Psychologist Salary in Ohio

The psychologist salary in Ohio is a range, not one number. Half of the clinical and counseling psychologists BLS counted in Ohio earned more than $101,190 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 Ohio is 72 percent of the national $55,170, the median 101 percent of $100,580, and the 90th percentile 89 percent of $180,960.

Within the psychologist salary in Ohio, the 90th percentile wage is 4.1 times the 10th, against 3.3 times across the country. The band between the 25th and 75th percentile spans $62,780, 101 percent of the $61,990 national band. The mean annual wage of $103,950 is 103 percent of the median, and the hourly median is $48.65. The 25th percentile wage ranks twenty-first of 48 jurisdictions, the 75th percentile wage thirteenth and the mean annual wage twenty-eighth.

The psychologist salary in Ohio also changes from one metropolitan area to the next. Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH has the highest median annual wage among the metropolitan areas BLS publishes for clinical and counseling psychologists (SOC 19-3033) in Ohio: $115,690 in May 2025, 114 percent of the statewide median.

Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH has the lowest, $72,150, 71 percent of the statewide median. Four of the ten areas sit above the statewide median of $101,190.

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN has the most clinical and counseling psychologists of the areas listed, about 650, with a median of $100,510, 99 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 Ohio earned a median annual wage of $91,010 in May 2025, 95 percent of the U.S. median of $95,990. That median ranks eighteenth of 51 jurisdictions. It is 90 percent of the $101,190 median for clinical and counseling psychologists in Ohio.

BLS counted about 2,050 school psychologists and about 2,080 clinical and counseling psychologists in Ohio, 1.0 school psychologists for every one of the others.

The school psychologist 10th percentile wage ranks thirtieth of 51 jurisdictions and the 90th percentile wage twentieth, and the occupation ranks twenty-first by concentration, 0.37 for every 1,000 jobs.

Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH has the highest median annual wage among the areas BLS publishes for school psychologists in Ohio: $103,450, with about 120 employed. Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH has the lowest, $68,230. BLS publishes thirteen such areas in all.

BLS also publishes psychologists, all other (SOC 19-3039) for Ohio: a median annual wage of $132,060 in May 2025, with about 410 employed, 131 percent of the $101,190 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.

Ohio has 2 ranked PsyD programs, led by Xavier University in Cincinnati, OH (ranked fifteenth of 117), then Wright State University in Dayton, OH (ranked twenty-ninth of 117).

Ohio lets graduates of accredited programs reach its 3,600 supervised hours without a postdoctoral year, then closes the process with an oral exam on state law. The licensing board is the Ohio Board of Psychology, read October 21, 2026. PsyD programs in Ohio ranks all two 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 Ohio’s own rules in a table of every state, are in the licensing guide that covers Ohio.