Center for Workforce Studies

Overview of degree pathways across psychology bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees.

Overview of psychology bachelor's, master's, and doctorate degrees awarded over the past decade.

Overview of occupations and other employment characteristics for psychology bachelor's, master's, doctorate and professional degree holders.

The interactive data tool on this webpage provides detailed information about workforce capacity and cultural responsiveness as reported by practicing psychologists surveyed through APA’s 2021 Survey of Health Service Psychologists.

The interactive data tool on this page provides detailed information about the specialty areas reported by practicing psychologists surveyed through APA’s 2021 Survey of Health Service Psychologists.

The interactive data tool on this page provides detailed information related to the work settings of current psychologists surveyed through APA’s 2021 Survey of Health Service Psychologists.

The data tool on this page provides detailed information about the career stages of psychologists surveyed through APA’s 2021 Survey of Health Service Psychologists.

Interactive data tools that allow visitors to explore the findings from APA’s 2021 Survey of Health Service Psychologists.

The workforce is insufficiently sized to address population health needs.

Emerging psychology job opportunities exist in technology, applied psychology, equity, and wellness/wellbeing.

The goal of APA’s Survey of Health Service Psychologists is to better understand the health service psychologist workforce in order to better prepare the workforce for the future.

Explore key findings from the APA’s 2021 Survey of Health Service Psychologists, which aims to understand the health service psychologist workforce in order to better prepare the workforce for the future.

The Center for Workforce Studies collects, analyzes and disseminates information relevant to psychology's workforce, educational pipeline, employment needs and demands, and professional environment. CWS report topics include employment characteristics, salaries, race and ethnicity, gender, education pipeline, job outlook, career development, student debt, job satisfaction, internships and retirement.

Invited presentation at the Forum on Behavioral Health Workforce Development - Virtual. September 2021.

APA’s psycPathways initiative tracks and analyzes post-graduation outcomes, student experiences, and workforce development for psychology degree-holders to provide valuable information that helps psychology programs better prepare students for their careers.

Psychology PhD programs build essential skills like analytical thinking, dependability, adaptability/flexibility, and more that help students perform jobs across various work settings.

A majority of psychology PhD graduates in all work sectors felt their program prepared them “extremely well” or “very well” for their jobs.

Doctoral psychology graduates are moving across work settings. When psychologists last changed jobs, 1 in 4 moved across educational, government, and private settings.

Fact sheets, data tool, and report based on APA's COVID-19 Telehealth Practitioner Survey data.

More than four in ten psychologists said that they felt burned out and 30% said that they have not been able to meet the demand for treatment from their patients.

The majority of psychologists reported that treating patients remotely was more challenging than treating patients in-person.

In a survey conducted in September 2020, most psychologists reported seeing more patients in the treatment areas of anxiety and depression since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

Survey data on how the psychology workforce responded to coronavirus pandemic.

An interactive map on the distribution of licensed psychologists. population substance abuse, and unmet need.

An interactive map on the distribution of licensed psychologists and mental health indicators.