$43,280	10,010
24	Educational Support Services - Privately owned	$72,230	$35,760	1,290
25	Temporary Help Services	$72,230	$38,150	300
26	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$71,290	$44,820	3,770
27	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$71,170	$37,250	630
28	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$71,090	$45,240	55,950
29	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$70,790	$45,800	45,940
30	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Local government owned	$70,580	$46,000	39,690
31	Educational Services - Local government owned	$70,410	$45,810	40,870
32	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - State government owned	$70,320	$45,580	190
33	Elementary and Secondary Schools	$70,170	$45,100	43,880
34	Educational Services	$69,350	$43,810	49,750
35	Offices of Other Health Practitioners	$69,280	$34,360	13,970
36	Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians)	$68,840	$34,250	13,330
37	Educational Support Services	$68,580	$38,730	2,300
38	Facilities Support Services	$68,310	$33,260	70
39	Offices of Physicians	$68,280	$39,310	3,880
40	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$68,140	$37,250	370
41	Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)	$67,000	$32,430	140
42	Educational Services - Privately owned	$66,900	$37,640	6,310
43	Health Care and Social Assistance	$66,880	$35,380	43,930
44	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Privately owned	$66,730	$38,730	3,720
45	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$66,300	$34,410	23,790
46	Finance and Insurance	$65,380	$41,060	780
47	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	$65,370	$41,050	780
48	Educational Support Services - Local government owned	$65,040	$42,730	1,010
49	Insurance Carriers	$64,010	$40,540	710
50	Social Advocacy Organizations	$62,650	$41,740	210
51	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - Privately owned	$62,620	$35,410	850
52	Other schools and instruction - Privately owned	$62,500	$32,430	60
53	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$62,480	$37,260	1,210
54	Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers	$61,880	$39,590	630
55	Child Day Care Services	$60,940	$39,770	350
56	Outpatient Care Centers	$60,230	$32,670	5,560
57	Other Schools and Instruction	$59,870	$32,000	70
58	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$59,540	$34,520	3,260
59	Elementary and Secondary Schools - State government owned	$59,460	$43,720	470
60	Individual and Family Services	$58,620	$34,740	6,630
61	Offices of All Other Health Practitioners	$58,540	$24,150	150
62	Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers	$58,420	$31,880	4,700
63	Social Assistance	$58,360	$34,650	7,420
64	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$58,040	$35,400	300
65	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$58,040	$35,400	300
66	Home Health Care Services	$57,960	$41,680	380
67	Junior colleges - Local government owned	$57,820	$39,970	140
68	Educational Services - State government owned	$57,780	$35,820	2,580
69	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$57,740	$32,930	2,030
70	Vocational Rehabilitation Services	$57,550	$38,060	230
71	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities	$57,150	$24,650	820
72	Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities	$55,980	$34,130	1,830
73	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	$53,850	$32,720	3,670
74	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities	$53,700	$32,290	2,510
75	Other Residential Care Facilities	$52,530	$33,830	990
76	Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities	$51,620	$33,660	1,700
77	Junior Colleges (including private, state, and local government schools)	$49,800	$40,050	230
78	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$48,370	$22,620	120
79	Junior colleges - State government owned	$46,720	$39,950	70
80	Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services	$46,060	$28,450	220
81	Civic and Social Organizations	$43,380	$28,300	30