Highest-paying Cities for Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists

The top 100 highest paying cities 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 of clinical, counseling, and school psychologists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $131,740, Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California is the highest paying city for clinical, counseling, and school psychologists. It is followed by San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California (average annual salary $125,330). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of clinical, counseling, and school psychologists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$131,740	$88,850	240
2	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$125,330	$85,510	170
3	Napa, California	$123,940	$92,800	140
4	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$120,730	$68,570	100
5	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$120,230	$82,560	270
6	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$119,610	$55,730	100
7	Visalia-Porterville, California	$118,410	$85,230	130
8	Fresno, California	$117,870	$64,050	590
9	Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$117,850	$89,430	50
10	Modesto, California	$115,360	$61,910	140
11	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$115,270	$87,240	50
12	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$114,940	$92,210	110
13	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$112,920	$51,650	750
14	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$112,790	$69,660	630
15	Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$110,840	$78,620	100
16	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$108,010	$63,640	70
17	El Centro, California	$107,790	$64,290	40
18	Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$107,730	$40,720	40
19	Stockton, California	$107,590	$57,620	350
20	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$107,470	$58,950	5,380
21	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$107,120	$70,530	650
22	East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$106,810	$45,300	70
23	Coastal Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$106,100	$74,060	30
24	Salinas, California	$104,810	$47,620	110
25	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$104,220	$60,660	1,880
26	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$103,930	$48,860	260
27	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$103,550	$60,520	750
28	Merced, California	$102,710	$61,970	80
29	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$102,510	$69,560	1,570
30	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$101,980	$61,560	260
31	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$101,900	$47,450	2,930
32	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$101,390	$57,790	70
33	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$99,650	$54,870	1,520
34	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$99,640	$67,490	300
35	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$99,220	$38,110	60
36	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$98,240	$49,090	90
37	Corvallis, Oregon	$97,160	$71,560	30
38	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$96,820	$61,020	60
39	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$96,150	$65,080	540
40	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$95,880	$54,240	1,770
41	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$95,770	$65,140	60
42	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$95,410	$66,320	1,530
43	Chambersburg-Waynesboro, Pennsylvania	$95,280	$60,270	40
44	Pueblo, Colorado	$95,170	$74,820	90
45	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$94,640	$49,240	1,500
46	St Cloud, Minnesota	$94,510	$58,270	70
47	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$94,450	$69,090	180
48	Grand Junction, Colorado	$94,400	$62,880	40
49	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$94,060	$56,790	60
50	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$93,730	$56,160	9,550
51	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$93,590	$45,970	120
52	Kingston, New York	$93,310	$59,120	70
53	Elmira, New York	$93,280	$58,720	40
54	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$93,210	$58,520	130
55	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$92,870	$45,200	60
56	Bismarck, North Dakota	$92,730	$55,500	40
57	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$92,570	$71,020	60
58	Bellingham, Washington	$92,460	$65,610	40
59	Rochester, Minnesota	$92,190	$58,680	140
60	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$92,100	$60,320	50
61	Utica-Rome, New York	$91,910	$63,280	150
62	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$91,820	$49,850	180
63	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$91,760	$41,350	4,370
64	Chico, California	$91,660	$57,960	130
65	Bend, Oregon	$91,630	$35,510	90
66	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$91,500	$67,260	120
67	Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$91,480	$38,990	60
68	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$90,850	$69,240	130
69	Yakima, Washington	$90,800	$65,460	70
70	Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$90,740	$57,980	150
71	Duluth, Wisconsin	$90,630	$25,120	110
72	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$90,560	$60,390	30
73	Binghamton, New York	$89,840	$63,110	90
74	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$89,800	$52,490	40
75	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$89,760	$58,830	1,130
76	Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$89,250	$70,720	40
77	Danbury, Connecticut	$89,160	$38,650	80
78	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$88,990	$49,710	920
79	Syracuse, New York	$88,770	$58,170	370
80	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$88,500	$54,850	440
81	Waterbury, Connecticut	$88,210	$60,450	70
82	Salem, Oregon	$88,190	$57,290	210
83	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$88,090	$49,590	1,910
84	Muncie, Indiana	$88,030	$35,610	30
85	Ocean City, New Jersey	$87,840	$67,190	30
86	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$87,630	$34,650	30
87	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$87,190	$46,950	2,870
88	Jefferson City, Missouri	$87,000	$57,640	40
89	Iowa City, Iowa	$86,880	$39,860	50
90	Bangor, Maine	$86,810	$53,960	40
91	Janesville, Wisconsin	$86,350	$60,250	70
92	Lebanon, Pennsylvania	$86,280	$47,200	30
93	Greeley, Colorado	$86,250	$53,030	100
94	Provo-Orem, Utah	$86,240	$47,080	200
95	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$86,200	$57,690	30
96	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$86,060	$62,260	90
97	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$86,050	$40,110	2,520
98	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$85,740	$51,480	6,100
99	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$85,520	$52,220	480
100	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$85,510	$49,450	380

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