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Clinical Psychologists
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Job Numbers and Growth
Across the US there are 152,000 clinical psychologists. This occupation has an unemployment level that is very low.
Part-Time Work and Self-Employment
Employees may end up working less than full time; 24% of those in the career did so in 2008. 34% of the time clinical psychologists are self employed.
Training and Education
Finding jobs is easier for workers with a doctoral degree. Recent government surveys (2008) show that 99% of employees have received at least a 4 year degree. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.
Area Job Conditions
The fewest jobs (per capita) are found in Beaumont (Texas), McAllen (Texas), and Birmingham (Alabama), and the most jobs are found in Santa Fe (New Mexico), Las Cruces (New Mexico), and Albuquerque (New Mexico).
The earnings potential (not adjusted for cost of living) is highest in Vallejo (California), Dayton (Ohio), and Visalia (California). However, the potential is lowest in San Angelo (Texas), Jefferson City (Missouri), and Johnson City (Tennessee).
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Clinical Psychologists: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area
The table below shows data for Clinical Psychologists, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Clinical Psychologists are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Clinical Psychologists are starred .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Birmingham 90 0.2 Alabama Mobile 90 $59,800 0.7 Alabama Tuscaloosa 30 $60,840 0.5 Alaska Anchorage 80 $57,810 0.7 Arizona Flagstaff 80 $56,310 2.3Arizona Phoenix 830 $60,720 0.6 Arizona Tucson 250 $56,730 1 Arkansas Fayetteville 60 $54,430 0.4 Arkansas Fort Smith 40 $57,450 0.5 Arkansas Little Rock 310 $59,750 1.3 California Bakersfield 150 $72,730 0.8 California Chico 70 $80,680 1.6 California El Centro 40 $86,760 1.3 California Fresno 260 $64,240 1.1 California Merced 60 $82,540 1.7 California Modesto 90 $81,360 0.8 California Oakland 1,230 $82,570 1.7 California Oxnard 310 $78,730 1.5 California Redding 50 $71,710 1.2 California Riverside 1,500 $80,510 1.6 California Sacramento 640 $69,240 1 California San Diego 1,470 $70,250 1.5 California San Francisco 770 $76,640 1.1 California San Jose 550 $80,560 0.8 California San Luis Obispo 160 $111,580 2.4California Santa Ana 970 $82,540 0.9 California Santa Barbara 140 $79,520 1.2 California Santa Cruz 120 $66,290 2.1California Santa Rosa 140 $76,260 1.1 California Stockton 130 $93,700 0.9 California Vallejo 210 $116,120 2.6California Visalia 80 $95,250 0.9 California Yuba City 50 $81,150 2.1Colorado Boulder 110 $69,060 1 Colorado Colorado Springs 280 $74,930 1.6 Colorado Denver 1,220 $81,490 1.4 Colorado Fort Collins 110 $73,760 1.4 Colorado Pueblo 60 $92,870 1.8 Connecticut Bridgeport 410 $74,760 1.3 Connecticut Danbury 50 $77,170 1.1 Connecticut Hartford 600 $78,810 1.4 Connecticut New Haven 280 $69,790 1.4 Connecticut Norwich 170 $65,150 2Connecticut Waterbury 170 $64,800 3.9Delaware Wilmington 260 $69,310 1.1 District of Columbia Washington 1,680 $70,320 1 Florida Deltona 50 $72,250 0.5 Florida Fort Lauderdale 270 $90,830 0.5 Florida Gainesville 60 $63,180 0.8 Florida Jacksonville 190 $61,670 0.4 Florida Lakeland 80 $68,730 0.6 Florida Miami 770 $76,850 1.1 Florida Ocala 50 $64,140 0.8 Florida Orlando 330 $62,530 0.4 Florida Palm Bay 50 0.4 Florida Pensacola 60 $65,440 0.6 Florida Port St Lucie 50 $81,600 0.6 Florida Sarasota 70 $65,510 0.4 Florida Tallahassee 150 $60,060 1.3 Florida Tampa 440 $65,840 0.5 Florida West Palm Beach 240 $57,840 0.6 Georgia Albany 30 $64,310 0.8 Georgia Athens 40 $64,220 0.8 Georgia Atlanta 1,610 $67,890 0.9 Georgia Augusta 110 $73,010 0.8 Georgia Columbus 40 $52,370 0.5 Georgia Macon 50 $70,790 0.8 Georgia Rome 50 $54,710 2.3Georgia Savannah 60 $59,810 0.6 Hawaii Honolulu 480 $65,600 1.5 Idaho Boise 260 $65,910 1.4 Idaho Idaho Falls 70 $48,140 2.4Illinois Bloomington 60 $57,190 1.3 Illinois Champaign 60 $57,460 1 Illinois Chicago 2,790 $73,170 1 Illinois Peoria 190 $64,940 1.6 Illinois Rockford 110 $71,060 1.1 Illinois Springfield 70 $69,640 1 Indiana Elkhart 70 $54,830 0.8 Indiana Evansville 60 $53,970 0.5 Indiana Fort Wayne 60 $65,720 0.4 Indiana Gary 80 $60,440 0.4 Indiana Indianapolis 380 $78,330 0.6 Indiana Lafayette 50 $60,190 1 Indiana South Bend 80 $62,720 0.9 Indiana Terre Haute 40 $60,330 0.9 Iowa Davenport 120 $64,700 0.9 Iowa Des Moines 150 $66,940 0.6 Iowa Iowa City 60 $65,920 1.3 Kansas Lawrence 70 $73,700 2.5Kansas Topeka 130 $57,650 1.8 Kansas Wichita 240 $58,050 1.1 Kentucky Bowling Green 30 $50,270 0.8 Kentucky Lexington 220 $56,900 1.3 Kentucky Louisville 230 $62,960 0.5 Louisiana Baton Rouge 80 $68,820 0.3 Maine Bangor 60 $63,090 1.5 Maine Portland 130 $85,260 0.9 Maryland Baltimore 1,030 $76,340 1.1 Maryland Bethesda 410 $63,000 1 Maryland Hagerstown 30 $57,650 0.5 Maryland Salisbury 60 $58,770 1.8 Massachusetts Barnstable Town 150 $63,300 2.2Massachusetts Boston 1,970 $71,570 1.6 Massachusetts Brockton 130 $71,430 2.2Massachusetts Haverhill 100 $65,940 2 Massachusetts Lawrence 40 $56,290 1.1 Massachusetts Leominster 70 $60,540 2.2Massachusetts Lowell 110 $81,380 1.3 Massachusetts New Bedford 80 $66,970 1.9 Massachusetts Pittsfield 30 $54,660 1.5 Massachusetts Springfield 640 $80,560 3Massachusetts Taunton 120 $76,520 4.2Massachusetts Worcester 510 $70,930 2.9Michigan Ann Arbor 220 $91,630 1.9 Michigan Battle Creek 50 $74,090 1.7 Michigan Detroit 790 $63,260 1.6 Michigan Flint 80 0.9 Michigan Grand Rapids 450 $60,280 1.7 Michigan Holland 50 $63,840 0.7 Michigan Kalamazoo 90 $63,170 1 Michigan Lansing 90 $63,160 0.7 Michigan Muskegon 30 $77,190 0.8 Michigan Warren 900 $87,120 1.1 Minnesota Duluth 160 $64,600 1.9 Minnesota Minneapolis 1,580 $62,340 1.2 Minnesota Rochester 50 $78,730 0.8 Minnesota St Cloud 60 $58,610 0.9 Mississippi Gulfport 70 $65,920 1 Mississippi Jackson 240 $69,510 1.3 Missouri Columbia 50 $53,660 0.9 Missouri Jefferson City 60 $43,330 1.4 Missouri Joplin 50 $46,250 1 Missouri Kansas City 720 $58,060 1 Missouri Springfield 110 $53,150 0.8 Missouri St Joseph 30 $51,580 1 Missouri St Louis 620 $64,320 0.6 Montana Great Falls 40 1.9 Montana Missoula 50 $47,550 1.5 Nebraska Lincoln 110 $57,750 1 Nebraska Omaha 320 $52,190 1 Nevada Las Vegas 270 $71,250 0.4 Nevada Reno 90 $74,230 0.6 New Hampshire Manchester 30 $62,560 0.4 New Hampshire Nashua 50 $72,000 0.5 New Hampshire Rochester 50 $55,310 1.4 New Jersey Atlantic City 80 $72,030 0.8 New Jersey Camden 580 $90,080 1.5 New Jersey Edison 780 $88,600 1.1 New Jersey Newark 900 $85,250 1.2 New Jersey Trenton 270 $105,150 1.8 New Jersey Vineland 50 $74,750 1.4 New Mexico Albuquerque 1,280 $60,410 4.6New Mexico Las Cruces 190 $46,200 4.9New Mexico Santa Fe 490 $44,790 12.1New York Albany 560 $87,180 1.8 New York Binghamton 140 $66,290 2 New York Buffalo 430 $67,830 1.1 New York Elmira 50 $68,820 2.4New York Glens Falls 60 $66,370 1.8 New York Ithaca 50 $76,390 1.9 New York Kingston 90 $67,740 2.4New York Nassau 1,490 $88,040 1.6 New York New York 5,970 $83,330 1.6 New York Poughkeepsie 450 $77,560 2.7New York Rochester 490 $62,880 1.4 New York Syracuse 360 $61,670 1.6 New York Utica 250 $68,440 2.9North Carolina Asheville 120 $75,610 1 North Carolina Charlotte 410 $64,470 0.6 North Carolina Durham 70 $75,300 0.4 North