Psychologist Salary in Vermont
The psychologist salary in Vermont is $83,270 at the median for clinical and counseling psychologists (SOC 19-3033), BLS’s May 2025 figure and 83 percent of the U.S. median of $100,580. Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area leads on school psychologist pay.
By Trevor Rupe, Contributor at Savo Media Group
Psychologist Salary in Vermont at a Glance
- $83,270 is the median. Vermont ranks thirty-eighth of 47 states and the District of Columbia, counting from the highest, and the median is 83 percent of the U.S. figure.
- The middle half earned $73,030 to $103,570. The 10th percentile wage of $58,070 ranks twenty-fourth of 48 jurisdictions, and the 90th percentile wage was $137,620.
- About 190 are employed. BLS counted that many clinical and counseling psychologists in Vermont, 0.63 for every 1,000 jobs, which ranks ninth of 48 jurisdictions by concentration. The count carries a relative standard error of 16.2 percent.
- School psychologists earned $82,820. That is 99 percent of the $83,270 median for clinical and counseling psychologists in Vermont, and the school psychologist median ranks twenty-eighth of 51 jurisdictions.
- Burlington-South Burlington, VT is the one metropolitan area. Its median is $85,030.
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$83,270
Median annual wage, clinical and counseling psychologists, May 2025
BLS OEWS, May 2025 -
190
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists employed in Vermont
BLS OEWS, May 2025 -
$82,820
Median annual wage, school psychologists, May 2025
BLS OEWS, May 2025
Pay Percentiles in Vermont
$83,270
Median annual wage for clinical and counseling psychologists in Vermont, May 2025
- BLS OEWS, May 2025
- 10th percentile
- $58,070
- 25th percentile
- $73,030
- 75th percentile
- $103,570
- 90th percentile
- $137,620
Occupation: Clinical and Counseling Psychologists, SOC 19-3033.Vermont employment: about 190.
The psychologist salary in Vermont is a range, not one number. Half of the clinical and counseling psychologists BLS counted in Vermont earned more than $83,270 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 Vermont is 105 percent of the national $55,170, the median 83 percent of $100,580, and the 90th percentile 76 percent of $180,960.
Within the psychologist salary in Vermont, the band between the 25th and 75th percentile spans $30,540, 49 percent of the $61,990 national band. The mean annual wage of $99,780 is 120 percent of the median, and the hourly median is $40.04. The 25th percentile wage ranks twenty-fourth of 48 jurisdictions, the 75th percentile wage forty-first and the mean annual wage thirty-first.
Metro Area Median in Vermont
BLS publishes one metropolitan area for clinical and counseling psychologists (SOC 19-3033) in Vermont: Burlington-South Burlington, VT, with a median annual wage of $85,030 in May 2025, 102 percent of the statewide median and about 70 employed.
School Psychologist Pay in Vermont
$82,820
Median annual wage for school psychologists in Vermont, May 2025
- BLS OEWS, May 2025
- 10th percentile
- $61,940
- 25th percentile
- $74,300
- 75th percentile
- $95,500
- 90th percentile
- $105,920
Occupation: School Psychologists, SOC 19-3034.Vermont employment: about 180.
School psychologists (SOC 19-3034) in Vermont earned a median annual wage of $82,820 in May 2025, 86 percent of the U.S. median of $95,990. That median ranks twenty-eighth of 51 jurisdictions. It is 99 percent of the $83,270 median for clinical and counseling psychologists in Vermont.
BLS counted about 180 school psychologists and about 190 clinical and counseling psychologists in Vermont, 0.9 school psychologists for every one of the others.
The school psychologist 10th percentile wage ranks twenty-seventh of 51 jurisdictions and the 90th percentile wage thirty-second, and the occupation ranks seventh by concentration, 0.58 for every 1,000 jobs.
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area has the highest median annual wage among the areas BLS publishes for school psychologists in Vermont: $83,350, with about 50 employed. Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area has the lowest, $80,400. BLS publishes three such areas in all.
BLS also publishes psychologists, all other (SOC 19-3039) for Vermont: a median annual wage of $81,080 in May 2025, with about 80 employed, 97 percent of the $83,270 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.
Questions About Psychologist Salary in Vermont
What Is the Average Pay for Psychologists in Vermont?
The psychologist salary in Vermont has two averages in BLS’s May 2025 data for clinical and counseling psychologists (SOC 19-3033): a median annual wage of $83,270 and a mean annual wage of $99,780, or $40.04 an hour at the median. The median ranks thirty-eighth of 48 jurisdictions. The BLS OEWS profile carries both.
How Does Psychologist Pay in Vermont Compare With the U.S.?
At the median, Vermont pays clinical and counseling psychologists 83 percent of the U.S. median of $100,580. At the 90th percentile it pays 76 percent of the national $180,960. School psychologists earned $82,820, 86 percent of the U.S. median of $95,990.
What Do School Psychologists Earn in Vermont?
BLS’s May 2025 median annual wage for school psychologists (SOC 19-3034) in Vermont was $82,820, with the 25th to 75th percentile wages running from $74,300 to $95,500. The highest area median is in Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, $83,350. The national school psychologist figures used to compare Vermont are on their own page.
How Many Clinical and Counseling Psychologists Work in Vermont?
BLS counted about 190 in May 2025, or 0.63 for every 1,000 jobs in Vermont, a location quotient of 1.29 against the national 1.00.
Do the Wage Figures for Vermont Include the Self-Employed?
No. OEWS counts wage and salary jobs, so the May 2025 figures for Vermont leave out psychologists in private practice who work for themselves. BLS writes that the survey does not include the self-employed, owners and partners in unincorporated firms, household workers, or unpaid family workers.
Sources for Vermont Wage Figures
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
- BLS OEWS profile, Clinical and Counseling Psychologists (19-3033), national, state and metropolitan estimates, May 2025, read October 12, 2026.
- BLS OEWS profile, School Psychologists (19-3034), May 2025, read October 12, 2026.
- BLS OEWS profile, Psychologists, All Other (19-3039), May 2025, read October 12, 2026.
- BLS OEWS technical notes, BLS writes that the survey does not include the self-employed, owners and partners in unincorporated firms, household workers, or unpaid family workers; read October 12, 2026.