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Clinical and Counseling Psychologists pay in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA and Springfield, MO
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Clinical and Counseling Psychologists is $166,400 per year in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. It is $77,860 per year in Springfield, MO. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 113.7% above Springfield, MO on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 19-3033 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 1,540 wage and salary jobs in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA and 120 in Springfield, MO. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings