Palo Alto College (PAC) - Psychology

Job Description

Investigate processes of learning and teaching and develop psychological principles and techniques applicable to educational problems. Read more about working environment, educational requirements, and potential salary of school psychologists in our career profile section.

Salary and Wages

• Total Employment: 620
• Average Annual Salary: $72,930
• Average Hourly Rate: $35.06
• Number of Employed Per 1,000 Jobs in The Area: 20.7
• Percentage of the Share of Total Employment Compared to the National Share: 93%

Projections

• Total Employment (2010): 154,300
• Total Employment Projected (2020): 188,000
• Percent Job Growth: 21.90%
• Percent of Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary That Are Self-Employed: (2010): 34%

Job Description

Diagnose or evaluate mental and emotional disorders of individuals through observation, interview, and psychological tests, and formulate and administer programs of treatment. Read more about working environment, educational requirements, and potential salary of clinical psychologists in our career profile section.

Salary and Wages

• Total Employment: 620
• Average Annual Salary: $72,930
• Average Hourly Rate: $35.06
• Number of Employed Per 1,000 Jobs in The Area: 20.7
• Percentage of the Share of Total Employment Compared to the National Share: 93%

Projections

• Total Employment (2010): 154,300
• Total Employment Projected (2020): 188,000
• Percent Job Growth: 21.90%
• Percent of Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary That Are Self-Employed: (2010): 34%

Job Description

Assess and evaluate individuals' problems through the use of case history, interview, and observation and provide individual or group counseling services to assist individuals in achieving more effective personal, social, educational, and vocational development and adjustment. Read more about working environment, educational requirements, and potential salary of counseling psychologists in our career profile section.

Salary and Wages

• Total Employment: 620
• Average Annual Salary: $72,930
• Average Hourly Rate: $35.06
• Number of Employed Per 1,000 Jobs in The Area: 20.7
• Percentage of the Share of Total Employment Compared to the National Share: 93%

Projections

• Total Employment (2010): 154,300
• Total Employment Projected (2020): 188,000
• Percent Job Growth: 21.90%
• Percent of Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary That Are Self-Employed: (2010): 34%

Job Description

Apply principles of psychology to human resources, administration, management, sales, and marketing problems. Activities may include policy planning; employee testing and selection, training and development; and organizational development and analysis. May work with management to organize the work setting to improve worker productivity. Read more about working environment, educational requirements, and potential salary of industrial-organizational psychologists in our career profile section.

Projections

• Total Employment (2010): 2,200
• Total Employment Projected (2020): 3,000
• Percent Job Growth: 34.90%
• Percent of Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary That Are Self-Employed: (2010): 34%

Job Description

Teach courses in psychology, such as child, clinical, and developmental psychology, and psychological counseling. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research. Read more about working environment, educational requirements, and potential salary of psychology teachers, postsecondary in our career profile section.