In what venue? Private Practice, Academia, Government?
How much experience? 1 year post-internship, 10 years post-internship, licensed?
There are just too many factors to say the "average" counseling psychologist with their Ph.D. makes X for it to provide useful data. It is possible to make excellent money in Psychology and it is possible to make $40k per year with a Ph.D. or less during internship (The mean funding was $22k per year, with military offering the highest stipends.)
According to Salary.com: A counseling psychologist makes between $47k and $75k with a median of $61k and a Psychologist in general makes $63k - $103K with a Median of $81k in Washington D.C., obviously you'll make less in Arkansas ($48k and $63K).
The APA says:
"According to a 1991 survey by the American Psychological Association, the median annual-salary of psychologists with a doctoral degree was $48,000 in counseling psychology, $50,000 in research positions, $53,000 in clinical psychology, $55,000 in school psychology, and $76,000 in industrial/organizational psychology. In university psychology departments, median annual salaries ranged from $32,000 for assistant professors to $55,000 for full professors. The median annual salary of master's degree holders was $35,000 for faculty, $37,000 in counseling psychology, $40,000 in clinical psychology, $48,000 in research positions, $50,000 in industrial/organizational psychology, and $52,000 in school psychology. Some psychologist have much higher earning, particularly those in private practice.
The federal government recognizes education and experience in certifying applicants for entry level positions. In general, the average starting salary for psychologists having a bachelor's degree was about $18,300 a year in 1993; those with superior academic records could begin at $22,800. Clinical psychologists having a Ph.D. or Psy.D degree and 1 year of internship could start at $33,600; some individual could start at $40,300. The average salary for psychologists in the federal government in nonsupervisory, supervisory, and managerial positions was about $54,400 a year in 1993."
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