Psychologist Salary in Indiana

The psychologist salary in Indiana is a range, not one number. Half of the clinical and counseling psychologists BLS counted in Indiana earned more than $84,990 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 Indiana is 102 percent of the national $55,170, the median 84 percent of $100,580, and the 90th percentile 71 percent of $180,960.

Within the psychologist salary in Indiana, the 90th percentile wage is 2.3 times the 10th, against 3.3 times across the country. The band between the 25th and 75th percentile spans $24,170, 39 percent of the $61,990 national band. The mean annual wage of $91,480 is 108 percent of the median, and the hourly median is $40.86. The 25th percentile wage ranks sixteenth of 48 jurisdictions, the 75th percentile wage forty-third and the mean annual wage forty-first.

The psychologist salary in Indiana also changes from one metropolitan area to the next. Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN has the highest median annual wage among the metropolitan areas BLS publishes for clinical and counseling psychologists (SOC 19-3033) in Indiana: $100,510 in May 2025, 118 percent of the statewide median.

Terre Haute, IN has the lowest, $75,460, 89 percent of the statewide median. Six of the thirteen areas sit above the statewide median of $84,990.

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has the most clinical and counseling psychologists of the areas listed, about 5,030, with a median of $85,390, 100 percent of the statewide median.

BLS defines a metropolitan area by county, so an area that crosses a state line has one figure for the whole area.

School psychologists (SOC 19-3034) in Indiana earned a median annual wage of $77,640 in May 2025, 81 percent of the U.S. median of $95,990. That median ranks thirty-fifth of 51 jurisdictions. It is 91 percent of the $84,990 median for clinical and counseling psychologists in Indiana.

BLS counted about 710 school psychologists and about 1,850 clinical and counseling psychologists in Indiana, 0.4 school psychologists for every one of the others.

The school psychologist 10th percentile wage ranks forty-second of 51 jurisdictions and the 90th percentile wage thirty-third, and the occupation ranks forty-third by concentration, 0.22 for every 1,000 jobs.

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has the highest median annual wage among the areas BLS publishes for school psychologists in Indiana: $90,620, with about 2,770 employed. Fort Wayne, IN has the lowest, $68,370. BLS publishes eight such areas in all.

BLS also publishes psychologists, all other (SOC 19-3039) for Indiana: a median annual wage of $123,640 in May 2025, with about 200 employed, 145 percent of the $84,990 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.

Indiana has 4 ranked PsyD programs, led by Indiana State University in Terre Haute, IN (ranked first of 117), then University of Indianapolis in Indianapolis, IN (ranked sixteenth of 117) and Indiana State University in Terre Haute, IN (ranked fifty-ninth of 117). One of the four is APA-accredited in school psychology, alone or combined with clinical or counseling.

Indiana asks for a doctorate from an APA- or CPA-accredited program wherever such accreditation exists. The licensing board is the Indiana State Psychology Board, read October 14, 2026. PsyD programs in Indiana ranks all four 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 Indiana’s own rules in a table of every state, are in the licensing guide that covers Indiana.