City of Boston / Harvard-Kent Elementary / School Psychologist(1)
Job-title file
Assess client needs, develop service plans, and connect people with support resources.
1 employees hold this title in Harvard-Kent Elementary. Median total compensation for the role is $168,366, above the department median of $89,718.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area, the median wage for School Psychologists — about 2,340 people — is $98,670. Harvard-Kent Elementary pays a median base salary of $132,132 for this role, 34% above that figure — about the 88th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for School Psychologists across every employer in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Harvard-Kent Elementary’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for School Psychologists — about 63,940 people — is $95,990. Harvard-Kent Elementary’s median base salary is 38% above that national figure, about the 83rd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Harvard-Kent Elementary is $168,366, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
School Psychologist(1) is held in 85 City of Boston departments. In Harvard-Kent Elementary, the median of $168,366 ranks #2 of 85.
Median total compensation for the School Psychologist(1) role in other City of Bostondepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 6 jurisdictions. In City of Boston, the median of $131,405 ranks #2 of 6. See School Psychologist across all of City of Boston →
Median total compensation for comparable School Psychologistroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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School Psychologist(1)/Harvard-Kent Elementary
Source-specific fields
Jennifer Baker is a School Psychologist(1) at Harvard-Kent Elementary. 2024 total compensation came to $168,366.