Industrial-Organizational Psychologists

in California

Apply principles of psychology to personnel, administration, management, sales, and marketing problems. Activities may include policy planning; employee screening, training and development; and organizational development and analysis. May work with management to reorganize the work setting to improve worker productivity. [More Details...]

Skills - Importance and Competence Level for this occupation (1-low, 100-high)

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Skills	Importance	Competence Level
Active Learning	87	69
Active Listening	83	62
Critical Thinking	87	67
Idea Evaluation	80	71
Idea Generation	83	69
Identification of Key Causes	87	79
Information Gathering	93	74
Information Organization	80	62
Management of Personnel Resources	77	57
Mathematics	83	69
Problem Identification	87	74
Reading Comprehension	77	74
Social Perceptiveness	83	62
Solution Appraisal	80	69
Speaking	87	62
Synthesis/Reorganization	83	64
Systems Evaluation	83	76

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Wages

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Area	Time Period	Hourly Mean	Hourly by Percentile
			25th	Median	75th
California	2023	$62.54	$46.27	$60.37	$74.36

Education

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Workers must have a Master's degree to gain the necessary skills for this occupation.However, those with related work experience would have a competitive advantage in this labor market.

Training Programs

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The following are the training programs available for the Occupation: Industrial-Organizational Psychologists

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