Child Psychologist Salary in California

How much does a Child Psychologist make in CA?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Child Psychologist in California is $134,045. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $121,691 to $148,891, with most professionals earning between $110,444 and $162,408.

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Location	Avg. Salary	Date Updated
Location Coachella, CA	Avg. Salary $127,325	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Acampo, CA	Avg. Salary $129,950	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Acton, CA	Avg. Salary $133,753	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Adelanto, CA	Avg. Salary $127,227	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Adin, CA	Avg. Salary $124,274	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Agoura Hills, CA	Avg. Salary $132,003	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Aguanga, CA	Avg. Salary $127,495	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Ahwahnee, CA	Avg. Salary $121,042	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Alameda, CA	Avg. Salary $148,410	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Alamo, CA	Avg. Salary $148,069	Date Updated April 01, 2025

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What does a Child Psychologist do?

Common responsibilities of a Child Psychologist

Training and experience in administering/scoring/interpreting cognitive, developmental, and psychodiagnostic assessment instruments.

May 23, 2022

Provide individual, group, case management and family-based interventions for Adult / Child/ Teen MH, CD and dual-diagnosis services for school age, adolescent and adult patients based on experience.

September 30, 2022

Attend regularly scheduled meetings for the purposes of monitoring social skills goal progress and providing feedback and recommendations for improved peer interactions, social pragmatics, and emotional and behavioral regulation.

October 30, 2022

Collaborate with team members to provide comprehensive, family systems intervention.

January 30, 2023

Participate in teaching opportunities, including supervision of graduate practicum students, as well as teaching medical students and/or psychiatry residents.

February 26, 2023

Utilizes principles of Health Psychology to develop implement, coordinate and evaluate treatment plans for referred members that may include crisis intervention, brief psychotherapy, psychoeducation groups and brief case management.

March 10, 2023

Demonstrates computer competency as evidenced by ability to train and assess staff in basic computer competencies (ability to access the S drive, send/receive electronic mail and documents, maintain personal folders and documents and amend them as needed).

March 23, 2023

Communicates complex/sensitive information to patients and medical team.

March 29, 2023

Develops, implements, coordinates, and evaluates clinical treatment programs for the diagnosis, treatment, and/or referral of Health Plan members with acute or chronic mental illness.

April 30, 2023

Complete assessment and evaluation process of assigned clients, including completion of appropriate tests, instruments, tools or assessments in accordance with accepted professional standards and Medi-Cal guidelines in order to support the development of the client service.

May 04, 2023

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California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States. With 39.6 million residents, California is the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area. The state capital is Sacramento. The Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous urban regions, with 18.7 million and 9.7 million residents respectively. Los Angeles is California's most populous city, and the country's second most populous, after New York City. California also has the nation's most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, S...

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