Psychologist Salary in West Virginia

The psychologist salary in West Virginia is a range, not one number. Half of the clinical and counseling psychologists BLS counted in West Virginia earned more than $77,040 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 West Virginia is 80 percent of the national $55,170, the median 77 percent of $100,580, and the 90th percentile 81 percent of $180,960.

Within the psychologist salary in West Virginia, 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 $46,980, 76 percent of the $61,990 national band. The mean annual wage of $90,120 is 117 percent of the median, and the hourly median is $37.04. The 25th percentile wage ranks forty-third of 48 jurisdictions, the 75th percentile wage fortieth and the mean annual wage forty-second.

The psychologist salary in West Virginia also changes from one metropolitan area to the next. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV has the highest median annual wage among the metropolitan areas BLS publishes for clinical and counseling psychologists (SOC 19-3033) in West Virginia: $101,670 in May 2025, 132 percent of the statewide median.

Charleston, WV has the lowest, $66,620, 86 percent of the statewide median. Five of the seven areas sit above the statewide median of $77,040.

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV has the most clinical and counseling psychologists of the areas listed, about 1,550, with a median of $101,670, 132 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 West Virginia earned a median annual wage of $75,220 in May 2025, 78 percent of the U.S. median of $95,990. That median ranks thirty-ninth of 51 jurisdictions. It is 98 percent of the $77,040 median for clinical and counseling psychologists in West Virginia.

BLS counted about 250 school psychologists and about 920 clinical and counseling psychologists in West Virginia, 0.3 school psychologists for every one of the others.

The school psychologist 10th percentile wage ranks thirty-seventh of 51 jurisdictions and the 90th percentile wage forty-fourth, and the occupation ranks twenty-third by concentration, 0.36 for every 1,000 jobs.

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV has the highest median annual wage among the areas BLS publishes for school psychologists in West Virginia: $106,550, with about 1,590 employed. Charleston, WV has the lowest, $67,860. BLS publishes six such areas in all.

BLS also publishes psychologists, all other (SOC 19-3039) for West Virginia: a median annual wage of $46,350 in May 2025, with about 230 employed, 60 percent of the $77,040 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.

West Virginia has 1 ranked PsyD program, led by Marshall University in Huntington, WV (ranked thirty-sixth of 117).

West Virginia closes its licensing path with a Board-prepared oral examination after the EPPP, and that exam also sets the scope of a new psychologist’s independent practice. The licensing board is the West Virginia Board of Examiners of Psychologists, read October 21, 2026. PsyD programs in West Virginia 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 West Virginia’s own rules in a table of every state, are in the licensing guide that covers West Virginia.