Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists

Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists (19-3031)

Occupation description: Diagnose and treat mental disorders; learning disabilities; and cognitive, behavioral, and emotional problems, using individual, child, family, and group therapies. May design and implement behavior modification programs.

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Employment and Job Openings

	Average employment			Average annual openings
	2010 estimate	2020 projection	Percent change	Growth	Replacement	Total
Alaska	123	143	16.3	2	3	5
United States	154,300	188,000	21.8	3,370	4,860	8,230

Job outlook

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2012 Wages

	Mean Wage and 95% Confidence Interval			Wage by Percentile
	Low	Mean	High	10th	Median	90th
United States	n/a	34.72	n/a	18.49	32.53	52.57
Alaska	29.23	31.03	32.83	18.66	29.60	44.85
Anchorage/Mat-Su Area (MSA)	30.14	31.79	33.44	21.37	30.02	44.00
Fairbanks North Star Borough (MSA)	21.29	26.09	30.89	15.71	18.57	45.47
Southeast Region	29.65	34.40	39.15	23.23	32.97	51.69
Balance of State	27.41	30.39	33.37	18.47	30.49	42.98

Labor Force Indicators

2011 Worker Characteristics
Total workers	Nonresident workers	Percent nonresident	Percent age 45 plus	Percent age 50 plus
132	15	11.4	49.6	38.7

2011 Potential Supply

Qualified but working in another occupation	13
Currently employed in a lower paid occupation	10
UI claimants previously working in occupation	2

2011 ALEXsys Employment Data

Number of registrants	187
Number of job position postings	49
Ratio of registrants to job position postings	3.8

2011 Alaska Licensing Information

Psychologist: 190 licensed View licensing requirements

Typical Entry-level Education, Experience, and/or On-the-job Training

Education: Doctoral or professional degree

Work experience: None

On-the-job training: Internship/Residency

Training Resources

	Degree	FY2008–2010 reported exiters
Alaska Pacific University
Counseling Psychology	BA	0
Counseling Psychology	MS	0
Psychology	PhD	0

	Degree	FY2008–2010 reported exiters
University of Alaska Anchorage
Clinical Psychology, MS		0
Counseling Psychology, MS		0
Psychology, BA		0
Psychology, BS		0

	Degree	FY2008–2010 reported exiters
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Clinical-Community Psychology, PHD		0
Psychology, BA		0
Psychology, BS		0