SOC 19-3033 · Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations · May 2025

How much do Clinical and Counseling Psychologists make in Ponce, PR?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Clinical and Counseling Psychologists in Ponce, PR is $76,840. The 10th percentile is $51,550 and the 90th percentile is $92,060. Employment is 40.

Median annual wage

$76,840

10th percentile
$51,550
25th percentile
$65,010
Median
$76,840
75th percentile
$90,040
90th percentile
$92,060
Mean
$72,840

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Clinical and Counseling Psychologists, the published 10th percentile is $51,550 and the 90th percentile is $92,060. The difference is $40,510, which is 52.7% 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 $65,010 to the 75th at $90,040, covers $25,030.

The mean annual wage is $72,840, which sits below the median of $76,840. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Ponce, PR median is 23.6% lower than the national median of $100,580 for Clinical and Counseling Psychologists.

It is 13.6% higher than the Puerto Rico median of $67,660.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for Ponce, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Clinical and Counseling Psychologists. Ponce, PR ranks 1st of 2 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).).

  • San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is 44 miles away, with a median of $67,660 and employment of 220. That median is 11.9% lower than the median here.

Employment share

Clinical and Counseling Psychologists accounts for 0.06% of wage-and-salary employment in Ponce, PR (40 of 63,500). Nationally the occupation is 0.05% of employment (75,990 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.29 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Clinical and Counseling Psychologists make in Ponce, PR?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Clinical and Counseling Psychologists in Ponce, PR is $76,840. The 10th percentile is $51,550 and the 90th percentile is $92,060. Employment is 40.

How does that compare with the national median for Clinical and Counseling Psychologists?

The local median is 23.6% lower than the national median of $100,580.

How does Ponce, PR compare with nearby metros for Clinical and Counseling Psychologists?

San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 44 miles away, at $67,660. Ponce, PR ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.