School Psychologists · SOC 19-3034

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for School Psychologistss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for school psychologists. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (2 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 212 metro areas

School Psychologists: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	El Centro, CA	$145,400	50	0.8
2	Boulder, CO	$143,020	110	0.6
3	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$139,400	760	0.4
4	Merced, CA	$133,230	90	1.1
5	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$131,920	460	0.4
6	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$131,070	850	0.6
7	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$130,540	680	0.3
8	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$130,520	260	0.2
9	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$129,610	220	0.7
10	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$129,340	770	0.5
11	Modesto, CA	$128,750	100	0.5
12	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$128,630	200	0.7
13	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$128,110	110	0.6
14	Visalia, CA	$128,020	170	1.0
15	Reno, NV	$127,740	60	0.2
16	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$126,710	70	0.3
17	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$126,430	170	0.5
18	Yuba City, CA	$125,860	40	0.7
19	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$125,810	60	0.6
20	Chico, CA	$124,980	50	0.7
21	Fresno, CA	$123,920	400	0.8
22	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$122,450	30	0.3
23	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$122,390	3,060	0.5
24	Vallejo, CA	$121,340	80	0.5
25	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$117,540	7,890	0.8

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the School Psychologists overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.