College Psychology Instructors

Median Salary: $65,800

Many college psychology instructors across the nation share a few important professional characteristics. For example, independence, achievement/effort, and analytical thinking can be vital for success in the industry, especially when mixed with career training. Around 33,450 folks were employed as college psychology instructors nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's essential to hone these attributes and receive top-notch training, particularly if you're aiming to move forward in the field.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual income for college psychology instructors in the U.S. was $65,800 in 2009, which works out to a median hourly wage of $31.60. Of course, income can vary with training and by location. Below, you'll find more data about college psychology instructors, including wages and job density for areas all over the nation.

College psychology instructors should be skilled in:

Written Comprehension
Written Expression
Inductive Reasoning
Near Vision
Speech Recognition

Different folks go into different careers; college psychology instructors are typically:

Social
Investigative
Conventional

Working as a college psychology instructor requires knowledge in subjects like:

Psychology
English Language
Education and Training
Therapy and Counseling
Philosophy and Theology

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Below, you'll see links to more information on the top cities for this occupation (based on the number of folks employed as college psychology instructors). Note: "Job density" refers to the proportion of college psychology instructors in each city as compared to the national average.

Alabama
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Birmingham	70	$70,400	$33.90	$90,600	$43.60	-48.8%
Huntsville	50	$51,700	$24.90	$66,900	$32.20	-4.7%
Mobile	30	NA	NA	NA	NA	-28.1%
Montgomery	40	$55,900	$26.90	$72,000	$34.60	6.3%

Arizona
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Flagstaff	30	$60,200	$28.90	$70,400	$33.80	117.2%
Phoenix	NA	$48,000	$23.10	$55,300	$26.60	NA

Arkansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Little Rock	60	$51,300	$24.70	$61,900	$29.80	-26.6%

California
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fresno	80	$98,600	$47.40	$109,000	$52.40	-9.4%
Los Angeles (Area)	1,760	$77,700	$37.30	$98,400	$47.30	30.5%
Oakland	290	$78,700	$37.90	$102,500	$49.30	12.9%
Riverside	240	$100,500	$48.30	$137,700	$66.20	-21.1%
Sacramento	150	$71,300	$34.30	$84,400	$40.60	-32.8%
San Diego	570	$83,800	$40.30	$108,900	$52.40	74.2%
San Francisco (Area)	540	$81,100	$39.00	$103,500	$49.70	5.5%
San Francisco (City)	250	$83,600	$40.20	$104,400	$50.20	-2%
San Jose	210	$76,500	$36.80	$96,200	$46.20	-9%
Santa Barbara	230	$86,200	$41.50	$101,400	$48.80	425.8%

Colorado
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Denver	590	$81,400	$39.10	$122,100	$58.70	88.3%

Connecticut
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bridgeport	70	$70,200	$33.70	$113,100	$54.40	-35.2%
Hartford	300	$62,000	$29.80	$84,500	$40.60	107.4%
New Haven	140	$64,900	$31.20	$79,300	$38.10	104.7%

District of Columbia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Washington (Area)	810	$66,700	$32.10	$84,800	$40.80	-16.4%

Florida
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Deltona	40	$59,700	$28.70	$70,000	$33.70	-7.4%
Jacksonville	90	$49,600	$23.90	$59,600	$28.70	-39.5%
Miami (Area)	360	$86,600	$41.60	$106,200	$51.10	-18.4%
Orlando	310	$61,100	$29.40	$84,600	$40.70	21.1%
Palm Bay	30	$63,000	$30.30	$74,900	$36.00	-34.4%
Pensacola	50	$65,400	$31.50	$81,400	$39.10	18%
Tampa	160	$69,400	$33.40	$88,000	$42.30	-44.9%

Georgia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Atlanta	380	$63,300	$30.40	$83,200	$40.00	-35.5%
Augusta	40	$53,300	$25.60	$61,600	$29.60	-29.3%

Hawaii
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Honolulu	380	$75,100	$36.10	$102,100	$49.10	248.4%

