Psychiatrist Salary in New Jersey: What Psychiatrists Earn
Psychiatrists in New Jersey had a median annual wage of $194,070 in May 2025, 31% below the national median of $281,870.
The distribution sits above the national one at the bottom and below it from the median up: the 10th percentile is 4% above national and the 25th percentile 1% above, while the median, 75th and 90th percentiles are below.
New Jersey's estimated 1,290 psychiatrists rank 5th of 45 jurisdictions by employment, but the median ranks 40th of 46.
Posted pay in New Jersey psychiatrist listings
$325,000/yrmedian
Posted ranges run $250,000–$375,000/yr, from 3 distinct pay ranges at 2 employers (Universal Health Services, Talkiatry).
From BehavioralHires' live job listings as of October 28, 2026. See the listings
Psychiatrists · SOC 29-1223
$194,070/yr
−31% vs. national $281,870
$93.30/hr median
Which psychiatrists this covers
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 state and national estimates — New Jersey, SOCs 29-1223.
Retrieved 2026-09-24 from the BLS Public Data API.
How to read these figures
New Jersey vs. the national figure
Each occupation is compared with its own national median from the same May 2025 release, and the national psychiatrist 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, New Jersey ranks 5th of 45 for psychiatrists.
A median $87,800 below national
The New Jersey median of $194,070 is $87,800 below the national median of $281,870, a 31% gap, and the hourly median is $93.30 against $135.51 nationally, $42.21 lower.
Among the 46 jurisdictions where BLS publishes a psychiatrist median, New Jersey ranks 40th.
The employment estimate is sizeable for this occupation: an estimated 1,290 psychiatrists, 5th of the 45 jurisdictions where BLS publishes both a median and an employment estimate, so the row is above the small-sample threshold that limits many state psychiatrist rows to the median alone and the full distribution can be read.
Above national at the floor, below from the median up
New Jersey psychiatrist pay runs from a 10th percentile of $87,120 to a 90th percentile of $404,870, a spread of $317,750; the 90th is 4.6 times the 10th, against 5.3 times nationally.
The direction against national flips once, between the 25th percentile and the median.
Below that line New Jersey is slightly above national: the 10th percentile of $87,120 is $3,060 above the national $84,060 and the 25th percentile of $155,310 is $1,160 above the national $154,150.
At the median and above, New Jersey is below, and the gap is largest at the median itself: $87,800, against $21,170 at the 75th percentile ($341,570 against $362,740) and $41,650 at the 90th ($404,870 against $446,520).
The middle half spans $186,260 against the national band of $208,590: $38,760 separates the 25th percentile from the median, against $127,720 nationally, while the median-to-75th stretch is $147,500 against $80,870.
What this figure covers: Psychiatrists employed for wages.
OEWS does not count self-employed physicians or practice owners, and psychiatric nurse practitioners are in a separate occupation (29-1171, all nurse practitioners).
Reading an offer against these figures
Where an offer falls in this distribution matters more than the median alone, because the comparison against national changes across the distribution.
An offer at $194,070 is the New Jersey median and $87,800 below the national median of $281,870.
An offer at the state's 25th percentile of $155,310 compares differently: at that percentile New Jersey is still above national, so the offer sits $1,160 above the national 25th percentile of $154,150, while an offer at the median sits below the national median.
Hourly offers compare with the New Jersey hourly median of $93.30.
A percentile is a position in the state distribution, not a pay step or a reading of time in the field.
What this figure does and does not describe
This row is the BLS occupation for psychiatrists employed for wages.
It is not split by board certification or subspecialty, so it cannot say what a child and adolescent or addiction psychiatrist earns in New Jersey, and it does not include other prescribers, whom BLS counts in occupations of their own.
Nor is it a count of licence holders: OEWS classifies workers by job duties, not by the credential they hold.
Before comparing an offer with this row, check what licence and certification the posting requires.
Before you weigh an offer, check what licence or certification the posting requires — browse psychiatrist jobs in New Jersey.
What Psychiatrist Job Listings in New Jersey Show Right Now
From the 36 active psychiatrist listings on BehavioralHires as of October 28, 2026.
Employers with the most openings
- Lyra Health16
- LifeStance Health14
- Universal Health Services2
Pay employers post
- 8% of psychiatrist listings in New Jersey state any pay at all.
Benefits and work arrangement
- 8% remote or telehealth and 81% hybrid; the rest are on-site
- Flexible Schedulenamed in 50%
- Health Insurancenamed in 50%
- 401k Matchnamed in 50%
- Dental & Visionnamed in 47%
- PTO / Paid Time Offnamed in 14%
Source: active psychiatrist 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 36 jobs →Frequently Asked Questions
How much do psychiatrists make in New Jersey?
BLS reports a May 2025 median annual wage of $194,070 for psychiatrists in New Jersey, or $93.30 an hour, 31% below the national median of $281,870.
The middle half of New Jersey psychiatrists earned between $155,310 and $341,570, and the top tenth earned more than $404,870.
The 25th percentile of $155,310 sits 1% above the national 25th percentile of $154,150.
Where is the New Jersey psychiatrist gap to national largest?
At the median.
New Jersey pays $194,070 there against $281,870 nationally, 31% below.
The comparison runs the other way below the median: the 10th percentile of $87,120 is 4% above the national $84,060 and the 25th percentile of $155,310 is 1% above the national $154,150.
Above the median it is 6% at the 75th percentile and 9% at the 90th, where New Jersey reaches $404,870 against $446,520 nationally.
How many psychiatrists work in New Jersey?
BLS estimates 1,290 psychiatrists employed in New Jersey in May 2025, which ranks 5th of the 45 jurisdictions where BLS publishes both a median and an employment estimate.
That counts psychiatrists in jobs during the survey period, not open positions, and it does not count psychiatrists who are not employed for wages.
More New Jersey Psychiatrist Resources
Sources
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 state estimates — New Jersey, SOC 29-1223 (BLS Public Data API) (retrieved 2026-09-24)
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS May 2025 national estimates — SOC 29-1223 (BLS Public Data API) (retrieved 2026-09-24)
Wage figures: BLS OEWS May 2025 state and national estimates, SOCs 29-1223, retrieved 2026-09-24.
Page last updated 2026-09-29.