Industrial-Organizational Psychologists salary
SOC 19-3032 · BLS OEWS May 2025
What the range looks like
A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.
- 10th
- $79,010
- 25th
- $107,310
- Median
- $193,950
- 75th
- $222,280
- 90th
- $247,220
Getting in
- Typical education to enter
- Master's degree
- Related work experience
- None
- On-the-job training
- Internship/residency
Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.
Where industrial-organizational psychologists earn the most
Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.
The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.
| # | State | Median | Cost of living | Employed | Concentrationvs. national |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oregon | $174,980 | 103.4 | 60 | 5.76× |
| 2 | Texas | $139,520 | 97.1 | 40 | 0.49× |
Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where industrial-organizational psychologists wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.
Similar occupations
Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.
- Clinical and Counseling Psychologists$100,580
- School Psychologists$95,990
- Urban and Regional Planners$89,320
- Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other$101,110
- Psychologists, All Other$110,840
- Economists$124,720
- Anthropologists and Archeologists$70,770
- Survey Researchers$69,460