Medical psychologists are currently offered a median of €2,450 in job listings — €313 more than psychologists with no stated specialisation. The difference is even sharper at the lower bound: a quarter of medical psychologist listings offer up to €2,014, against up to €1,390 for listings without a specialisation. People type one word into the search box, "psichologas", but employers see three different professions behind it. The upper-quartile bounds climb in steps too: €2,265 without a specialisation, €2,300 in schools, €2,700 in medical psychology.
Across the whole country, there are currently twenty active psychologist listings with a stated salary.
Counting recently expired listings as well, the comparison rests on 49 of them: 25 for psychologists without a specialisation, 16 for school and 8 for medical roles. A small market, but a clearly structured one.
Three professions under one name
Each specialisation has its own employers. School psychologists are hired by educational institutions, whose pay is set by state coefficients. Medical psychologists are sought by hospitals and polyclinics, and the role requires a specific qualification. What the country's largest healthcare employers pay across their whole staff has its own comparison. Listings without a specialisation come from the widest range of places — from care institutions to private clinics — which is why their offered range is the broadest: from €1,390 to €2,265 between the quartile bounds. The school psychologist lower bound, €1,500, sits between the other two.
| Specialisation | Median offered | Quartile range | Active listings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical psychologist | €2,450 | €2,014–2,700 | 5 |
| School psychologist | €2,294 | €1,500–2,300 | 8 |
| Psychologist (no specialisation) | €2,137 | €1,390–2,265 | 7 |
Quartile bounds read simply: a quarter of listings offer less than the lower bound, a quarter more than the upper one.
The school psychologist numbers have a signature of their own. The median is €2,294 and the upper-quartile bound €2,300: just €6 apart. Barely a gap. When pay is set by coefficients, the top is compressed — a quarter of the listings offer nearly the same amount, and there is almost nowhere to climb above the median. Demand, though, is currently the highest here: eight active listings, more than for any other specialisation.
Medical psychology is the most expensive path for the employer: even its lower-quartile bound, €2,014, nearly reaches the median for psychologists without a specialisation. That said, there are just five active listings, so these figures are better treated as a benchmark than a price list. The median for psychologists without a specialisation, €2,137, rests on the broadest historical base of listings, which makes it the most reliable of the three. More detailed breakdowns are on the individual salary pages — the psychologist page, for instance.
Klaipėda offers more than the capital
Pooling all three specialisations into one comparison leaves three cities — that is how many have at least three active listings with a stated salary. Klaipėda leads with a median of €2,450, Šiauliai offers €2,265, Vilnius €2,000. Kaunas does not make the comparison: it currently has a single active listing. The overall median across all specialisations is €2,265; Šiauliai's figure matches it exactly, while Klaipėda's median reaches the pooled market's upper-quartile bound.
The capital comes last, €450 below Klaipėda. The picture resembles the care labour market, where smaller cities also outbid Vilnius: for a specialist the whole country is looking for, an institution in the port city or Šiauliai has to offer more than a capital employer surrounded by the most candidates. The proportions deserve a look too: the gap between specialisation medians runs to €313, between cities to €450. Where you work currently matters in this market no less than what you work as. A caveat is due: the samples are small — three active listings each in Klaipėda and Vilnius, four in Šiauliai — so a few new offers could upend the order.
For someone choosing a study or career path, the numbers say something simple. Medical psychology promises the highest lower bound — €624 above the unspecialised path's. School work offers predictability: three quarters of its listings stay within €2,300. The wide field of unspecialised listings promises the greatest variety. Current psychologist listings can be browsed directly, and whether Kaunas makes it into the city comparison next quarter will come down to just a listing or two.