This page contains key outcome data for the Industrial and Organizational Psychology Major, estimated using US Census data. See the methodology here. For more on the College Majors Data Dashboard click here.
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Overall Major Information
- Field: Social Sciences
- Average Income: $52,000 (Rank: 74 of 173)
- 25% Make Less Than: $26,000
- Unemployment Rate: 4.70% (Rank: 130 of 171)
- Percent Female: 67.0%
- Percent Who Get a Masters Degree: 35.2%
- Percent Who Get a Professional Degree: 4.3%
- Percent Who Get a PhD: 5.5%
- Major Popularity Ranking: 147 of 173
- Major Difficulty (1-5): NA
Careers Information
This list provides the 25 most common careers (occupations) among people in this major, and how much they earn within each occupation.
- Human Resources, Training, and Labor Relations Specialists: 11.55% (Average Income: $60,000)
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants: 5.88% (Average Income: $41,000)
- Unemployed, with No Work Experience in the Last 5 Years or Earlier or Never Worked: 5.19%
- Customer Service Representatives: 3.15% (Average Income: $49,000)
- Managers, (including Postmasters): 3.10% (Average Income: $51,000)
- Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers: 2.85% (Average Income: $57,000)
- Human Resources Managers: 2.43% (Average Income: $52,000)
- Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, : 2.14% (Average Income: $24,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers: 1.95% (Average Income: $72,000)
- Counselors: 1.92% (Average Income: $56,000)
- Managers in Marketing, Advertising, and Public Relations: 1.88% (Average Income: $102,000)
- Computer Scientists and Systems Analysts/Network systems Analysts/Web Developers: 1.78% (Average Income: $184,000)
- Retail Salespersons: 1.70% (Average Income: $23,000)
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing: 1.69% (Average Income: $57,000)
- Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks: 1.60% (Average Income: $35,000)
- Accountants and Auditors: 1.55% (Average Income: $64,000)
- Insurance Sales Agents: 1.46% (Average Income: $100,000)
- Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners: 1.45% (Average Income: $13,000)
- Food Service and Lodging Managers: 1.41% (Average Income: $39,000)
- Office and administrative support workers, : 1.37% (Average Income: $44,000)
- General and Operations Managers: 1.31% (Average Income: $44,000)
- Social Workers: 1.31% (Average Income: $29,000)
- Billing and Posting Clerks: 1.31% (Average Income: $28,000)
- Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks: 1.23% (Average Income: $65,000)
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