How much do Clinical and Counseling Psychologists make in Lancaster, PA?

Percentile spread

For Clinical and Counseling Psychologists, the published 10th percentile is $47,900 and the 90th percentile is $154,900. The difference is $107,000, which is 117.4% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $63,820 to the 75th at $127,540, covers $63,720.

The mean annual wage is $99,380, which sits above the median of $91,120. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Lancaster, PA median is 9.4% lower than the national median of $100,580 for Clinical and Counseling Psychologists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $92,736, which is 7.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.8% lower than the Pennsylvania median of $91,870.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Lancaster, PA is 98.257, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $91,120 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Clinical and Counseling Psychologists at $92,736 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

25 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Clinical and Counseling Psychologists. Lancaster, PA ranks 16th of 26 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Reading, PA is 31 miles away, with a median of $85,380 and employment of 80. That median is 6.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $87,966, against $92,736 here.
• Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA is 47 miles away, with a median of $84,860 and employment of 130. That median is 6.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $86,021, against $92,736 here.
• Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is 51 miles away, with a median of $112,690 and employment of 1,920. That median is 23.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $109,884, against $92,736 here.

Employment share

Clinical and Counseling Psychologists accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Lancaster, PA (110 of 252,230). Nationally the occupation is 0.05% of employment (75,990 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.89 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.