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Clinical and Counseling Psychologists · SOC 19-3033

Clinical and Counseling Psychologists Salary in the Boston Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area

Figures describe the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Boston city limits.

Median annual wage$121,270
Median hourly wage$58.30

Clinical and Counseling Psychologists in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area earned a median of $121,270 per year ($58.30 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $60,090 at the 10th percentile to $233,890 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,920 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Clinical and Counseling Psychologists in the Boston metro area earn more than $121,270 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $86,470 and $164,150.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$60,090$86,470$121,270$164,150$233,890
Hourly$28.89$41.57$58.30$78.92$112.45

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Boston metro areathis metro area
    $121,270
  • Massachusettsstate (MA)
    $115,180
  • United Statesnational
    $100,580

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +5% vs Massachusetts overall and +21% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$54,590$91,860$129,130$166,400Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $54,590New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $56,580Manchester-Nashua, NH — $59,480Corpus Christi, TX — $62,470Rapid City, SD — $63,720Knoxville, TN — $64,410Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $65,000Wichita, KS — $65,330Charleston, WV — $66,620San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $67,660Elmira, NY — $67,690Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $67,940Niles, MI — $69,470Springfield, IL — $69,520Abilene, TX — $71,040Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $71,330Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $71,870San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $72,090Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $72,150Tallahassee, FL — $72,560Clarksville, TN-KY — $72,800Richmond, VA — $72,880Topeka, KS — $73,140Lubbock, TX — $73,180San Angelo, TX — $73,820Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $73,910Jackson, MS — $74,460El Paso, TX — $74,740McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $74,740Lexington-Fayette, KY — $75,420Terre Haute, IN — $75,460Champaign-Urbana, IL — $75,520Baton Rouge, LA — $75,900Wilmington, NC — $76,700Ponce, PR — $76,840Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $77,110Waco, TX — $77,390Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $77,520Springfield, MO — $77,860Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $78,140Tuscaloosa, AL — $78,200Ann Arbor, MI — $78,280Traverse City, MI — $78,660Fayetteville, NC — $78,780Muncie, IN — $79,300Winston-Salem, NC — $79,600Oklahoma City, OK — $79,840Rockford, IL — $80,000Tulsa, OK — $80,400Barnstable Town, MA — $80,420State College, PA — $80,480Greensboro-High Point, NC — $80,560San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $81,340Columbia, MO — $82,020Auburn-Opelika, AL — $82,140Beckley, WV — $82,440Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $82,580Fort Wayne, IN — $82,660Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $82,870Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $82,930Bay City, MI — $83,610Flint, MI — $83,840Williamsport, PA — $84,070Bloomington, IN — $84,190Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $84,740Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $84,840Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $84,860Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $84,990Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $85,030Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $85,330Reading, PA — $85,380Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $85,390Chattanooga, TN-GA — $85,480South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $85,490Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $85,610Harrisonburg, VA — $85,710Wheeling, WV-OH — $86,020Charlottesville, VA — $86,540Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $86,670Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $87,160Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $87,740Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $87,930Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $87,940Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $88,360Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $88,650Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $88,870Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $89,670Omaha, NE-IA — $89,700Greenville, NC — $90,150Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $91,010Lancaster, PA — $91,120Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $91,290Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $91,410College Station-Bryan, TX — $91,450Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $91,610Iowa City, IA — $92,210Pittsburgh, PA — $92,510Cedar Rapids, IA — $92,580Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $92,730Toledo, OH — $93,220Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $93,420Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $93,830Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $94,540Saginaw, MI — $94,540Evansville, IN — $94,850Morgantown, WV — $95,160Rochester, NY — $95,780Erie, PA — $95,910Raleigh-Cary, NC — $96,560Canton-Massillon, OH — $96,900Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $97,090Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $97,170Columbus, GA-AL — $97,270Columbus, IN — $97,460Duluth, MN-WI — $98,020Peoria, IL — $98,070Kansas City, MO-KS — $98,110Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $98,190Salinas, CA — $98,430Bozeman, MT — $98,460Asheville, NC — $99,070Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $99,160Springfield, MA — $99,200Killeen-Temple, TX — $99,240Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $99,250Boise City, ID — $99,430Visalia, CA — $99,580Ogden, UT — $99,730Columbia, SC — $99,960Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $100,510Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $100,620Utica-Rome, NY — $100,890Akron, OH — $101,060St. Louis, MO-IL — $101,250Cleveland, OH — $101,660Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $101,670Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $101,970Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $102,120San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $102,710Youngstown-Warren, OH — $102,860Naples-Marco Island, FL — $102,940Jacksonville, FL — $104,180Glens Falls, NY — $104,300Roanoke, VA — $104,300Columbus, OH — $104,370Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $105,570Reno, NV — $106,330Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $106,440Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $106,440Kingston, NY — $106,440Syracuse, NY — $106,440Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $106,480St. Cloud, MN — $107,030Madison, WI — $107,480Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $108,240Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $108,480Binghamton, NY — $108,680Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $108,940Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $109,260Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $109,940New Haven, CT — $110,350Dover, DE — $111,300Worcester, MA — $112,060Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $112,500Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $112,690Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $112,860Pueblo, CO — $113,290Wausau, WI — $114,400Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $115,570Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $115,690Fargo, ND-MN — $116,130Mankato, MN — $116,320Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $116,470Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $116,550Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $116,620Jefferson City, MO — $116,670Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $116,960Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $117,170Appleton, WI — $117,750Ithaca, NY — $117,860Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $117,860Urban Honolulu, HI — $119,420North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $119,840Lincoln, NE — $120,000New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $120,510Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $121,270Colorado Springs, CO — $121,830Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $122,130Eugene-Springfield, OR — $122,380Modesto, CA — $123,030Port St. Lucie, FL — $123,300Rochester, MN — $123,870Tucson, AZ — $124,250Albuquerque, NM — $124,800Bend, OR — $124,970Pittsfield, MA — $125,030La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $126,960Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $128,850Fresno, CA — $129,120Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $129,330Stockton-Lodi, CA — $129,860Green Bay, WI — $130,360Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $130,870Santa Fe, NM — $131,470Vallejo, CA — $143,600Salem, OR — $143,980Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $147,210Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $153,050San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $155,960San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $166,400

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Boston metro area has the 25th-highest published median for this occupation among the 210 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Massachusetts

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for clinical and counseling psychologists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Boston metro areathis page
    $121,270
  • Pittsfield metro area
    $125,030
  • Worcester metro area
    $112,060
  • Springfield metro area
    $99,200
  • Amherst Town metro area
    $93,830
  • Barnstable Town metro area
    $80,420

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$129,500Biochemists and Biophysicists$131,550Biological Technicians$61,610Chemists$127,290Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$105,960Biological Scientists, All Other$110,410

Highest-paying metro areas for clinical and counseling psychologistss · Highest-paying occupations in Boston Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.