Psychologist Salary in Colorado

The psychologist salary in Colorado is a range, not one number. Half of the clinical and counseling psychologists BLS counted in Colorado earned more than $113,290 a year in May 2025 and half earned less. Percentiles mark places in the pay distribution; they are not experience levels. Set beside the U.S. figures for the same occupation, the 10th percentile wage in Colorado is 85 percent of the national $55,170, the median 113 percent of $100,580, and the 90th percentile 89 percent of $180,960.

Within the psychologist salary in Colorado, the 90th percentile wage is 3.4 times the 10th, against 3.3 times across the country. The band between the 25th and 75th percentile spans $77,420, 125 percent of the $61,990 national band. The mean annual wage of $126,480 is 112 percent of the median, and the hourly median is $54.46. The 25th percentile wage ranks twenty-third of 48 jurisdictions, the 75th percentile wage sixth and the mean annual wage fifth.

The psychologist salary in Colorado also changes from one metropolitan area to the next. Colorado Springs, CO has the highest median annual wage among the metropolitan areas BLS publishes for clinical and counseling psychologists (SOC 19-3033) in Colorado: $121,830 in May 2025, 108 percent of the statewide median.

Fort Collins-Loveland, CO has the lowest, $54,590, 48 percent of the statewide median. One of the four areas sits above the statewide median of $113,290.

Colorado Springs, CO has the most clinical and counseling psychologists of the areas listed, about 100, with a median of $121,830, 108 percent of the statewide median.

School psychologists (SOC 19-3034) in Colorado earned a median annual wage of $124,770 in May 2025, 130 percent of the U.S. median of $95,990. That median ranks second of 51 jurisdictions. It is 110 percent of the $113,290 median for clinical and counseling psychologists in Colorado.

BLS counted about 1,380 school psychologists and about 1,170 clinical and counseling psychologists in Colorado, 1.2 school psychologists for every one of the others.

The school psychologist 10th percentile wage ranks second of 51 jurisdictions and the 90th percentile wage third, and the occupation ranks eleventh by concentration, 0.48 for every 1,000 jobs.

Boulder, CO has the highest median annual wage among the areas BLS publishes for school psychologists in Colorado: $143,020, with about 110 employed. Fort Collins-Loveland, CO has the lowest, $87,740. BLS publishes six such areas in all.

BLS also publishes psychologists, all other (SOC 19-3039) for Colorado: a median annual wage of $120,660 in May 2025, with about 380 employed, 107 percent of the $113,290 median for clinical and counseling psychologists there. The group holds the psychologists BLS does not list separately, so it is not a wage for any one specialty.

Colorado has 2 ranked PsyD programs, led by University of Denver in Denver, CO (ranked thirty-second of 117), then University of Colorado Denver in Denver, CO (ranked 109th of 117). One of the two is APA-accredited in school psychology, alone or combined with clinical or counseling.

Colorado puts all of its counted supervision after the degree, in one postdoctoral year that is logged while the graduate holds a candidate registration or works in a setting the Division allows. The licensing board is the State Board of Psychologist Examiners, read October 21, 2026. PsyD programs in Colorado ranks all two with the state’s licensing rules.

BLS puts the licensing rule this way: “In most states, practicing psychology or using the title of ‘psychologist’ requires licensure.” (BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, read October 14, 2026). The steps from a doctorate to a license, with Colorado’s own rules in a table of every state, are in the licensing guide that covers Colorado.