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School Psychologists · SOC 19-3034

School 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$98,670
Median hourly wage$47.44

School Psychologists in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area earned a median of $98,670 per year ($47.44 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $64,480 at the 10th percentile to $135,250 at the 90th. BLS estimates 2,340 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of School Psychologists in the Boston metro area earn more than $98,670 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $80,110 and $115,900.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$64,480$80,110$98,670$115,900$135,250
Hourly$31.00$38.51$47.44$55.72$65.02

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
    $98,670
  • Massachusettsstate (MA)
    $98,670
  • United Statesnational
    $95,990

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

The median here is about the same vs Massachusetts overall and +3% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$49,100$81,200$113,300$145,400Cedar Rapids, IA — $49,100Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $55,740Jackson, MS — $58,680Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $59,330Tulsa, OK — $60,070Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $60,960Burlington, NC — $60,970Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $62,000Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $62,460Fargo, ND-MN — $63,280Asheville, NC — $64,020Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $64,620Topeka, KS — $65,580Wilmington, NC — $65,750Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $66,130Florence, SC — $66,490Ogden, UT — $66,540Wichita, KS — $66,810Spartanburg, SC — $67,280Charleston, WV — $67,860Baton Rouge, LA — $68,030Chattanooga, TN-GA — $68,060Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $68,230Fort Wayne, IN — $68,370Lubbock, TX — $68,370Lake Charles, LA — $69,020Idaho Falls, ID — $70,790Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $72,860Rochester, NY — $73,050Amarillo, TX — $73,530Boise City, ID — $74,180Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $74,460Springfield, MO — $74,470Kenosha, WI — $74,860Oklahoma City, OK — $75,250Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $75,390Roanoke, VA — $75,550Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $75,880Peoria, IL — $76,140Greensboro-High Point, NC — $76,160Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $76,320Tallahassee, FL — $76,370Champaign-Urbana, IL — $76,460Corpus Christi, TX — $76,460Knoxville, TN — $76,850St. Louis, MO-IL — $76,880Longview, TX — $76,960Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $77,160Winston-Salem, NC — $77,230Eau Claire, WI — $77,370Green Bay, WI — $77,370Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $77,640Appleton, WI — $77,660South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $77,860La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $77,870Kansas City, MO-KS — $78,090Canton-Massillon, OH — $78,590Huntsville, AL — $78,700Duluth, MN-WI — $78,770Ithaca, NY — $78,930Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $79,050Binghamton, NY — $79,080Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $79,320Abilene, TX — $79,440Toledo, OH — $79,790Jacksonville, FL — $79,830Dover, DE — $80,280Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $80,420Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $80,490El Paso, TX — $80,620Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $80,660Monroe, LA — $80,660Youngstown-Warren, OH — $80,680Bloomington, IL — $80,760Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $80,850Charlottesville, VA — $80,900San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $80,920Lexington-Fayette, KY — $81,040Columbia, SC — $81,370Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $81,480Janesville-Beloit, WI — $81,750Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $81,840Urban Honolulu, HI — $82,110Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $82,190Evansville, IN — $82,220Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $82,300Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $82,390Richmond, VA — $82,440Manchester-Nashua, NH — $82,450Erie, PA — $82,520Utica-Rome, NY — $82,690Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $82,910Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $83,300Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $83,320Raleigh-Cary, NC — $83,340Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $83,350Rockford, IL — $83,400Madison, WI — $83,550Eugene-Springfield, OR — $83,710Ann Arbor, MI — $83,960Port St. Lucie, FL — $84,150Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $84,200Savannah, GA — $84,220Vineland, NJ — $84,370Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $84,390Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $84,680Portland-South Portland, ME — $84,680Lawrence, KS — $84,740Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $84,850Rochester, MN — $84,870Glens Falls, NY — $84,960Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $85,050Anchorage, AK — $85,730Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $85,870Reading, PA — $85,900Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $85,930Syracuse, NY — $86,130Akron, OH — $86,390Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $86,510New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $86,630Springfield, IL — $87,210Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $87,510Tucson, AZ — $87,540Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $87,740Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $88,070Jackson, MI — $88,330North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $88,520Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $88,820Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $89,190Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $89,290Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $89,380Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $89,530Pittsfield, MA — $89,870Omaha, NE-IA — $89,900McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $90,310Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $90,620Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $90,710Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $91,720Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $91,930Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $92,280Pittsburgh, PA — $92,370Worcester, MA — $93,090Springfield, MA — $93,200Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $93,570Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $93,640Billings, MT — $93,890Cleveland, OH — $94,250Kingston, NY — $94,460Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $95,090Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $95,090Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $96,490Lancaster, PA — $97,110Aguadilla, PR — $97,210Arecibo, PR — $97,210Mayaguez, PR — $97,210San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $97,210Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $97,580Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $98,670Lincoln, NE — $99,000Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $99,110Salem, OR — $99,290New Haven, CT — $99,360York-Hanover, PA — $99,550Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $99,600Columbus, OH — $100,730Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $100,750Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $101,030Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $101,150Clarksville, TN-KY — $101,430Barnstable Town, MA — $101,640Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $101,870Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $103,450Bellingham, WA — $104,250Farmington, NM — $104,740Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $105,810Medford, OR — $106,410Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $106,550Yakima, WA — $107,130Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $107,700Greeley, CO — $107,790Albuquerque, NM — $109,930Las Cruces, NM — $110,360Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $113,950Colorado Springs, CO — $114,380Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $114,520Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $115,570Kennewick-Richland, WA — $115,650New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $117,540Vallejo, CA — $121,340Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $122,390San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $122,450Fresno, CA — $123,920Chico, CA — $124,980Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $125,810Yuba City, CA — $125,860Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $126,430Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $126,710Reno, NV — $127,740Visalia, CA — $128,020Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $128,110Stockton-Lodi, CA — $128,630Modesto, CA — $128,750Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $129,340Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $129,610San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $130,520San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $130,540San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $131,070Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $131,920Merced, CA — $133,230Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $139,400Boulder, CO — $143,020El Centro, CA — $145,400

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 55th-highest published median for this occupation among the 212 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 school psychologists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Boston metro areathis page
    $98,670
  • Barnstable Town metro area
    $101,640
  • Springfield metro area
    $93,200
  • Worcester metro area
    $93,090
  • Amherst Town metro area
    $90,710
  • Pittsfield metro area
    $89,870

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 school 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.