Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

The annual salary statistics of clinical, counseling, and school psychologists in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of clinical, counseling, and school psychologists in Fort Worth-Arlington 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 Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$34,770
25th Percentile Wage
$55,510
50th Percentile Wage
$75,460
75th Percentile Wage
$93,670
90th Percentile Wage
$104,240

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for clinical, counseling, and school psychologists in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $104,240. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $75,460. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $34,770.

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
$75,460
6.39% 10.67%
2016
$70,640
3.28% -
2015
$68,320
5.71% -
2014
$64,420
1.41% -
2013
$63,510
-6.14% -
2012
$67,410
- -

Table 2. Compare Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $75,460, Fort Worth-Arlington is the highest paying city for clinical, counseling, and school psychologists in state of Texas, followed by Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area (median annual salary $75,110). In comparison, the median annual salary of clinical, counseling, and school psychologists in Fort Worth-Arlington is .5 percent (.5%) higher than that in Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area.

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