Psychologist Salary in Kansas

The psychologist salary in Kansas is a range, not one number. Half of the clinical and counseling psychologists BLS counted in Kansas earned more than $76,690 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 Kansas is 86 percent of the national $55,170, the median 76 percent of $100,580, and the 90th percentile 84 percent of $180,960.

Within the psychologist salary in Kansas, the band between the 25th and 75th percentile spans $39,180, 63 percent of the $61,990 national band. The mean annual wage of $85,550 is 112 percent of the median, and the hourly median is $36.87. The 25th percentile wage ranks thirty-sixth of 48 jurisdictions, the 75th percentile wage forty-second and the mean annual wage forty-fourth.

The psychologist salary in Kansas also changes from one metropolitan area to the next. Kansas City, MO-KS has the highest median annual wage among the metropolitan areas BLS publishes for clinical and counseling psychologists (SOC 19-3033) in Kansas: $98,110 in May 2025, 128 percent of the statewide median.

Wichita, KS has the lowest, $65,330, 85 percent of the statewide median. One of the three areas sits above the statewide median of $76,690.

Kansas City, MO-KS has the most clinical and counseling psychologists of the areas listed, about 310, with a median of $98,110, 128 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 Kansas earned a median annual wage of $73,020 in May 2025, 76 percent of the U.S. median of $95,990. That median ranks forty-fourth of 51 jurisdictions. It is 95 percent of the $76,690 median for clinical and counseling psychologists in Kansas.

BLS counted about 630 school psychologists and about 400 clinical and counseling psychologists in Kansas, 1.6 school psychologists for every one of the others.

The school psychologist 10th percentile wage ranks thirty-second of 51 jurisdictions and the 90th percentile wage forty-sixth, and the occupation ranks fourteenth by concentration, 0.44 for every 1,000 jobs.

Lawrence, KS has the highest median annual wage among the areas BLS publishes for school psychologists in Kansas: $84,740, with about 30 employed. Topeka, KS has the lowest, $65,580. BLS publishes five such areas in all.