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Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists Salary in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois

The annual salary statistics of clinical, counseling, and school psychologists in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois is shown in Table 1. The wage data of clinical, counseling, and school psychologists in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) 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 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$33,930
25th Percentile Wage
$51,220
50th Percentile Wage
$72,450
75th Percentile Wage
$96,130
90th Percentile Wage
$123,660

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for clinical, counseling, and school psychologists in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $123,660. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $72,450. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $33,930.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of clinical, counseling, and school psychologists from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$72,450
-3.20% 4.71%
2016
$74,770
12.53% -
2015
$65,400
0.34% -
2014
$65,180
0.09% -
2013
$65,120
-6.02% -
2012
$69,040
- -

Table 2. Compare Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists Salary in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) with Other Illinois Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $72,450 in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) is in the middle of salary range for clinical, counseling, and school psychologists in state of Illinois. In comparison, the annual salary of clinical, counseling, and school psychologists in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) is 9.8 percent (9.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Rockford and 28.0 percent (28.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Carbondale-Marion.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Rockford
$80,350
Bloomington-Normal
$77,440
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area)
$74,450
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division)
$72,450
Springfield
$71,410
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$67,660
Peoria
$67,350
Champaign-Urbana
$66,560
Bloomington
$65,210
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$64,180
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$62,990
Kankakee-Bradley
$62,530
Decatur
$57,210
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$52,570
Carbondale-Marion
$52,200