Life & Physical Science

Clinical & Counseling Psychologists

SOC 19-3033

Study and treat the mind and behavior in clinics, schools, or research.

The job

Median pay

$101k

$73k to $135k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Growing fast

+12% projected

Openings a year

BLS projection

Typical education

Doctoral

Our model

AI displacement risk

Moderate

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

49/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

96th pct

More exposed than 96% of occupations · modeled estimate · 72nd pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

69/100

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Key skills

Reading Comprehension
Active Listening
Writing
Critical Thinking
Speaking
Active Learning

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
California	12,840	0.7	1.4×	$116k
New York	8,420	0.9	1.8×	$114k
Illinois	5,810	1.0	1.9×	$84k
Texas	3,640	0.3	0.5×	$84k
Pennsylvania	3,140	0.5	1.1×	$92k
Florida	3,040	0.3	0.6×	$86k
Massachusetts	2,860	0.8	1.6×	$115k
North Carolina	2,770	0.6	1.1×	$92k
New Jersey	2,700	0.6	1.3×	$127k
Michigan	2,170	0.5	1.0×	$85k

All 51 states

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Maryland	2,140	0.8	1.6×	$126k~
Virginia	2,140	0.5	1.1×	$87k
Ohio	2,080	0.4	0.8×	$101k
Indiana	1,850	0.6	1.2×	$85k
Minnesota	1,290	0.4	0.9×	$107k
Washington	1,270	0.4	0.7×	$115k
Tennessee	1,180	0.4	0.7×	$77k
Colorado	1,170	0.4	0.8×	$113k
Wisconsin	1,150	0.4	0.8×	$113k
Georgia	1,120	0.2	0.5×	$96k
Utah	1,020	0.6	1.2×	$99k
Oklahoma	950	0.6	1.1×	$80k
West Virginia	920	1.3	2.7×	$77k
South Carolina	859	0.4	0.8×	$93k~
Missouri	840	0.3	0.6×	$99k
Nebraska	770	0.8	1.5×	$95k
Arizona	730	0.2	0.5×	$119k
Kentucky	710	0.4	0.7×	$99k
Nevada	680	0.4	0.9×	$103k
Connecticut	660	0.4	0.8×	$120k~
Oregon	540	0.3	0.6×	$134k
New Mexico	518	0.6	1.2×	$125k~
Iowa	440	0.3	0.6×	$92k
Rhode Island	420	0.8	1.7×	$107k
Kansas	400	0.3	0.6×	$77k
Arkansas	370	0.3	0.6×	$78k
New Hampshire	330	0.5	1.0×	$64k
Louisiana	320	0.2	0.3×	$71k
Idaho	300	0.3	0.7×	$98k
Maine	291	0.5	0.9×	$92k~
Delaware	280	0.6	1.2×	$113k
Alabama	260	0.1	0.3×	$91k
Hawaii	250	0.4	0.8×	$118k
Washington DC	220	0.3	0.6×	$107k
Mississippi	210	0.2	0.4×	$76k
Vermont	190	0.6	1.3×	$83k
North Dakota	170	0.4	0.8×	$116k
Montana	150	0.3	0.6×	$68k
South Dakota	120	0.3	0.5×	$80k
Wyoming	50	0.2	0.4×	$90k
Alaska	40	0.1	0.3×	$124k

Top metro areas

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ8,170 jobs · $121k median
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN5,030 jobs · $85k median
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA4,790 jobs · $99k median
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH1,920 jobs · $121k median
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD1,920 jobs · $113k median
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA1,650 jobs · $72k median
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV1,550 jobs · $102k median
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA1,540 jobs · $166k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.