Sports psychologist - Salary, Career

How much does an Sports psychologist earn

A Sports psychologist earns between $1.362 and $9.797 per month, with an average monthly salary of $3.543 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 86 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).

Salary ranges for the Sports psychologist
	Monthly Salary	Annual Salary	Salary Per Week	Hourly Salary
Average wage	3.543	42.514	886	23
1º Quartile	1.362	16.349	341	9
Median Salary	2.500	30.000	625	16
3º Quartile	7.472	89.663	1.868	49
Higher Salary	9.797	117.568	2.449	64

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 Sports psychologist

Psychologists and Psychoanalysts must:

assessing psychic behaviors;

analyze - treat individuals, groups and institutions;

develop experimental, theoretical and clinical research;

perform administrative tasks;

assess psychic behaviors;

educate individuals, groups and institutions;

demonstrate personal skills;

educating individuals, groups and institutions;

orienting individuals, groups and institutions;

monitor individuals, groups and institutions;

participate in activities for professional dissemination;

evaluate psychic behaviors;

guiding individuals, groups and institutions;

participate in activities for professional disclosure;

analyze - treating individuals, groups and institutions;

guide individuals, groups and institutions;

coordinate teams and activities;

accompanying individuals, groups and institutions;

participate in activities for professional outreach;

participate in professional outreach activities;

Activities

organize events;

analyze the results of assessment instruments;

demonstrate ability to question;

make statistical surveys;

developing courses for specific groups;

elaborate manuals;

participate in technical committees;

investigate individual, group and institutional behavior;

provide support for organizational strategies and policies;

applying instruments and assessment methods;

promote psychic integration;

promote development of internal perception (insight);

fill in forms and register;

rebalance energetic and functional disorders;

elaborate diagnoses;

triate cases;

providing resources for the development of cognitive aspects;

demonstrate empathy;

provide emotional support;

provide for the acquisition of technical material;

interpreting conflicts and issues;

monitor impacts of interventions;

demonstrate ability to maintain impartiality;

elucidating conflicts and issues;

inform about the development of the human psyche;

guiding people about health promotion and prevention;

studying cases;

measure the results of assessment instruments;

interviewing people;

establish research parameters;

rehabilitate bodily aspects;

plan team activities;

rehabilitate cognitive aspects;

standardize tests;

schedule appointments;

analyzing the results of assessment instruments;

investigate the human psyche;

standardize tests;

assist in the formulation of public policies;

monitor the evolution of the case;

elaborate a discharge process;

informing about the development of the human psyche;

delivering classes, courses and lectures;

select human resources;

promoting psychic integration;

guiding on public health programs;

provide consultancy/advice;

carrying out vocational guidance;

listen actively (know how to listen);

publish articles, essays, scientific books and technical notes;

participate in technical shift;

collect data;

demonstrate ability to overcome adverse situations;

facilitating groups;

make statistical surveys;

training specialists in the area;

coordinate meetings;

presenting case studies;

supervise professionals in the area and related areas;

prepare opinions, reports and expertise;

providing space to host emotional experiences (therapeutic setting);

analyze data;

participate in municipal, state and federal councils;

search bibliography;

recruit human resources;

promoting development of interpersonal relationships;

observe people and situations;

perform referral;

developing recruitment and selection processes;

mediating conflicts;

propose interventions;

advise people, groups and families;

demonstrate interest in the person/human being;

developing educational projects;

promoting development of internal perception (insight);

demonstrate observation skills;

give back;

apply instruments and assessment methods;

perform therapeutic follow-up;

clarifying the psychological repercussions resulting from medical-hospital procedures;

maintain professional secrecy;

provide creation of patient-therapist bond;

visit institutions and social facilities;

participate in a technical shift;

coordinating study groups;

provide subsidies for drafting legislation;

monitor the evolution of the intervention;

demonstrate tactile sensitivity;

systemize information;

respect the limits of performance;

guiding behavior change;

making the unconscious conscious;

work on team dynamics;

collect pertinent data;

work as a team;

demonstrate holistic vision ability;

participate in class entities;

participate in professional associations;

develop projects;

guiding about career plans;

visit households;

define action methodologies;

stimulating homeostatic mechanisms;

respect customers' values and beliefs;

evaluate psychic signs and symptoms;

evaluating results;

work as a team;

define problem and objectives;

training professionals;

rehabilitate behavioral aspects;

monitoring court of justice visiting shifts;

monitor treatment egresses;

monitoring treatment egresses;

train specialists in the field;

monitor the development of professionals in training and specialization;

choose the assessment instrument;

rehabilitate psychomotor aspects;

training psychoanalysts;

investigate people, situations and problems;

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

evaluate functional signs and symptoms;

evaluate the execution of actions;

distribute tasks to team;

develop administrative assessment instruments;

training specialists in the field;

organize data;

schedule activities;

monitor visiting shifts of the court of justice;

summon people;

measure results of assessment instruments;

supervise interns in the area and related areas;

demonstrate abstract reasoning ability;

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

evaluate energetic signs and symptoms;

prescribe therapeutic treatment;

participate in lectures, debates and interviews;

monitor project results;

demonstrate fine motor skills;

investigate animal behavior;

build research instruments;

organize records;

evaluate proposals and projects;

demonstrate systemic vision ability;

select therapeutic intervention instruments;

identify community resources;

Sectors that hire Sports psychologist the most in the job market

social, sports and similar clubs
activities of associations for the defense of social rights
other sports activities
production and promotion of sports events
activities of associative organizations linked to culture and art
sports education
welfare services without accommodation
other teaching activities
other recreation and leisure activities
education of arts and culture not previously specified

Sports psychologist - Career description, activities, functions and salary