Psychologist Salary in Michigan

The psychologist salary in Michigan is a range, not one number. Half of the clinical and counseling psychologists BLS counted in Michigan earned more than $84,730 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 Michigan is 111 percent of the national $55,170, the median 84 percent of $100,580, and the 90th percentile 75 percent of $180,960.

Within the psychologist salary in Michigan, the 90th percentile wage is 2.2 times the 10th, against 3.3 times across the country. The band between the 25th and 75th percentile spans $38,610, 62 percent of the $61,990 national band. The mean annual wage of $95,160 is 112 percent of the median, and the hourly median is $40.74. The 25th percentile wage ranks twenty-fifth of 48 jurisdictions, the 75th percentile wage thirty-fifth and the mean annual wage thirty-eighth.

The psychologist salary in Michigan also changes from one metropolitan area to the next. Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI has the highest median annual wage among the metropolitan areas BLS publishes for clinical and counseling psychologists (SOC 19-3033) in Michigan: $94,540 in May 2025, 112 percent of the statewide median.

Niles, MI has the lowest, $69,470, 82 percent of the statewide median. Five of the eleven areas sit above the statewide median of $84,730.

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI has the most clinical and counseling psychologists of the areas listed, about 820, with a median of $91,610, 108 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 Michigan earned a median annual wage of $83,960 in May 2025, 87 percent of the U.S. median of $95,990. That median ranks twenty-fourth of 51 jurisdictions. It is 99 percent of the $84,730 median for clinical and counseling psychologists in Michigan.

BLS counted about 1,480 school psychologists and about 2,170 clinical and counseling psychologists in Michigan, 0.7 school psychologists for every one of the others.

The school psychologist 10th percentile wage ranks fortieth of 51 jurisdictions and the 90th percentile wage twenty-second, and the occupation ranks twenty-eighth by concentration, 0.34 for every 1,000 jobs.

Jackson, MI has the highest median annual wage among the areas BLS publishes for school psychologists in Michigan: $88,330, with about 30 employed. South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI has the lowest, $77,860. BLS publishes eleven such areas in all.

BLS also publishes psychologists, all other (SOC 19-3039) for Michigan: a median annual wage of $88,510 in May 2025, with about 410 employed, 104 percent of the $84,730 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.

Michigan has 1 ranked PsyD program, led by Michigan School of Psychology in Farmington Hills, MI (ranked ninety-third of 117).

Michigan has doctoral graduates complete their postdoctoral year on a doctoral educational limited license, and its rule approves programs accredited by PCSAS or designated by ASPPB and the National Register alongside APA and CPA. The licensing board is the Michigan Board of Psychology, read October 21, 2026. PsyD programs in Michigan ranks all one 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 Michigan’s own rules in a table of every state, are in the licensing guide that covers Michigan.