Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists Salary in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas

The annual salary statistics of clinical, counseling, and school psychologists in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of clinical, counseling, and school psychologists in Dallas-Plano-Irving 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 Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$50,340
25th Percentile Wage
$58,180
50th Percentile Wage
$69,920
75th Percentile Wage
$86,280
90th Percentile Wage
$101,670

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for clinical, counseling, and school psychologists in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $101,670. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $69,920. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $50,340.

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
$69,920
10.21% 13.24%
2016
$62,780
2.99% -
2015
$60,900
3.30% -
2014
$58,890
-0.34% -
2013
$59,090
-2.66% -
2012
$60,660
- -

Table 2. Compare Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists Salary in Dallas-Plano-Irving with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $69,920 in Dallas-Plano-Irving is in the middle of salary range for clinical, counseling, and school psychologists in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of clinical, counseling, and school psychologists in Dallas-Plano-Irving is 7.3 percent (7.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Fort Worth-Arlington and 29.6 percent (29.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying College Station-Bryan.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Fort Worth-Arlington
$75,460
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$75,110
El Paso
$73,700
Sherman-Denison
$73,140
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$73,060
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$72,910
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$72,780
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$69,920
Amarillo
$68,480
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$67,890
Laredo
$67,720
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$67,280
Longview
$66,490
Brownsville-Harlingen
$65,620
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$64,060
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$63,780
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$63,590
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$63,550
Texarkana-Texarkana
$63,330
Waco
$62,860
Wichita Falls
$61,490
Corpus Christi
$61,320
San Angelo
$60,600
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$59,690
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$59,100
Victoria
$59,030
Tyler
$58,350
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$57,970
Abilene
$55,830
Lubbock
$51,230
College Station-Bryan
$49,200