The 2009 Salaries in Psychology report represents the fifteenth volume in the series and over twenty-five years of effort by the American Psychological Association to gather salary data on psychological personnel. The survey was initiated in 1981, in response to increasing requests for current national salary data.he overall mean salary reported for those in applied positions was $101,053 (SD=$65,215) and the median salary was $80,000. The 1st and 3rd quartiles were $64,250 and $112,000, respectively. Table 14b shows salary data for master's level respondents in applied psychology positions by years of work experience.