Life & Physical Science

School Psychologists

SOC 19-3034

Assess learning and behavior needs and build support plans with schools.

The job

Median pay

$96k

$77k to $120k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Stable

+0.8% projected

Openings a year

BLS projection

Typical education

Master's

Our model

AI displacement risk

Moderate

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

Works with AI

28/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

65th pct

More exposed than 65% of occupations · modeled estimate · 74th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

57/100

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Key skills

Active Listening
Reading Comprehension
Speaking
Writing
Critical Thinking
Monitoring

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
New York	9,070	0.9	2.3×	$107k
California	8,340	0.5	1.1×	$128k
Texas	4,250	0.3	0.7×	$84k
Illinois	3,590	0.6	1.4×	$85k
Massachusetts	3,300	0.9	2.2×	$99k
Pennsylvania	2,600	0.4	1.0×	$82k
New Jersey	2,130	0.5	1.2×	$95k
Ohio	2,050	0.4	0.9×	$91k
Florida	2,020	0.2	0.5×	$85k
Georgia	1,650	0.3	0.8×	$99k

All 51 states

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
North Carolina	1,540	0.3	0.8×	$73k
Maryland	1,520	0.6	1.3×	$110k
Michigan	1,480	0.3	0.8×	$84k
Washington	1,420	0.4	1.0×	$109k
Colorado	1,380	0.5	1.2×	$125k
Virginia	1,200	0.3	0.7×	$86k
Wisconsin	1,180	0.4	1.0×	$83k
Connecticut	1,140	0.7	1.6×	$101k
Arizona	1,100	0.3	0.8×	$92k
Minnesota	1,060	0.4	0.9×	$85k
Tennessee	900	0.3	0.7×	$77k
South Carolina	720	0.3	0.8×	$77k
Indiana	710	0.2	0.5×	$78k
Louisiana	670	0.3	0.8×	$69k
Kansas	630	0.4	1.1×	$73k
New Mexico	630	0.7	1.8×	$110k
Kentucky	590	0.3	0.7×	$75k
Oregon	570	0.3	0.7×	$106k
Missouri	520	0.2	0.4×	$70k
Oklahoma	510	0.3	0.7×	$65k
Utah	490	0.3	0.7×	$78k
Arkansas	440	0.3	0.8×	$64k
Nebraska	440	0.4	1.0×	$89k
Iowa	400	0.3	0.6×	$74k
Alabama	370	0.2	0.4×	$75k
New Hampshire	360	0.5	1.3×	$73k
Mississippi	356	0.3	0.7×	$61k~
Idaho	310	0.4	0.9×	$72k
Nevada	290	0.2	0.5×	$94k
Delaware	280	0.6	1.4×	$96k
Washington DC	250	0.4	0.9×	$108k
West Virginia	250	0.4	0.9×	$75k
Rhode Island	210	0.4	1.0×	$95k
Vermont	180	0.6	1.4×	$83k
Montana	170	0.3	0.8×	$80k
Alaska	120	0.4	0.9×	$94k
Maine	120	0.2	0.5×	$82k
Wyoming	120	0.4	1.0×	$84k
South Dakota	110	0.2	0.6×	$78k
Hawaii	90	0.1	0.3×	$82k
North Dakota	90	0.2	0.5×	$69k

Top metro areas

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ7,890 jobs · $118k median
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA3,060 jobs · $122k median
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN2,770 jobs · $91k median
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH2,340 jobs · $99k median
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD1,690 jobs · $82k median
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV1,590 jobs · $107k median
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA1,300 jobs · $99k median
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX1,300 jobs · $85k 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.