APA Center For Work Studies: 2009 Salary Information

Speaking of things that are depressing, I'm a little sad APA can't get a slightly better response on the salary survey. The n's for any clinical work but private practice are miniscule.

Public and private general hospitals and VAs all seem decent. County/State hospitals are just awful (and I imagine probably among the most stressful settings to top it off). CMHC's and counseling centers are awful (not surprising). All with the obvious caveat of the small n.

Only one that really surprised me was 90k for elementary and secondary schools, though I suspect its skewed by the minimum being 20 years in the field.

Research positions seems about in line with what I expect. 60k for a 9 month sounds about right, figure 70-80k for those who can find summer funding via grants or teaching. I'm a little surprised the full professor average was only 100k...I was expecting closer to 120. Then again, I've been biased by medical settings, which seem to pay better for academics.

Overall, it ain't great, but I'm content with the salary for the jobs I'm likely to pursue. Again, I don't know what counts in these salary surveys (is it annual income or just the "salary" your primary employer pays?), but I feel like there are other opportunities available to me to boost my income above the mean if I want. Either way, I had a decent life growing up and my starting salary will be far more than anyone else in my family made even 30 years in.

so i guess this must be why every person i know in this field has multiple income streams...

Although it would be a small n, I would like to see the salaries for prescribing psychologists on the salary survey.