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School Psychologists pay in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA and El Centro, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for School Psychologists is $76,320 per year in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA. It is $145,400 per year in El Centro, CA. Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA is 47.5% below El Centro, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 19-3034 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 100 wage and salary jobs in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA and 50 in El Centro, CA. 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