Carolina Fayetteville 50 $56,100 0.6 North Carolina Goldsboro 80 $90,060 3.5North Carolina Greensboro 180 $52,400 0.7 North Carolina Greenville 60 $64,940 1.3 North Carolina Jacksonville 40 $67,230 1.6 North Carolina Raleigh 540 $76,210 1.5 North Carolina Rocky Mount 30 $54,860 0.8 North Carolina Wilmington 170 $49,140 1.7 North Carolina Winston Salem 100 $72,100 0.7 North Dakota Fargo 50 $57,950 0.6 North Dakota Grand Forks 60 $64,220 2Ohio Akron 200 $72,010 0.8 Ohio Canton 80 $76,350 0.7 Ohio Cincinnati 610 $76,140 0.8 Ohio Cleveland 490 $77,470 0.6 Ohio Columbus 670 $82,480 1 Ohio Dayton 210 $91,730 0.8 Ohio Toledo 180 $87,240 0.8 Ohio Youngstown 130 $77,960 0.8 Oklahoma Oklahoma City 550 $55,640 1.4 Oklahoma Tulsa 280 $46,220 0.9 Oregon Eugene 150 $50,600 1.5 Oregon Medford 70 $59,290 1.3 Oregon Portland 670 $71,290 0.9 Oregon Salem 80 $66,070 0.8 Pennsylvania Allentown 280 $77,010 1.2 Pennsylvania Erie 70 $58,450 0.8 Pennsylvania Harrisburg 230 $67,740 1 Pennsylvania Johnstown 60 $50,430 1.7 Pennsylvania Lancaster 280 $65,210 1.7 Pennsylvania Lebanon 90 3.2Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1,690 $63,670 1.2 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 630 $74,560 0.8 Pennsylvania Reading 180 $57,410 1.6 Pennsylvania Scranton 200 $58,490 1.1 Pennsylvania Williamsport 30 $76,570 0.9 Pennsylvania York 70 $68,950 0.6 Rhode Island Providence 500 $79,270 1.2 South Carolina Charleston 130 $63,560 0.6 South Carolina Columbia 200 $64,330 0.8 South Carolina Florence 70 $42,660 1.3 South Carolina Greenville 180 $48,670 0.8 South Carolina Myrtle Beach 40 $64,830 0.5 South Carolina Spartanburg 40 $86,060 0.5 South Dakota Rapid City 60 $72,530 1.5 South Dakota Sioux Falls 60 $73,590 0.6 Tennessee Chattanooga 170 $54,410 1 Tennessee Clarksville 70 $62,490 1.4 Tennessee Johnson City 60 $47,280 1.2 Tennessee Kingsport 70 $47,320 0.9 Tennessee Knoxville 150 $66,130 0.6 Tennessee Memphis 680 $76,010 1.5 Tennessee Nashville 400 $53,110 0.7 Texas Amarillo 90 $54,640 1.4 Texas Austin 660 $52,330 1.2 Texas Beaumont 30 $54,400 0.3 Texas Corpus Christi 70 $53,370 0.6 Texas Dallas 670 $59,960 0.4 Texas El Paso 110 $67,180 0.6 Texas Fort Worth 330 $53,380 0.5 Texas Houston 970 $62,090 0.5 Texas Killeen 50 $49,550 0.6 Texas Lubbock 40 0.5 Texas Mcallen 40 $60,650 0.3 Texas San Angelo 30 $41,750 1.2 Texas San Antonio 660 $59,720 1.1 Texas Waco 80 $65,390 1.3 Texas Wichita Falls 30 $51,170 0.8 Utah Logan 40 $76,280 1.4 Utah Ogden 120 $53,000 0.9 Utah Provo 260 $76,650 2.3Utah Salt Lake City 220 $62,970 0.5 Utah St George 50 $50,790 1.7 Vermont Burlington 120 $65,910 1.6 Virginia Charlottesville 60 $59,530 1 Virginia Lynchburg 40 $53,850 0.6 Virginia Richmond 310 $65,700 0.7 Virginia Roanoke 80 $64,900 0.7 Virginia Virginia Beach 420 $62,270 0.8 Virginia Winchester 40 $63,430 1.2 Washington Bellingham 60 $59,700 1.2 Washington Bremerton 60 $66,050 1.1 Washington Kennewick 50 $65,010 0.9 Washington Mount Vernon 70 $55,890 2.5Washington Olympia 90 $69,260 1.5 Washington Seattle 700 $70,140 0.7 Washington Spokane 160 $64,900 1.1 Washington Tacoma 340 $69,280 1.8 Washington Yakima 40 $61,860 0.8 West Virginia Charleston 140 $50,890 1.4 West Virginia Huntington 50 $47,890 0.7 West Virginia Morgantown 40 $43,310 1.4 West Virginia Parkersburg 40 0.9 Wisconsin Eau Claire 70 $62,060 1.4 Wisconsin Fond 40 $79,360 1.5 Wisconsin Green Bay 110 $66,300 1 Wisconsin Janesville 100 $52,790 2.4Wisconsin La Crosse 50 $59,630 1.1 Wisconsin Madison 380 $63,230 1.6 Wisconsin Milwaukee 490 $58,310 0.8 Wisconsin Oshkosh 50 $59,290 0.9 Wisconsin Racine 70 $55,780 1.4 Wisconsin Sheboygan 70 $67,810 1.9 Wyoming Cheyenne 50 $65,100 1.9
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