The following are the most prevalent jobs for PhD graduates:
professionals in higher education teaching
undefined discipline, other researchers
n.e.c. natural and social science professionals
specialists in medical care
forensic psychologists
Although finding a position in academia is a logical next step for many PhD grads, there are more options available outside of teaching and education.
For example, a significant proportion of PhD graduates work in research and pharmaceuticals (13.2 percent) and healthcare (15.3%). This may have been aided in recent years by private sector enterprises becoming more research-oriented.
Aside from medicine, research scientists might specialize in biological sciences, mathematics, and physics.
If you want to be a clinical or educational psychologist, you must have a particular taught Doctorate in either clinical (DClinPsy or ClinPsyD) or educational (DEdPsy).