Psychologist Salary in Oregon

The psychologist salary in Oregon is a range, not one number. Half of the clinical and counseling psychologists BLS counted in Oregon earned more than $134,350 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 Oregon is 170 percent of the national $55,170, the median 134 percent of $100,580, and the 90th percentile 90 percent of $180,960.

Within the psychologist salary in Oregon, the band between the 25th and 75th percentile spans $53,050, 86 percent of the $61,990 national band. The mean annual wage of $129,590 is 96 percent of the median, and the hourly median is $64.59. The 25th percentile wage ranks fourth of 48 jurisdictions, the 75th percentile wage fifth and the mean annual wage third.

The psychologist salary in Oregon also changes from one metropolitan area to the next. Salem, OR has the highest median annual wage among the metropolitan areas BLS publishes for clinical and counseling psychologists (SOC 19-3033) in Oregon: $143,980 in May 2025, 107 percent of the statewide median.

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA has the lowest, $122,130, 91 percent of the statewide median. One of the four areas sits above the statewide median of $134,350.

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA has the most clinical and counseling psychologists of the areas listed, about 330, with a median of $122,130, 91 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 Oregon earned a median annual wage of $106,070 in May 2025, 111 percent of the U.S. median of $95,990. That median ranks eighth of 51 jurisdictions. It is 79 percent of the $134,350 median for clinical and counseling psychologists in Oregon.

BLS counted about 570 school psychologists and about 540 clinical and counseling psychologists in Oregon, 1.1 school psychologists for every one of the others.

The school psychologist 10th percentile wage ranks fourth of 51 jurisdictions and the 90th percentile wage sixth, and the occupation ranks thirty-eighth by concentration, 0.29 for every 1,000 jobs.

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA has the highest median annual wage among the areas BLS publishes for school psychologists in Oregon: $113,950, with about 360 employed. Eugene-Springfield, OR has the lowest, $83,710. BLS publishes five such areas in all.

BLS also publishes psychologists, all other (SOC 19-3039) for Oregon: a median annual wage of $86,680 in May 2025, with about 840 employed, 65 percent of the $134,350 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.

Oregon has 2 ranked PsyD programs, led by George Fox University in Newberg, OR (ranked twelfth of 117), then Pacific University, Oregon in Hillsboro, OR (ranked seventeenth of 117).

Oregon accepts doctorates from APA-, CPA- or PCSAS-accredited programs and makes every first-time applicant complete a supervised postdoctoral year before licensure. The licensing board is the Oregon Board of Psychology, read October 21, 2026. PsyD programs in Oregon 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 Oregon’s own rules in a table of every state, are in the licensing guide that covers Oregon.