| Abstract: | Reports results from 240 questionnaires requesting information on staff size and salary schedules of agency clinical psychology programs in the United States. The median number of staff members in these clinical psychology departments was found to be 15. Of these, 6 was the median number at the PhD level. Bachelor-level technicians were found to be more extensively utilized in the South and Midwest than in the East or West. The median beginning annual salary for a PhD clinical psychologist was $13,437, and for a PhD with 10 or more yr. of experience, the median was $20,500. The median salary for interns was $7,055, and the beginning salary for employees at the master level was $8,582. The median PhD-to-patient ratio was 1:189, and the median psychology staff-to-patient ratio was 1:73. The American Psychological Association (APA)-approved departments were found to have more advantageous staff-to-patient ratios. A great increase in salaries for psychology personnel over the past years was noted. Possible reasons for the finding that salaries tended to be higher in the agencies which did not have APA-approved clinical internship programs were also presented. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
