Clinical Psychologist Salary in Georgia: What Clinical and Counseling Psychologists Earn
Clinical and counseling psychologists in Georgia had a median annual wage of $96,060 in May 2025, 4% below the national median of $100,580.
The median sits close to national, but the distribution around it does not: the Georgia 25th percentile is 27% below its national counterpart, while the 75th percentile is 2% above.
Georgia ranks 24th of 48 jurisdictions by median, and an estimated 1,120 psychologists are employed in the state, 19th of 46 by employment.
Clinical & counseling psychologists · SOC 19-3033
$96,060/yr
−4% vs. national $100,580
$46.18/hr median
Which psychologists this covers
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 state and national estimates — Georgia, SOCs 19-3033.
Retrieved 2026-09-24 from the BLS Public Data API.
How to read these figures
Georgia vs. the national figure
Each occupation is compared with its own national median from the same May 2025 release, and the national clinical psychologist salary page gives the national distribution.
Ranks count only the jurisdictions (states plus DC) where BLS publishes that occupation’s figure.
Differences are whole percentages of the national figure, rounded half away from zero, computed from the figures shown.
By estimated employment, Georgia ranks 19th of 46 for clinical and counseling psychologists.
A median $4,520 below national
The Georgia median of $96,060 is $4,520 below the national median of $100,580 for clinical and counseling psychologists, a 4% gap.
The hourly median tells the same story at $46.18 against $48.36 nationally.
Among the 48 jurisdictions where BLS publishes a median for this occupation, Georgia ranks 24th.
An estimated 1,120 clinical and counseling psychologists work in Georgia, 19th of the 46 jurisdictions that publish both a median and an employment estimate for the occupation.
So the Georgia figure is not a thin estimate; it is a mid-size sample whose median sits just below the national middle.
A wide spread around a near-national median
The lower and upper halves of Georgia pay behave differently.
At the 10th percentile Georgia is 18% below the national 10th percentile of $55,170, at $45,310.
At the 25th the gap is widest: $53,500 against the national 25th percentile of $73,210, 27% below, a $19,710 difference.
From there the gap narrows to 4% at the median and then reverses direction: the Georgia 75th percentile of $137,420 is 2% above the national 75th percentile of $135,200, $2,220 higher, the only position in the distribution where Georgia exceeds national.
At the 90th percentile the two rows are nearly level again, $179,850 against $180,960, 1% below.
The middle half of Georgia psychologists spans $83,920, against a national band of $61,990.
What this figure covers: Clinical and counseling psychologists only.
School psychologists and "psychologists, all other" (SOC 19-3039) are separate occupations and are not in this figure.
OEWS counts wage and salary workers, so psychologists in their own private practice are not counted.
Reading an offer against these figures
Compare an offer with the Georgia row first, then the national one.
An offer at $96,060 is the Georgia median but $4,520 below the national median.
Because the Georgia 25th percentile of $53,500 sits below the national 10th percentile of $55,170, an offer in the lower quarter of Georgia pay is also low against the national distribution, not only against Georgia's.
At the top, $137,420 marks the Georgia 75th percentile, a figure that would sit just above the national 75th percentile of $135,200, and $179,850 marks the Georgia 90th percentile, $1,110 below its national counterpart.
Hourly postings read against the hourly medians: $46.18 in Georgia, $48.36 nationally.
A percentile is a position in the state distribution, not a pay step or a measure of time in the field.
What this figure does and does not describe
This row is the BLS occupation for clinical and counseling psychologists, not a figure for one Georgia licence.
It is not split by licence stage: the row does not separate psychologists who hold the full licence from holders of the state's non-renewable provisional licence.
Georgia's psychologist licence structure has a single title, psychologist, plus the provisional licence; there is no master's-level psychology licence in the state's rules.
Check which licence a posting asks for before comparing its pay with this row.
What each licence requires in Georgia is summarized in psychologist licensure in Georgia.
Before you weigh an offer, check what licence or certification the posting requires — browse clinical psychologist jobs in Georgia.
What Clinical Psychologist Job Listings in Georgia Show Right Now
From the 16 active clinical psychologist listings on BehavioralHires as of October 29, 2026.
Employers with the most openings
- Thriveworks12
- LifeStance Health2
Benefits and work arrangement
- 13% hybrid; the rest are on-site
- Health Insurancenamed in 88%
- 401k Matchnamed in 88%
- Continuing Education Budgetnamed in 81%
- Flexible Schedulenamed in 81%
- Dental & Visionnamed in 75%
Source: active clinical psychologist listings on BehavioralHires, updated daily. Pay figures use only listings that state pay (midpoint of each posted range). Benefits count listings that name the benefit; a listing that doesn’t mention one may still offer it.
Browse 16 jobs →Frequently Asked Questions
How much do clinical psychologists make in Georgia?
BLS reports a May 2025 median annual wage of $96,060 for clinical and counseling psychologists in Georgia, or $46.18 an hour.
That is 4% below the national median of $100,580.
The middle half of Georgia psychologists earned between $53,500 and $137,420, and the top tenth earned more than $179,850.
Is psychologist pay in Georgia below the national figure everywhere in the distribution?
No. The Georgia 75th percentile is the one position above national: $137,420 against the national 75th percentile of $135,200, 2% above.
Everywhere else Georgia sits below: $45,310 against the national 10th percentile of $55,170 (18% below), $53,500 against the national 25th percentile of $73,210 (27% below), $96,060 against the national median of $100,580 (4% below), and $179,850 against the national 90th percentile of $180,960 (1% below).
The gap is widest at the 25th percentile and nearly gone at the top.
How many clinical and counseling psychologists work in Georgia?
BLS estimates 1,120 clinical and counseling psychologists employed in Georgia in May 2025, which ranks 19th of the 46 jurisdictions that publish both a median and an employment estimate for the occupation.
That is a count of people in jobs during the survey period, not of open positions, and it covers only this one occupation.
More Georgia Clinical Psychologist Resources
Sources
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 state estimates — Georgia, SOC 19-3033 (BLS Public Data API) (retrieved 2026-09-24)
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS May 2025 national estimates — SOC 19-3033 (BLS Public Data API) (retrieved 2026-09-24)
Wage figures: BLS OEWS May 2025 state and national estimates, SOCs 19-3033, retrieved 2026-09-24.
Page last updated 2026-09-29.