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Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary vs School Psychologists

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary and School Psychologists on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary School Psychologists
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$80,330
$86,930
Employment · BLS OEWS
41,610
63,830
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
90th pct
74th pct

At a glance

Dimension Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary School Psychologists
Median pay $80,330 $86,930
Employment 41,610 63,830
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+3.6%) About average (+0.7%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 4,000 3,800
Typical education · O*NET Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree). Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
AI exposure · published exposure studies High · 90th pct High · 74th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 70th pct · 37% of tasks —
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Augmentation-leaning (66.2%) —
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman Yes —

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Psychology, Oral Expression, Education and Training, Learning Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Instructing, Written Comprehension, Written Expression, Active Listening, Writing, Oral Comprehension, Speech Clarity, Sociology and Anthropology, Critical Thinking, Active Learning, Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning, Mathematics, Therapy and Counseling, Social Perceptiveness, Complex Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision Making, Speech Recognition, Monitoring, Computers and Electronics, Problem Sensitivity, Near Vision, Coordination, Systems Analysis, Systems Evaluation, Information Ordering, Category Flexibility, Mathematics, Service Orientation.

Specific to Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary

  • English Language
  • Science
  • Fluency of Ideas
  • Communications and Media
  • Originality

Specific to School Psychologists

  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Administrative
  • Persuasion
  • Negotiation
  • Time Management
  • Law and Government

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Word processing software , Analytical or scientific software , Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Electronic mail software , Presentation software , Computer based training software , Data base user interface and query software , Optical character reader OCR or scanning software .

Specific to Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary

Specific to School Psychologists

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary or School Psychologists — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary vs School Psychologists." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/psychology-teachers-postsecondary-vs-school-psychologists

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Singulariki. (2026). Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary vs School Psychologists. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/psychology-teachers-postsecondary-vs-school-psychologists

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