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APPENDIX C
Characteristics of the Population, Respondents, and
Nonrepondents to the 2007 APA Salary Survey

 

Respondents

Nonrepondents

Total sample

N

%

N

%

N

%

 

N=

12,818

100.0

38,958

100.0

51,776

100.0

Current major field: health service provider subfields

Child clinical

565

4.4

1,272

3.3

1,837

3.5

Clinical

5,081

39.6

17,449

44.8

22,530

43.5

Clinical neuropsychology

170

1.3

280

.7

450

.9

Counseling psychology

1,283

10.0

3,769

9.7

5,052

9.8

Family Psychology

3

.0

6

.0

9

.0

Forensic

76

.6

156

.4

232

.4

Geropsychology

65

.5

118

.3

183

.4

Health

257

2.0

568

1.5

825

1.6

School

395

3.1

1,274

3.3

1,669

3.2

Sport psychology

11

.1

33

.1

44

.1

Subtotal: Health service provider subfields

7,906

61.7

24,925

64.0

32,831

63.4

Research and other subfields

Cognitive

172

1.3

320

.8

492

1.0

Community

107

.8

215

.6

322

.6

Comparative

16

.1

26

.1

42

.1

Developmental

436

3.4

990

2.5

1,426

2.8

Educational

194

1.5

676

1.7

870

1.7

Environmental

12

.1

27

.1

39

.1

Experimental

161

1.3

373

1.0

534

1.0

General/Methods & Systems

69

.5

203

.5

272

.5

Industrial/Organizational

460

3.6

1,669

4.3

2,129

4.1

Neurosciences

85

.7

293

.8

378

.7

Personality

58

.5

136

.3

194

.4

Physiological/Psychobiology

50

.4

116

.3

166

.3

Psychopharmacology

40

.3

81

.2

121

.2

Quantitative/ Math/ Psychometrics/ Stats

86

.7

182

.5

268

.5

Social

407

3.2

767

2.0

1,174

2.3

Subtotal: Research and other subfields

2,353

18.4

6,074

15.6

8,427

16.3

 

Other fields

752

5.9

1,995

5.1

2,747

5.3

 

Not specified

1,807

14.1

5,964

15.3

7,771

15.0

Highest degree

Ph.D.

9,887

77.1

28,502

73.2

38,389

74.1

Ed.D.

294

2.3

1,404

3.6

1,698

3.3

Psy.D.

1,574

12.3

5,234

13.4

6,808

13.1

M.D.

5

.0

23

.1

28

.1

Other doctorate or doctorate type not specified

91

.7

816

2.1

907

1.8

Masters

926

7.2

2,693

6.9

3,619

7.0

Baccalaureate/Associate

2

.0

24

.1

26

.1

Certificate/diploma

2

.0

18

.0

20

.0

Not specified

37

.3

244

.6

281

.5

Licensure status

Licensed and/or certified

7,783

60.7

24,197

62.1

31,980

61.8

Not licensed/unknown

5,035

39.3

14,761

37.9

19,796

38.2

Gender

Men

5,637

44.0

16,938

43.5

22,575

43.6

Women

7,143

55.7

21,873

56.1

29,016

56.0

Not specified

38

.3

147

.4

185

.4

Race/ethnicity

American Indian

42

.3

104

.3

146

.3

Asian

304

2.4

668

1.7

972

1.9

Hispanic

426

3.3

795

2.0

1,221

2.4

Black

396

3.1

749

1.9

1,145

2.2

White

10,993

85.8

25,469

65.4

36,462

70.4

Other

1

.0

12

.0

13

.0

Multiracial/multi-ethnic

85

.7

130

.3

215

.4

Not specified

571

4.5

11,031

28.3

11,602

22.4

Region

New England

1,086

8.5

3,653

9.4

4,739

9.2

Middle Atlantic

2,352

18.3

8,211

21.1

10,563

20.4

East North Central

1,941

15.1

5,476

14.1

7,417

14.3

West North Central

907

7.1

2,147

5.5

3,054

5.9

South Atlantic

2,345

18.3

6,484

16.6

8,829

17.1

East South Central

500

3.9

1,204

3.1

1,704

3.3

West South Central

824

6.4

2,240

5.7

3,064

5.9

Mountain

774

6.0

2,169

5.6

2,943

5.7

Pacific

2,020

15.8

7,163

18.4

9,183

17.7

Other US (eg, Puerto Rico)

4

.0

15

.0

19

.0

Canada

5

.0

14

.0

19

.0

Other

57

.4

171

.4

228

.4

Not specified

3

.0

11

.0

14

.0

Age

Under 30

258

2.0

469

1.2

727

1.4

30 - 34

1,175

9.2

2,505

6.4

3,680

7.1

35 - 39

1,622

12.7

3,794

9.7

5,416

10.5

40 - 44

1,353

10.6

3,684

9.5

5,037

9.7

45 - 49

1,359

10.6

3,741

9.6

5,100

9.9

50 - 54

1,828

14.3

4,938

12.7

6,766

13.1

55 - 59

2,185

17.0

6,771

17.4

8,956

17.3

60 - 64

1,600

12.5

5,598

14.4

7,198

13.9

65 - 69

692

5.4

2,701

6.9

3,393

6.6

70 or older

490

3.8

2,858

7.3

3,348

6.5

Not specified

256

2.0

1,899

4.9

2,155

4.2

Mean

49.9

 

52.7

 

52.0

 

Std Deviation

11.8

 

12.3

 

12.2

 

Source: 2007 APA Salary Survey, Center for Workforce Studies.



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