Editing Psychologist (section)

=== Employment ===
In the United States, of 181,600 jobs for psychologists in 2021, 123,300 are employed in clinical, counseling, and school positions; 2,900 are employed in industrial-organizational positions, and 55,400 are in "all other" positions.

The median salary in the U.S. for clinical, counseling, and school psychologists in May 2021 was US$82,510<ref>{{cite web|date=28 December 2021|title=Psychologists Salary BLS|url=https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes193031.htm}}</ref> and the median salary for industrial-organizational psychologists was US$105,310.<ref name="r1">U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: [http://www.bls.gov/ooh/life-physical-and-social-science/psychologists.htm Psychologists]</ref><ref>[https://www.bls.gov/oes/2019/may/oes193032.htm Organizational Psychologists]. Bls.gov. Retrieved on 28 December 2021.</ref>

Psychologists can work in applied or academic settings. Academic psychologists educate higher education students, as well as conduct research, with graduate-level research being an important part of academic psychology. Academic positions can be tenured or non-tenured, with tenured positions being highly desirable.<ref>{{cite web|title=What Type of Careers are in Academic Psychology?|url=https://www.onlinepsychologydegree.info/faq/what-type-of-careers-are-in-academic-psychology/|access-date=23 September 2019|website=Online Psychology Degree Guide|language=en}}</ref>