Psychiatry Salary Map by State (2026)

Median psychiatry pay across 36 states from real job listings — switch views to adjust for cost of living or overlay burnout scores. Medians blend permanent salaries with annualized locums/contract rates. National median: $330,000.

Highest median

Maine

$440,000

Best real purchasing power

Maine

$453,375 adjusted

Best lifestyle score

Pennsylvania

8.7/10 avg burnout score

Lower payHigher pay· grey = under 5 listings

Psychiatry pay by state

State	Median	COL-adjusted	Take-home, COL-adj.	Burnout score	Listings
Maine	$440,000	$453,375	$420,958	8.6/10	15
New Hampshire	$415,000	$398,406	$398,406	8.3/10	26
California	$399,500	$360,820	$327,264	6.9/10	222
New Mexico	$382,720	$415,044	$390,556	8.4/10	7
Pennsylvania	$380,000	$389,456	$377,500	8.7/10	324
Texas	$376,000	$387,401	$387,401	7.4/10	167
Missouri	$369,500	$406,862	$387,740	8.0/10	18
Delaware	$365,000	$365,702	$341,566	7.0/10	16
Kentucky	$365,000	$404,840	$388,647	8.3/10	21
Michigan	$361,500	$375,713	$359,745	7.1/10	23
Rhode Island	$361,500	$353,442	$332,270	8.7/10	26
Kansas	$360,000	$399,698	$377,395	7.6/10	16
Wisconsin	$355,500	$377,810	$357,786	8.2/10	26
Georgia	$350,000	$363,474	$343,883	6.2/10	21
Washington	$350,000	$327,063	$327,063	7.4/10	47
Tennessee	$348,400	$379,232	$379,232	7.2/10	29
Utah	$344,500	$348,458	$332,604	8.3/10	40
Alaska	$342,895	$334,993	$334,993	5.4/10	6
Oklahoma	$340,000	$387,054	$368,669	7.5/10	13
Florida	$339,000	$327,809	$327,809	7.6/10	44
North Carolina	$337,610	$357,918	$342,707	7.3/10	48
Indiana	$337,500	$361,624	$350,775	7.8/10	17
Massachusetts	$336,500	$318,182	$302,273	6.5/10	94
Ohio	$335,000	$361,093	$348,454	7.0/10	29
Maryland	$335,000	$319,172	$300,820	6.1/10	46
Oregon	$335,000	$324,107	$292,020	6.8/10	37
Minnesota	$327,500	$332,079	$299,370	6.7/10	48
Illinois	$326,500	$326,637	$310,469	6.9/10	113
New Jersey	$320,000	$294,104	$275,370	7.4/10	27
South Carolina	$310,000	$330,670	$310,169	7.0/10	13
Virginia	$309,500	$306,120	$288,519	6.7/10	30
Colorado	$307,000	$297,908	$284,800	6.8/10	97
Arizona	$297,750	$295,748	$288,354	5.3/10	26
New York	$297,500	$275,665	$256,782	6.7/10	115
Connecticut	$280,000	$270,244	$251,354	8.2/10	5
Louisiana	$274,495	$311,194	$301,858	6.7/10	5

Which state pays psychiatry physicians the most?

Maine currently has the highest median psychiatry salary at $440,000, based on 15 real job listings.

Which state offers the best after-tax psychiatry pay?

Maine currently leads the take-home view at $420,958 — the state median after its state income tax (Tax Foundation state income tax rates (2025)), divided by the local cost-of-living index. No-income-tax states like Texas, Florida and Tennessee often outrank nominally higher-paying states here.

Why adjust psychiatry salaries for cost of living?

Prices differ across states. The adjusted view divides each state's pay benchmark by its regional price index (U.S. average = 100). Source: BEA Regional Price Parities (2024). This is a state-level comparison, not a personal budget or a city-level cost estimate. Missing price data is shown as unavailable.

Which state has the best psychiatry lifestyle scores?

Pennsylvania currently has the highest average WeekdayDoc burnout score (8.7/10, higher is better) for psychiatry listings — a measure of call burden, weekend requirements, and schedule flexibility across postings.

Medians computed from real WeekdayDoc job listings after outlier removal; states with fewer than 5 qualifying listings are excluded. Cost-of-living adjustment uses BEA Regional Price Parities (2024). The take-home view additionally deducts state income tax at each state's marginal rate for ~$300k single-filer income (Tax Foundation state income tax rates (2025)); federal tax is omitted since it's uniform across states, and local/property taxes are not modeled. Burnout scores are WeekdayDoc's proprietary 0–10 lifestyle rating (higher is better).