WAGES FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS
1996





Metropolitan Areas (Counties)
for which Data are Available
  Average     Median *   Midrange **




Bakersfield (Kern) $27.40 $27.77 $21.42-36.44
Los Angeles-Long Beach
(Los Angeles)
$23.77 $26.39 $15.84-35.66
Oakland (Alameda & Contra Costa) $25.32 $24.12 $15.25-38.09
Orange County $30.05 $32.56 $25.51-39.61
Riverside-San Bernardino
(Riverside & San Bernardino)
$28.30 $30.86 $22.08-39.93
Sacramento (El Dorado, Placer &
Sacramento)
$28.36 $31.60 $25.67-37.54
San Diego (San Diego) $24.88 $26.01 $20.26-34.73
San Francisco
(Marin, San Francisco & San Mateo)
$22.97 $22.08 $19.63-26.59
Stockton-Lodi (San Joaquin) $24.67 $24.14 $21.21-33.61
Ventura County $32.11 $33.73 $26.84-40.61




  * Median is the middle value - at least half the workers earn the same amount or more, half earn the same amount or less.
** Midrange is what the middle 50 percent make - 25 percent earn the top end or more, and 25 percent earn the bottom end or less.

Source: Occupational Employment Statistics Labor Market Information Division, Employment Development Department


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