Psychologist Salary in New Jersey

The psychologist salary in New Jersey is a range, not one number. Half of the clinical and counseling psychologists BLS counted in New Jersey earned more than $127,090 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 New Jersey is 104 percent of the national $55,170, the median 126 percent of $100,580, and the 90th percentile 124 percent of $180,960.

Within the psychologist salary in New Jersey, the 90th percentile wage is 3.9 times the 10th, against 3.3 times across the country. The band between the 25th and 75th percentile spans $101,710, 164 percent of the $61,990 national band. The mean annual wage of $131,590 is 104 percent of the median, and the hourly median is $61.10. The 25th percentile wage ranks thirty-fourth of 48 jurisdictions, the 75th percentile wage first and the mean annual wage second.

The psychologist salary in New Jersey also changes from one metropolitan area to the next. Trenton-Princeton, NJ has the highest median annual wage among the metropolitan areas BLS publishes for clinical and counseling psychologists (SOC 19-3033) in New Jersey: $128,850 in May 2025, 101 percent of the statewide median.

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ has the lowest, $88,360, 70 percent of the statewide median. One of the four areas sits above the statewide median of $127,090.

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has the most clinical and counseling psychologists of the areas listed, about 8,170, with a median of $120,510, 95 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 New Jersey earned a median annual wage of $95,160 in May 2025, 99 percent of the U.S. median of $95,990. That median ranks thirteenth of 51 jurisdictions. It is 75 percent of the $127,090 median for clinical and counseling psychologists in New Jersey.

BLS counted about 2,130 school psychologists and about 2,700 clinical and counseling psychologists in New Jersey, 0.8 school psychologists for every one of the others.

The school psychologist 10th percentile wage ranks eighth of 51 jurisdictions and the 90th percentile wage fourteenth, and the occupation ranks tenth by concentration, 0.50 for every 1,000 jobs.

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has the highest median annual wage among the areas BLS publishes for school psychologists in New Jersey: $117,540, with about 7,890 employed. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD has the lowest, $82,190. BLS publishes five such areas in all.

BLS also publishes psychologists, all other (SOC 19-3039) for New Jersey: a median annual wage of $132,220 in May 2025, with about 370 employed, 104 percent of the $127,090 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.

New Jersey has 6 ranked PsyD programs, led by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in Piscataway, NJ (ranked seventh of 117), then Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in Piscataway, NJ (ranked twenty-sixth of 117) and Saint Elizabeth University in Morristown, NJ (ranked forty-fourth of 117). Two of the six are APA-accredited in school psychology, alone or combined with clinical or counseling.

New Jersey lets supervised experience come before the doctorate, so no postdoctoral year is required. The licensing board is the New Jersey State Board of Psychological Examiners, read October 14, 2026. PsyD programs in New Jersey ranks all six 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 New Jersey’s own rules in a table of every state, are in the licensing guide that covers New Jersey.