Psychiatrists
Health ScienceO*NET 29-1223.00United States
Diagnose, treat, and help prevent mental disorders.
- Median annual earnings
- $280,434
- Projected change
- +9.6%
- Typical education
- Doctoral degree or more
- Employment
- 32.7K jobs
50th percentile, United States
2025 to 2035
92.7% of the workforce
Growing to 35.83K by 2035
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The work
What psychiatrists do
Tasks reported for this occupation, ordered by how often they come up in the role.
- Prescribe, direct, or administer psychotherapeutic treatments or medications to treat mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders.
- Gather and maintain patient information and records, including social or medical history obtained from patients, relatives, or other professionals.
- Design individualized care plans, using a variety of treatments.
- Analyze and evaluate patient data or test findings to diagnose nature or extent of mental disorder.
- Collaborate with physicians, psychologists, social workers, psychiatric nurses, or other professionals to discuss treatment plans and progress.
- Examine or conduct laboratory or diagnostic tests on patients to provide information on general physical condition or mental disorder.
- Counsel outpatients or other patients during office visits.
- Advise or inform guardians, relatives, or significant others of patients' conditions or treatment.
- Teach, take continuing education classes, attend conferences or seminars, or conduct research and publish findings to increase understanding of mental, emotional, or behavioral states or disorders.
- Review and evaluate treatment procedures and outcomes of other psychiatrists or medical professionals.
- Prepare and submit case reports or summaries to government or mental health agencies.
Pay and outlook
What the job pays and where it is heading
Annual earnings range
Reported earnings by percentile, United States
- 10th percentile
- $82,322
- 25th percentile
- $152,408
- 50th percentile
- $280,434
- 75th percentile
- $364,087
- 90th percentile
- $454,711
The gold marker shows the median. Half earn more than $280,434 and half earn less.
Employment outlook
2025 to 2035 projection
+9.6%faster than average
202532,697 jobs
2035 projected35,827 jobs
3,130 more positions over the decade, before replacement hiring.
Preparation
Education levels
What people currently working in the career hold. These are not entry requirements.
- Doctoral degree or more
- 92.7%
- Master's or Professional degree
- 6.8%
- High school diploma or less
- 0.5%
Skills
Skills employers ask for
Technical skills appearing most often in job postings for this occupation.
How the work gets done
Core competencies
Broad capabilities associated with strong performance in this occupation.
- Active Listening
- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Social Perceptiveness
- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Critical Thinking
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Speaking
- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Reading Comprehension
- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Writing
- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Active Learning
- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Monitoring
- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Complex Problem Solving
- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Science
- Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
- Service Orientation
- Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Coordination
- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Learning Strategies
- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Instructing
- Teaching others how to do something.
- Persuasion
- Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Negotiation
- Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
- Systems Evaluation
- Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
- Time Management
- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Operations Analysis
- Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
In the market
Job titles and employers
Recent job postings in United StatesCommon job titles
- 01Psychiatrists6,679 postings
- 02Psychiatry Physicians/Psychiatrists6,557 postings
- 03Locum Tenens Psychiatry Physicians/Psychiatrists3,409 postings
- 04Psychiatric/Mental Health Physicians3,250 postings
- 05Psychiatry Physicians3,082 postings
- 06Licensed Psychiatric Technicians1,729 postings
- 07Outpatient Psychiatrists1,584 postings
- 08Locum Tenens Psychiatrists1,281 postings
- 09Adult Psychiatrists857 postings
- 10Child/Adolescent Psychiatrists854 postings
- 11General Adult Psychiatrists677 postings
- 12Addiction Psychiatrists639 postings
- 13Inpatient Psychiatrists624 postings
- 14Adult Outpatient Psychiatrists579 postings
- 15Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists517 postings
- 16Psychiatric Registered Nurses384 postings
- 17Locum Tenens Psychiatry Physicians354 postings
- 18General Psychiatrists348 postings
- 19Child Psychiatrists346 postings
- 20Consultant Psychiatrists277 postings
Top employers
- 01FCS Psychiatric Recruitment3,249 postings
- 02CompHealth2,579 postings
- 03LifeStance Health2,234 postings
- 04Headway1,701 postings
- 05Talkiatry1,229 postings
- 06Weatherby Healthcare1,069 postings
- 07Hayman Daugherty Associates1,046 postings
- 08LocumTenens.com902 postings
- 09United States Department of Veterans Affairs541 postings
- 10Cambridge Medical Professionals450 postings
- 11AMN Healthcare426 postings
- 12Serenity Mental Health Centers344 postings
- 13Enterprise Medical Recruiting342 postings
- 14Jackson Physician Search327 postings
- 15Britt Medical Search326 postings
- 16Royal Surrogacy307 postings
- 17All Star HealthCare292 postings
- 18Physician Empire290 postings
- 19The Curare Group249 postings
- 20National Coalition Of Healthcare Recruiters232 postings
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