School Psychologist

Assess client needs, develop service plans, and connect people with support resources.

923 people hold the School Psychologist role across 141 departments in Georgia, with a median total compensation of $84,677. Among 6 jurisdictions where this role is reported, Georgia ranks #5 by median pay.

Employees: 923
Median pay: $84,677
Departments: 141
Cross-jurisdiction: #5 of 6

Compared with the local labor market

School Psychologist pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for School Psychologists — about 1,650 people — is $99,110. Georgia pays a median base salary of $86,838 for this role, 12% below that figure — about the 37th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Georgia sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$61,980

$76,310

$99,110

$106,370

$132,740

Georgia median · $86,838

The bar is the range of annual wages for School Psychologists across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Georgia’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. Georgia’s median base salary is 10% below that national figure, about the 38th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$63,070

$77,470

$95,990

$120,310

$142,330

Georgia median · $86,838

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 Georgia range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 836 of 923 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at Georgia is $84,677, 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 jurisdictions

School Psychologist pay in other jurisdictions

Where School Psychologists are paid most

Chicago Public Schools

$137,535 · 263

City of Boston

$131,405 · 113

School District of Philadelphia

$116,256 · 162

New Jersey

$99,545 · 5

New York City

$12,831 · 41

Median total compensation for comparable School Psychologistroles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.

Within Georgia