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What the pay survey shows
Survey median
$100,580
Newly licensed
$55,170
Established practice
$180,960
Read this one carefully. The median shown is $100,580 and the bottom tenth $55,170, but the survey title behind those numbers is clinical and counseling psychologists, who hold doctorates. Most psychotherapists are licensed at master's level as counselors, clinical social workers or marriage and family therapists, and those titles are surveyed separately and pay less.