Salary Data and Negotiation Skills

You ought to be paid what your position is worth, but how do you know what your position is worth? How do you negotiate appropriately? We've assembled some of the more popular data sources and skill development tools available to early career psychologists. Is something missing? Let us know.

• CWS Data Tool: Salaries in Psychology
  The APA's Center for Workforce Studies (CWS) has a great interactive tool to see average salaries by career stage, position type, sector, and geographic division. Additional resources from CWS include the 2016-17: Psychology Faculty Salaries report and the 2015 Salaries in Psychology report.
• Postdoctoral Stipendsopens in new window
  The National Postdoctoral Association offers stipend data on direct-to-you federally funded postdoc awards known as National Research Service Awards. APA-accredited postdoctoral programs in health service psychology also report modal stipend data in these annual report statistics .
• Occupational Outlook Handbook for Psychologistsopens in new window
  The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has a handbook which contains salary information, including state-specificopens in new window data, on many different professions, including three types of psychologists.
• Glassdoor Salaries Toolopens in new window
  Glassdoor has a search function for different salaries in your area and by job title. It also has a " Know Your Worthopens in new window " tool.

• Negotiating a Faculty Job Offeropens in new window
  APA's Center for Learning and Career Development presents an interactive online program on five critical steps on negotiating a job offer to work as a professor.
• How to Get The Salary Package You Really Need
  The APA's Monitor on Psychology has an article on salary negotiation for people in academia.
• The Changing Gender Composition of Psychology
  This 2017 APA report, plus associated fact sheets, explores an historic pay gap between women and men in psychology and prescribes some solutions.