Salary Ranges for a Psychologist in the Sacramento Region

Sacramento Salary

In May 2010, psychologists in the combined Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville metropolitan area earned a mean or average salary of $79,030 per year or $37.99 an hour. The median salary, which is the 50th percentile mark for local psychologists' salaries, was $35.68 an hour or about $74,210 annually. A median wage lower than the mean wage reveals that there are a few very highly paid psychologists in the area, which raises the average but does not reflect on the majority of salaries.

The Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville metro area paid psychologists less than the nearby major metros of Oakland and San Francisco, some of the most expensive areas in the country. The combined metro area of Oakland-Fremont-Hayward paid psychologists a mean of $84,460 per year, 6.9 percent more than the greater Sacramento average. Psychologists in the combined San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City metro area earned even more, at an average annual salary of $91,530, 15.8 percent higher than their Sacramento peers.

In May 2010, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the average psychologist in California earned $82,770 per year or $39.79 an hour. This is 4.5 percent more than the mean salary for psychologists in the Sacramento area. The median wage was $38.38 hourly or $79,830 annually, 7 percent higher than Sacramento's median.

Also as of 2010, the national average wage for psychologists in the United States was $72,540 a year or $34.87 an hour. Sacramento's average of $79,030 a year is 8.9 percent higher than the national average. The American median wage for psychologists was $66,810 per year, lower than Sacramento's median of $74,210 per year by 11.1 percent.