Fields in Psychology

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Fields in Psychology
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Significant Points

• About 4 out of 10 psychologists are
  self-employed, compared with less than 1 out of
  10 among all professional workers.
• Most specialists, including clinical and
  counseling psychologists, need a doctoral degree
  school psychologists need an educational
  specialist degree, and industrial-organizational
  psychologists need a masters degree.
• Competition for admission to graduate psychology
  programs is keen.
• Overall employment of psychologists is expected
  to grow faster than the average for all
  occupations through 2014.
• http//stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos056.htm

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Earning

• Median annual earnings of wage and salary
  clinical, counseling, and school psychologists in
  May 2004 were 54,950. The middle 50 percent
  earned between 41,850 and 71,880. The lowest 10
  percent earned less than 32,280, and the highest
  10 percent earned more than 92,250. Median
  annual earnings in the industries employing the
  largest numbers of clinical, counseling, and
  school psychologists in May 2004 were
• Offices of other health practitioners 64,460
• Elementary and secondary schools 58,360
• Outpatient care centers 46,850
• Individual and family services 42,640
• Median annual earnings of wage and salary
  industrial-organizational psychologists in May
  2004 were 71,400. The middle 50 percent earned
  between 56,880 and 93,210. The lowest 10
  percent earned less than 45,620, and the highest
  10 percent earned more than 125,560.
• http//stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos056.htm

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Salaries in Psychology

• http//research.apa.org/01salary/tables.pdf
  (Doctorate Salaries. A comprehensive list.
• http//academic.uofs.edu/department/psych/handbook
  /x.html (Careers in Psychology)
• http//money.cnn.com/2000/12/08/career/q_degreepsy
  chology/ (Outlook with just an undergraduate
  degree in psychology)