Educational psychologist - Salary, Career

How much does an Educational psychologist earn

A Educational psychologist earns between $1.442 and $5.772 per month, with an average monthly salary of $2.701 and a median salary of $2.500 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 3.696 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).

Salary ranges for the Educational psychologist
	Monthly Salary	Annual Salary	Salary Per Week	Hourly Salary
Average wage	2.701	32.414	675	17
1º Quartile	1.442	17.299	360	9
Median Salary	2.500	30.000	625	16
3º Quartile	4.402	52.820	1.100	28
Higher Salary	5.772	69.259	1.443	37

Professional job categories

Science and arts professionals
- professionals of the social sciences and humanities
- - social scientists, psychologists
- - - psychologists and psychoanalysts

Related Positions:

Main workplaces

Psychologists and Psychoanalysts the positions of this CBO family work mainly in activities related to health, social and personal services and education. They can work as self-employed and/or with a formal contract, individually or in teams. It is common for clinical, hospital, social psychologists and neuropsychologists to work with supervision. They work in closed environments or, in the case of neuropsychologists and legal psychologists, it can be in the open. Clinical, social psychologists and psychoanalysts eventually work irregular hours. Some of them work under pressure, in uncomfortable positions for long periods, confined (clinical and social psychologists) and exposed to radiation (neuropsychologists) and loud noises. The psychoanalyst occupation is not a specialization, it is a training, which follows principles, processes and procedures defined by internationally recognized institutions, and the psychoanalyst can have different trainings such as: psychologist, psychiatrist, doctor, philosopher etc.

What does it take to work in the field of Psychologists and Psychoanalysts

For workers in this family, a complete higher education and professional experience is required, which varies according to training. For psychologists, in general, one to four years is required, as is the case with the clinical psychologist. For the psychoanalyst, at least five years of experience is required. Qualification courses also range from basic courses of 200 to 400 class hours, as in the case of hospital psychologists, more than 400 class hours for legal psychologists, psychoanalysts and neuropsychologists, to specialization courses for clinical and social psychologists. The training of these professionals is a set of activities developed by them, but the procedures are different in terms of formal aspects related to the institutions that form them.

Functions and activities of Educational psychologist

Psychologists and Psychoanalysts must:

participate in activities for professional outreach;

develop experimental, theoretical and clinical research;

perform administrative tasks;

guiding individuals, groups and institutions;

demonstrate personal skills;

educating individuals, groups and institutions;

evaluate psychic behaviors;

analyze - treating individuals, groups and institutions;

coordinate teams and activities;

monitor individuals, groups and institutions;

guide individuals, groups and institutions;

assess psychic behaviors;

assessing psychic behaviors;

participate in activities for professional disclosure;

participate in professional outreach activities;

orienting individuals, groups and institutions;

analyze - treat individuals, groups and institutions;

educate individuals, groups and institutions;

accompanying individuals, groups and institutions;

participate in activities for professional dissemination;

Activities

develop administrative assessment instruments;

informing about the development of the human psyche;

demonstrate tactile sensitivity;

inform about the development of the human psyche;

coordinate meetings;

provide consultancy/advice;

respect customers' values and beliefs;

interpreting conflicts and issues;

perform therapeutic follow-up;

investigate the human psyche;

demonstrate empathy;

provide subsidies for drafting legislation;

provide support for organizational strategies and policies;

carrying out vocational guidance;

develop projects;

measure the results of assessment instruments;

participate in professional associations;

evaluate psychic signs and symptoms;

provide creation of patient-therapist bond;

investigate individual, group and institutional behavior;

standardize tests;

stimulating homeostatic mechanisms;

investigate animal behavior;

monitor project results;

systemize information;

elaborate diagnoses;

prepare opinions, reports and expertise;

guiding people about health promotion and prevention;

participate in municipal, state and federal councils;

fill in forms and register;

developing courses for specific groups;

training psychoanalysts;

give back;

training specialists in the field;

listen actively (know how to listen);

demonstrate ability to maintain impartiality;

respect the limits of performance;

participate in class entities;

evaluate energetic signs and symptoms;

collect pertinent data;

interviewing people;

monitor project results;

studying cases;

monitor treatment egresses;

monitor the development of professionals in training and specialization;

supervise interns in the area and related areas;

rehabilitate psychomotor aspects;

visit households;

rehabilitate cognitive aspects;

developing educational projects;

participate in technical committees;

train specialists in the field;

organize records;

promote psychic integration;

make statistical surveys;

perform stimulation work (psychomotor, psychological, neuropsychological and energetic );

select therapeutic intervention instruments;

evaluating results;

define action methodologies;

demonstrate holistic vision ability;

training specialists in the area;

guiding on public health programs;

maintain professional secrecy;

prescribe therapeutic treatment;

making the unconscious conscious;

recruit human resources;

make statistical surveys;

analyze data;

participate in a technical shift;

mediating conflicts;

propose interventions;

presenting case studies;

elaborate a discharge process;

provide for the acquisition of technical material;

evaluate the execution of actions;

monitor visiting shifts of the court of justice;

demonstrate abstract reasoning ability;

participate in lectures, debates and interviews;

demonstrate observation skills;

organize data;

evaluate proposals and projects;

analyze the results of assessment instruments;

guiding behavior change;

promote development of internal perception (insight);

demonstrate ability to overcome adverse situations;

summon people;

monitoring treatment egresses;

establish research parameters;

promoting development of interpersonal relationships;

demonstrate fine motor skills;

select human resources;

observe people and situations;

demonstrate interest in the person/human being;

applying instruments and assessment methods;

demonstrate ability to question;

provide emotional support;

delivering classes, courses and lectures;

clarifying the psychological repercussions resulting from medical-hospital procedures;

supervise professionals in the area and related areas;

measure results of assessment instruments;

distribute tasks to team;

visit institutions and social facilities;

providing space to host emotional experiences (therapeutic setting);

define problem and objectives;

demonstrate systemic vision ability;

participate in scientific meetings (congresses, seminars and symposia);

investigate people, situations and problems;

build research instruments;

facilitating groups;

participate in technical shift;

work as a team;

elucidating conflicts and issues;

organize events;

identify community resources;

triate cases;

collect data;

standardize tests;

choose the assessment instrument;

developing recruitment and selection processes;

apply instruments and assessment methods;

work on team dynamics;

monitor the evolution of the case;

training professionals;

providing resources for the development of cognitive aspects;

advise people, groups and families;

promoting development of internal perception (insight);

schedule activities;

assist in the formulation of public policies;

schedule appointments;

promoting psychic integration;

coordinating study groups;

rebalance energetic and functional disorders;

plan team activities;

guiding about career plans;

rehabilitate bodily aspects;

evaluate functional signs and symptoms;

perform referral;

monitoring court of justice visiting shifts;

publish articles, essays, scientific books and technical notes;

monitor the evolution of the intervention;

search bibliography;

work as a team;

monitor impacts of interventions;

elaborate manuals;

analyzing the results of assessment instruments;

rehabilitate behavioral aspects;

Sectors that hire Educational psychologist the most in the job market

activities of associations for the defense of social rights
elementary school
welfare services without accommodation
high school
child education - pre-school
child education - day care
social assistance activities provided in collective and private residences
general public administration
higher education - undergraduate and postgraduate
higher education - undergraduate

Educational psychologist - Career description, activities, functions and salary