Illinois
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bloomington	70	$62,400	$30.00	$73,600	$35.40	205.1%
Chicago (Area)	870	$59,200	$28.50	$78,800	$37.90	-32.8%
Peoria	NA	$62,900	$30.20	$82,400	$39.60	NA

Indiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Evansville	40	$71,300	$34.30	$82,300	$39.60	-15.6%
Fort Wayne	50	$61,800	$29.70	$69,900	$33.60	-5.5%
Indianapolis	140	$58,600	$28.20	$78,200	$37.60	-37.1%
South Bend	90	$63,600	$30.60	$82,900	$39.80	165.6%

Iowa
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Waterloo	30	NA	NA	NA	NA	44.5%

Kansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Wichita	NA	$70,200	$33.80	$90,900	$43.70	NA

Kentucky
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lexington	120	NA	NA	NA	NA	94.5%
Louisville	80	$65,200	$31.30	$82,700	$39.70	-49.2%

Louisiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baton Rouge	40	$64,900	$31.20	$80,500	$38.70	-54.7%
New Orleans	50	$54,100	$26.00	$62,000	$29.80	-59.8%
Shreveport	40	$33,800	$16.20	$45,500	$21.90	-9.4%

Maine
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bangor	40	$71,100	$34.20	$80,900	$38.90	146.1%
Portland	40	$58,100	$27.90	$75,000	$36.00	-20.7%

Maryland
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baltimore	460	$73,500	$35.30	$96,300	$46.30	43.8%

Massachusetts
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boston (Area)	810	$69,000	$33.20	$86,400	$41.60	79.7%
Springfield	170	$67,500	$32.50	$82,600	$39.70	130.9%
Worcester	150	$55,800	$26.80	$72,700	$35.00	151.2%

Michigan
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Detroit (Area)	200	NA	NA	NA	NA	-53.9%

Minnesota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Duluth	60	$61,300	$29.50	$77,700	$37.40	100.8%
Minneapolis	280	$63,200	$30.40	$78,300	$37.60	-36.7%

Mississippi
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Jackson	100	$49,600	$23.80	$61,600	$29.60	61.7%

Missouri
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Columbia	140	$60,700	$29.20	$79,200	$38.10	556.6%
Kansas City	210	$55,800	$26.80	$67,700	$32.60	-17.6%
Springfield	170	$56,500	$27.20	$74,300	$35.70	260.9%
St. Louis	420	$57,300	$27.60	$78,300	$37.60	24.6%

Nebraska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Omaha	90	$64,100	$30.80	$80,400	$38.70	-20.7%

New Hampshire
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Manchester	40	$64,900	$31.20	$74,000	$35.60	43%

New Mexico
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albuquerque	120	$51,100	$24.60	$64,100	$30.80	23.4%

New York
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	100	$58,800	$28.30	$77,900	$37.50	-12.5%
Buffalo	100	$69,900	$33.60	$88,300	$42.40	-27.3%
New York (Area)	1,810	$74,100	$35.60	$103,000	$49.50	5.5%
Poughkeepsie	70	$55,000	$26.50	$87,000	$41.80	3.9%
Rochester	120	$78,300	$37.60	$107,600	$51.80	-7%
Syracuse	NA	$71,300	$34.30	$89,300	$42.90	NA
Utica	50	$59,900	$28.80	$75,200	$36.20	53.5%

North Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Asheville	30	$58,100	$27.90	$69,400	$33.30	-22.7%
Charlotte	160	$56,200	$27.00	$71,200	$34.20	-24.2%
Fayetteville	40	$59,700	$28.70	$66,800	$32.10	32.8%
Greensboro	100	$60,800	$29.30	$84,600	$40.70	11.7%
Raleigh	120	$57,900	$27.80	$94,100	$45.20	-6.3%
Winston-Salem	50	NA	NA	NA	NA	-2.7%

North Dakota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fargo	30	NA	NA	NA	NA	0.4%
Grand Forks	30	$82,100	$39.50	$101,800	$48.90	158.2%

