BLS suppresses the Maine clinical wage in May 2025
Psychologist Salary in Maine 2026
BLS suppresses Maine's statewide clinical and counseling psychologist wage (SOC 19-3033) in the current May 2025 release, so there is no published 2025 Maine clinical mean. The last published Maine state means were $114,470 (May 2024) and $117,710 (May 2023), both above the US average. What Maine does publish for May 2025: school psychologists at an $89,820 mean. The national clinical and counseling median is $100,580 (mean $112,750).
Last verified 26 June 2026 · Source: BLS OEWS May 2025 (Maine state file, SOC 19-3033/19-3034/19-3039, verified via BLS API), Maine Board of Examiners of Psychologists
Suppressed
ME clinical wage (BLS May 2025)
$89,820
ME school psychologist mean
$100,580
US clinical/counseling median
$114,470
Last published ME mean (May 2024)
What BLS Publishes for Maine (May 2025)
The May 2025 OEWS release carries a Maine estimate only for the school psychologist code. The clinical and counseling code is fully suppressed, and the all-other code reports employment but withholds the wage. Every figure below is a direct BLS estimate, not a model.
Category (SOC)
Maine mean / median
Notes
Clinical & Counseling (19-3033)
Wage suppressed
No published Maine wage in May 2025; last published mean $114,470 (May 2024)
School Psychologist (19-3034)
$89,820 mean / $81,650 median
120 employed; 10th $66,960, 90th $118,450; credentialed via Maine DOE
No Maine estimate; too few salaried I-O jobs to report
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025 (Maine state file), SOC codes 19-3032 / 19-3033 / 19-3034 / 19-3039, verified against the BLS public data API on 26 June 2026. "Suppressed" means BLS withheld the estimate for confidentiality or reliability.
Last Published Maine Clinical Means (Historical)
Before BLS suppressed the figure, Maine consistently published one of the higher clinical and counseling means in the country. The last two published statewide means were:
OEWS Release
Maine mean (19-3033)
Status now
May 2024
$114,470
Last published; suppressed in May 2025
May 2023
$117,710
Superseded by May 2024
These are the values published in their respective OEWS releases. Because the series is now suppressed, they cannot be reconfirmed in current BLS tables and should be read as historical, not current, estimates. Treat the national mean ($112,750) and published New England neighbours below as the live benchmark.
Maine in the New England Context (BLS May 2025)
With Maine's own clinical wage suppressed, the most useful live anchor is the published New England states for the same SOC code. Massachusetts leads the region; Maine's last published means placed it ahead of New Hampshire and Vermont.
State
Mean annual
Median annual
Employed
Massachusetts
$124,560
$115,180
2,860
Rhode Island
$104,670
$107,490
420
Vermont
$99,780
$83,270
190
New Hampshire
$98,030
$64,270
330
Maine
Suppressed
Suppressed
$114,470 mean last published (May 2024)
Connecticut
Suppressed
Suppressed
660 employed; Bridgeport-Stamford metro published
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025 (state files), SOC 19-3033. National mean for the same code is $112,750, national median $100,580. Verified via the BLS public data API, 26 June 2026.
Licensure and Practice in Maine
The Maine Board of Examiners of Psychologists, within the Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation at the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, licenses doctoral psychologists. The path requires an APA-accredited doctoral degree, supervised pre-doctoral and post-doctoral hours, a passing EPPP score at the national cut, and a Maine jurisprudence requirement. School psychologists are certified separately through the Maine Department of Education and follow district salary schedules rather than the doctoral licensure track.
Maine is a PSYPACT participating state. A Maine-licensed psychologist who holds the ASPPB E-Passport can deliver telehealth across state lines into the other PSYPACT jurisdictions (now more than 40), which is a meaningful advantage in a rural state: a Portland or Bangor practitioner can build a caseload that reaches higher-cost metros without holding a second state licence.
BLS suppresses the statewide Maine wage estimate for clinical and counseling psychologists (SOC 19-3033) in the current May 2025 OEWS release, so there is no published Maine clinical mean for 2025. The most recently published Maine statewide means were $114,470 (May 2024 release) and $117,710 (May 2023 release), both well above the national average, after which BLS withheld the estimate for confidentiality. What Maine does publish for May 2025 is the school psychologist category (SOC 19-3034): a mean of $89,820 and a median of $81,650 across 120 employed. For a current benchmark, the national clinical and counseling median is $100,580 and the national mean is $112,750 (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Why does BLS not publish a Maine clinical psychologist wage?
The Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program withholds (suppresses) an estimate when the survey sample for a state-occupation cell is too small to be statistically reliable, or when publishing it could disclose an individual employer's pay. Maine has a small clinical psychologist workforce concentrated in a few large systems (MaineHealth, Northern Light Health, the VA), which makes the cell vulnerable to both conditions. BLS suppressed the Maine clinical and counseling estimate in the May 2025 release even though it published the figure as recently as May 2024. The all-other psychology category (SOC 19-3039) is in the same position: Maine reports 110 jobs but the wage is withheld.
How much do school psychologists earn in Maine?
Maine school psychologists (SOC 19-3034) earn a mean of $89,820 and a median of $81,650 per year, with the spread running from $66,960 at the 10th percentile to $118,450 at the 90th percentile (BLS OEWS May 2025, 120 employed). School psychologists are credentialed through the Maine Department of Education rather than the Board of Examiners of Psychologists, and pay tracks district salary schedules. The state mean sits below the national school psychologist median of roughly $90,000, reflecting Maine's rural districts and lower overall wage base.
How does Maine compare to the rest of New England?
Among published New England states in the May 2025 release, Massachusetts leads clinical and counseling psychologists at a $124,560 mean ($115,180 median, 2,860 employed), followed by Rhode Island at $104,670 ($107,490 median), Vermont at $99,780 ($83,270 median) and New Hampshire at $98,030 ($64,270 median). Maine and Connecticut both have their statewide clinical wages suppressed in this release. The last published Maine means ($114,470 in May 2024, $117,710 in May 2023) placed it near the top of the region, ahead of New Hampshire and Vermont and close to Rhode Island.
How do I become licensed as a psychologist in Maine?
The Maine Board of Examiners of Psychologists, within the Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation at the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, licenses psychologists. Requirements: a doctoral degree in psychology from an APA-accredited or equivalent program; supervised pre-doctoral and post-doctoral experience; a passing score on the EPPP at the national cut; and a Maine jurisprudence component. Maine is a PSYPACT participating state, so a Maine-licensed psychologist who obtains the ASPPB E-Passport can deliver telehealth across state lines into the other PSYPACT jurisdictions (now more than 40), which materially expands the addressable market for a rural-based practice.
Where are the highest-paying psychology employers in Maine?
MaineHealth (anchored by Maine Medical Center in Portland) and Northern Light Health (Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor) are the largest health-system employers of doctoral psychologists, with staff and neuropsychology roles typically in the $110,000 to $150,000 range. The Togus VA Medical Center near Augusta hires GS-13 staff psychologists with federal locality. Private practice in Greater Portland supports the strongest cash-pay rates in the state, roughly $175 to $250 per session, while PSYPACT telehealth lets Maine clinicians bill into higher-cost metros. These are market observations; BLS does not publish a current Maine clinical wage to benchmark them against.
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