How to earn the salary of a child psychologist
Posted October 20, 2018 05:30:18A child psychologist is a child psychiatrist who specializes in children’s developmental and emotional problems.
They are paid between $150,000 and $300,000.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are over 4,500 child psychologists working in the United States.
They work in an array of fields, including child psychology, psychology, and child psychiatry.
A child psychiatrist is responsible for caring for children, both in and out of the home, and has special training and knowledge to help them navigate their own emotional and psychological struggles.
The salaries for child psychologists vary based on the specialty they practice.
One of the highest paid child psychologists is a psychology professor at Northwestern University, with a salary of $2.5 million.
Another highly-paid child psychologist, who works for a private practice, is the chief of child psychiatry at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, earning $2 million a year.
Some other child psychologists are more than just parents.
Many are social workers or psychologists who help families deal with social issues such as domestic violence, sexual assault, and substance abuse.
Annette Lea, a child psychology professor and the director of the Center for Child Development at the University of California-Davis, is considered the top child psychologist in the U.S. and the third highest paid.
She has a salary that can reach $3 million.
Her current contract expires in 2021, so she will need to find a new position within the next few years.
Lea has also been a guest lecturer on child psychology at a number of colleges, including Yale, Princeton, and Johns Hopkins.
Children’s Hospital, the largest child psychiatry hospital in the world, has the highest median salary for a child psychotherapist, at $350,000, according to salary.com.
There are also other types of child psychologists.
The Child Psychiatry Institute at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., has a median salary of around $250,000 a year, according a report by The New York Times.
Child psychologists are also among the most sought-after job candidates in the mental health industry, according the National Center for Education Statistics.
The unemployment rate for child psychologist applicants is about 8.6 percent, according CareerBuilder.
To find a job, the first step is to find out what type of child psychology is the most popular in your state.
You can also search online to see what jobs are available.
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