Psychologist Salary in Oklahoma

The psychologist salary in Oklahoma is a range, not one number. Half of the clinical and counseling psychologists BLS counted in Oklahoma earned more than $79,950 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 Oklahoma is 113 percent of the national $55,170, the median 79 percent of $100,580, and the 90th percentile 114 percent of $180,960.

Within the psychologist salary in Oklahoma, the 90th percentile wage is 3.3 times the 10th, against 3.3 times across the country. The band between the 25th and 75th percentile spans $38,070, 61 percent of the $61,990 national band. The mean annual wage of $97,850 is 122 percent of the median, and the hourly median is $38.44. The 25th percentile wage ranks thirty-seventh of 48 jurisdictions, the 75th percentile wage forty-fourth and the mean annual wage thirty-sixth.

The psychologist salary in Oklahoma also changes from one metropolitan area to the next. Tulsa, OK has the highest median annual wage among the metropolitan areas BLS publishes for clinical and counseling psychologists (SOC 19-3033) in Oklahoma: $80,400 in May 2025, 101 percent of the statewide median.

Oklahoma City, OK has the lowest, $79,840, 100 percent of the statewide median. One of the two areas sits above the statewide median of $79,950.

Oklahoma City, OK has the most clinical and counseling psychologists of the areas listed, about 410, with a median of $79,840, 100 percent of the statewide median.

School psychologists (SOC 19-3034) in Oklahoma earned a median annual wage of $64,930 in May 2025, 68 percent of the U.S. median of $95,990. That median ranks forty-ninth of 51 jurisdictions. It is 81 percent of the $79,950 median for clinical and counseling psychologists in Oklahoma.

BLS counted about 510 school psychologists and about 950 clinical and counseling psychologists in Oklahoma, 0.5 school psychologists for every one of the others.

The school psychologist 10th percentile wage ranks forty-ninth of 51 jurisdictions and the 90th percentile wage thirty-sixth, and the occupation ranks thirty-fifth by concentration, 0.30 for every 1,000 jobs.

Oklahoma City, OK has the highest median annual wage among the areas BLS publishes for school psychologists in Oklahoma: $75,250, with about 230 employed. Tulsa, OK has the lowest, $60,070. BLS publishes three such areas in all.

BLS also publishes psychologists, all other (SOC 19-3039) for Oklahoma: a median annual wage of $141,290 in May 2025, with about 90 employed, 177 percent of the $79,950 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.

Oklahoma has 1 ranked PsyD program, led by Oklahoma City University in Oklahoma City, OK (ranked forty-second of 117).

Oklahoma has asked for an APA-accredited doctorate since January 1, 1997, with exceptions only for specialty areas APA does not accredit, new programs inside an eight-year window and programs outside the United States. The licensing board is the Oklahoma State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, read October 21, 2026. PsyD programs in Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma’s own rules in a table of every state, are in the licensing guide that covers Oklahoma.