Ohio
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Akron	50	$67,900	$32.60	$90,600	$43.60	-41.8%
Canton	50	$70,300	$33.80	$80,300	$38.60	14.5%
Cincinnati	190	$60,800	$29.20	$80,900	$38.90	-27%
Cleveland	190	$58,800	$28.30	$84,200	$40.50	-27.3%
Columbus	200	$66,200	$31.80	$95,400	$45.90	-15.6%
Dayton	160	$58,500	$28.10	$79,300	$38.10	71.1%
Toledo	120	NA	NA	NA	NA	57%
Youngstown	60	$63,800	$30.70	$74,800	$36.00	11.3%

Oklahoma
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Oklahoma City	170	$52,600	$25.30	$116,400	$55.90	16.4%
Tulsa	90	$40,900	$19.60	$59,200	$28.40	-19.9%

Oregon
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Eugene	40	$93,600	$45.00	$106,300	$51.10	-1.6%
Portland	160	$78,600	$37.80	$108,400	$52.10	-37.5%

Pennsylvania
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Allentown	90	$71,300	$34.30	$92,700	$44.60	3.1%
Erie	50	$69,600	$33.50	$93,900	$45.20	60.9%
Harrisburg	110	$72,100	$34.70	$88,900	$42.70	41.4%
Philadelphia (Area)	820	$77,600	$37.30	$105,100	$50.50	-3.5%
Pittsburgh	430	$70,900	$34.10	$89,400	$43.00	51.2%
Reading	100	$57,100	$27.50	$78,500	$37.70	133.2%
Scranton	90	$61,000	$29.30	$74,400	$35.80	39.8%

Rhode Island
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Providence	NA	$77,000	$37.00	$101,600	$48.90	NA

South Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Charleston	120	$59,500	$28.60	$72,000	$34.60	67.6%
Columbia	80	$70,000	$33.70	$86,300	$41.50	-3.1%
Greenville	160	$57,400	$27.60	$72,100	$34.60	106.3%
Spartanburg	50	$53,700	$25.80	$62,000	$29.80	66.4%

Tennessee
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Chattanooga	40	$69,800	$33.60	$78,800	$37.90	-23.8%
Knoxville	110	$48,500	$23.30	$61,000	$29.30	36.7%
Memphis	70	$67,700	$32.60	$80,300	$38.60	-56.6%
Nashville	230	$64,700	$31.10	$90,700	$43.60	27%

Texas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Austin	260	$77,300	$37.10	$110,400	$53.10	30.9%
Dallas (Area)	270	$52,200	$25.10	$67,400	$32.40	-48%
El Paso	90	$61,500	$29.50	$69,200	$33.30	28.5%
Houston	440	$77,200	$37.10	$89,000	$42.80	-32.8%
Killeen	NA	$66,600	$32.00	$85,100	$40.90	NA
Laredo	50	$66,400	$31.90	$87,200	$41.90	129.3%
McAllen	90	NA	NA	NA	NA	50.8%
San Antonio	290	$65,200	$31.40	$84,200	$40.50	33.6%
Waco	40	$68,800	$33.10	$84,600	$40.70	72.7%

Utah
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Provo	80	$71,700	$34.50	$90,000	$43.30	75.4%
Salt Lake City	100	$62,600	$30.10	$79,500	$38.20	-36.3%

Vermont
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Burlington	40	$64,800	$31.20	$81,200	$39.00	37.5%

Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lynchburg	40	$38,200	$18.40	$62,100	$29.80	60.5%
Richmond	120	$56,700	$27.30	$75,900	$36.50	-19.1%
Virginia Beach	280	$64,500	$31.00	$80,900	$38.90	47.3%

Washington
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Seattle (Area)	400	$52,200	$25.10	$67,800	$32.60	5.9%
Spokane	100	$52,800	$25.40	$69,900	$33.60	85.9%

West Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Huntington	40	NA	NA	NA	NA	34.4%

Wisconsin
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Madison	70	$66,300	$31.90	$101,700	$48.90	-17.2%
Milwaukee	180	$53,800	$25.90	$71,000	$34.10	-12.1%