Exactly 170 of the 2,850 psychology professionals employed in North Carolina, work in Chapel Hill. Between 2006 and 2010, in Chapel Hill, there has been a 15% decline in the number of psychology professionals. As the number of psychology professionals in Chapel Hill has decreased, overall employment in Chapel Hill has increased.

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In Chapel Hill, salaries for psychology professionals have decreased. In 2010 Chapel Hill psychology professionals earned an average yearly salary of $68,020. Psychology professionals in Chapel Hill made a yearly average salary of $69,915, four years earlier in 2006. This decline is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Chapel Hill.

Psychology professionals in Chapel Hill make a median yearly salary of $62,300. The 10% of psychology professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $40,000 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 152% higher salaries.

On average psychology professionals in Chapel Hill earn salaries that are higher than the salaries earned by other professionals in Chapel Hill.

Many of Chapel Hill's psychology professionals are graduates of the only accredited psychology school in the city.

There are a total of 5 degree and certificate programs in psychology offered by Chapel Hill's psychology schools.

In 2010 approximately 403 students graduated from psychology courses.