Psychologist Salary in Florida

The psychologist salary in Florida is a range, not one number. Half of the clinical and counseling psychologists BLS counted in Florida earned more than $85,610 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 Florida is 101 percent of the national $55,170, the median 85 percent of $100,580, and the 90th percentile 144 percent of $180,960.

Within the psychologist salary in Florida, the 90th percentile wage is 4.7 times the 10th, against 3.3 times across the country. The band between the 25th and 75th percentile spans $77,320, 125 percent of the $61,990 national band. The mean annual wage of $118,480 is 138 percent of the median, and the hourly median is $41.16. The 25th percentile wage ranks twenty-seventh of 48 jurisdictions, the 75th percentile wage seventh and the mean annual wage twelfth.

The psychologist salary in Florida also changes from one metropolitan area to the next. Port St. Lucie, FL has the highest median annual wage among the metropolitan areas BLS publishes for clinical and counseling psychologists (SOC 19-3033) in Florida: $123,300 in May 2025, 144 percent of the statewide median.

Tallahassee, FL has the lowest, $72,560, 85 percent of the statewide median. Eight of the twelve areas sit above the statewide median of $85,610.

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL has the most clinical and counseling psychologists of the areas listed, about 880, with a median of $88,870, 104 percent of the statewide median.

School psychologists (SOC 19-3034) in Florida earned a median annual wage of $84,760 in May 2025, 88 percent of the U.S. median of $95,990. That median ranks twenty-second of 51 jurisdictions. It is 99 percent of the $85,610 median for clinical and counseling psychologists in Florida.

BLS counted about 2,020 school psychologists and about 3,040 clinical and counseling psychologists in Florida, 0.7 school psychologists for every one of the others.

The school psychologist 10th percentile wage ranks twenty-fifth of 51 jurisdictions and the 90th percentile wage thirtieth, and the occupation ranks forty-fourth by concentration, 0.20 for every 1,000 jobs.

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL has the highest median annual wage among the areas BLS publishes for school psychologists in Florida: $100,750, with about 590 employed. Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL has the lowest, $59,330. BLS publishes nine such areas in all.

BLS also publishes psychologists, all other (SOC 19-3039) for Florida: a median annual wage of $134,690 in May 2025, with about 910 employed, 157 percent of the $85,610 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.

Florida has 5 ranked PsyD programs, led by Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, FL (ranked tenth of 117), then Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, FL (ranked twenty-seventh of 117) and Carlos Albizu University, Miami Campus in Miami, FL (ranked fifty-sixth of 117). One of the five is APA-accredited in school psychology, alone or combined with clinical or counseling.

Florida’s licensing statute asks for a doctorate from an APA-accredited program, the entry bar for every program on this page. The licensing board is the Florida Board of Psychology, read October 14, 2026. PsyD programs in Florida ranks all five 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 Florida’s own rules in a table of every state, are in the licensing guide that covers Florida.