How many hours does a psychiatrist work a day? What job postings show in 2026
Psychiatry listings do not consistently state hours per day, but 39% score 7+ on work-life and 32.7% are remote in WeekdayDoc’s live listings.
WeekdayDoc’s live Psychiatry listings do not give a reliable hours-per-day figure, but they do show schedule constraints: 39% score 7+ on work-life and 32.7% are remote. Pay attached to those roles sits at a $335k live median advertised salary across 838 priced listings.
Do Psychiatry job postings say how many hours per day psychiatrists work?
Most Psychiatry postings describe the workweek indirectly. They tend to state setting, call, weekends, nights, remote status, benefits, and sometimes PTO. They do not consistently state a daily start time, end time, or clinical-hour count.
That means a search for daily hours is usually better answered by looking at schedule signals. In WeekdayDoc’s live listings, 20.3% say no call, 23.3% say no weekends, and 18.7% say no nights. Those signals do not convert to hours per day, but they describe the boundaries employers chose to advertise.
Flexible-schedule language is less common than remote or no-weekend language. It appears in 4.3% of live Psychiatry listings. PTO is stated in fewer postings, but when it is stated, the median is 33 days.
What schedule signals should a psychiatrist compare first?
Remote status is the broadest schedule signal in the live market. Remote listings make up 32.7% of live Psychiatry jobs, which makes telepsychiatry a visible part of the specialty’s hiring market. For clinicians comparing remote and on-site roles, the pay signal is also available: the median advertised salary for remote Psychiatry listings is about $345k, based on 327 priced remote listings.
On-site listings show a median advertised salary of about $326k. That does not prove a schedule difference, but it shows that remote roles are not limited to lower posted pay in the live Psychiatry market. For deeper pay context, see the Psychiatry salary guide.
No-call, no-weekends, and no-nights language is more direct for daily routine. A role can be remote and still include evenings or weekend coverage. A role can be on-site and still have clear boundaries around call or night work. WeekdayDoc’s work-life score combines listing-based signals into a 0–10 index, so it is a useful screen when the posting does not state hours per day.
Where do Psychiatry postings show stronger work-life signals?
State-level work-life scores vary widely. Wyoming has the highest Psychiatry work-life score at 8.5/10, while North Dakota has the lowest at 3.8/10. These are listing-based scores, not clinician survey scores.
The table below is sorted by work-life score among selected states with salary and posting measures. It shows why the daily-hours question should be separated from pay. Nebraska has the highest state median advertised salary at about $462k, but its work-life score is 5.9/10. Wyoming has the highest work-life score, with a median advertised salary of about $349k.
| State | Work-life score | Median advertised salary | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | 8.5/10 | $349,040 | 87 |
| New Hampshire | 7.7/10 | $423,412 | 52 |
| Utah | 7.7/10 | $354,515 | 127 |
| Rhode Island | 7.6/10 | $366,296 | 48 |
| Pennsylvania | 7.6/10 | $363,185 | 738 |
| Oregon | 7.3/10 | $368,851 | 52 |
| Kentucky | 7.3/10 | $363,833 | 51 |
| Nebraska | 5.9/10 | $461,812 | 144 |
| Hawaii | 4.9/10 | $282,454 | 83 |
| North Dakota | 3.8/10 | $376,966 | 237 |
State pay also varies. Across 40 states with enough salary data to compare, the median of state medians is about $338k. Nebraska has the highest state median at about $462k, and Maryland has the lowest at about $279k. The gap between the highest and lowest state median is $183,287.
Cost of living changes the pay view. Nebraska also has the highest cost-of-living-adjusted median at about $513k, using BEA Regional Price Parities. Hawaii has the lowest cost-of-living-adjusted median at about $257k. For state comparisons, see the Psychiatry pay by state.
What do contract terms say about workload and time away?
Benefits do not state daily hours, but they often show how an employer frames the job. Loan repayment appears in 11.9% of live Psychiatry listings, relocation assistance appears in 9.2%, and PSLF-eligible employers account for 8.5%.
Time-away and risk-protection terms are also visible. Malpractice coverage is stated in 21.5% of live listings, a retirement match is stated in 4.3%, and CME allowance language has a $2,500 median when an amount is stated.
Sign-on bonuses are less common than the major schedule signals. They appear in 3.1% of live listings, with a median stated sign-on bonus of $30k. A sign-on bonus does not describe daily hours, so it should be read separately from no-call, no-weekends, and no-nights language.
How do production-pay Psychiatry postings fit into the hours question?
Production language is uncommon in the live Psychiatry market. Listings that mention work RVUs or production pay make up 4.8% of live Psychiatry listings. Among priced listings that mention production pay, the median advertised salary is $325k.
For production roles, the workload question is often expressed through work RVUs rather than hours per day. The CMS conversion factor for 2026 is $33.4. WeekdayDoc’s Psychiatry $/wRVU benchmark is a compensation estimate, not a licensed survey, and the median benchmark is $62 per work RVU.
The common Psychiatry codes illustrate the unit of work. CPT 99214 has 1.92 work RVUs, CPT 90837 has 3.78 work RVUs, CPT 90834 has 2.56 work RVUs, CPT 99215 has 2.8 work RVUs, and CPT 99204 has 2.6 work RVUs. WeekdayDoc’s typical annual work RVUs from the 5 most common Psychiatry codes total 11644.
Which employers have more live Psychiatry openings?
Employer volume matters because a clinician searching for a particular schedule may see the same employer across many markets. LifeStance Health has 217 live Psychiatry openings, Serenity Mental Health Centers has 96, Legion Health has 82, Lyra Health has 69, and BlueSky Telepsych has 47.
Employer scores vary as well. Lyra Health has a Top Employers score of 87/100, BlueSky Telepsych has 85/100, Legion Health has 79/100, and Centurion Health has 79/100. For employer-level context, see the Top Employers index.
Has posted Psychiatry pay been moving?
The live market has 1,898 Psychiatry listings across 50 states, and 44.2% state an annual salary. Among live priced listings, the 25th percentile advertised salary is $276k, the median is $335k, and the 75th percentile is $400k.
Over the last 12 months of postings, the national median advertised salary is about $326k across 7,213 Psychiatry postings tracked in Market Pulse. The median was $307k in 2025-11 and $325,938 in 2026-10. The change in median advertised salary versus the prior quarter is 6.2%.
How we measured this
This analysis uses WeekdayDoc’s live listing index for 1,898 Psychiatry listings active on October 27, 2026. Salary figures are advertised or posted salary figures from employer listings, not survey income. Live salary medians use listings that state an annual salary.
Schedule measures come from listing text and structured fields, including remote status, call, weekends, nights, flexible-schedule language, PTO, and the WeekdayDoc Top Employers work-life index. The work-life index is scored on a 0–10 basis. It is not a direct measure of hours per day.
Market trend figures come from WeekdayDoc Market Pulse over the last 12 months of advertised salaries, employer-deduplicated. State cost-of-living adjustments use BEA Regional Price Parities from 2024. Work RVUs and the CMS conversion factor come from the CMS 2026 Physician Fee Schedule. WeekdayDoc $/wRVU compensation estimates are not a licensed survey.
Frequently asked questions
How many hours does a psychiatrist work a day?
WeekdayDoc’s live listings do not consistently state hours per day, so the closest direct schedule measure is that 39% of live Psychiatry listings score 7+ on the work-life index.
How common are remote psychiatry jobs?
Remote roles account for 32.7% of live Psychiatry listings.
How often do psychiatry postings say no weekends?
No-weekends language appears in 23.3% of live Psychiatry listings.
Which state has the highest Psychiatry work-life score?
Wyoming has the highest listed Psychiatry work-life score at 8.5/10.
What is the median posted salary for Psychiatry?
The live median advertised annual salary for Psychiatry is $335,000.
How much PTO do Psychiatry postings state?
Among live Psychiatry listings that state PTO, the median is 33 days.
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (1,898 Psychiatry listings, October 27, 2026); CMS 2026 Physician Fee Schedule (work RVUs, conversion factor); WeekdayDoc $/wRVU compensation estimates (not a licensed survey); WeekdayDoc Market Pulse (12 months of advertised salaries, employer-deduplicated); BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); WeekdayDoc Top Employers work-life index. Figures are advertised (posted) salaries and listing attributes, not survey income; percentiles and shares, not grades. Updated October 27, 2026.
