diff --git a/uc_salary_pipeline.py b/uc_salary_pipeline.py
index 6863450..5c14f53 100644
--- a/uc_salary_pipeline.py
+++ b/uc_salary_pipeline.py
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ def process_file(path: Path, campus: str, year: int, writer: csv.writer,
                  senior_threshold: float, support_threshold: float,
                  agg: dict | None = None, group_dims: tuple = (),
                  top_earners: dict | None = None, top_n: int = 10,
-                 tie_breaker: itertools.count | None = None) -> int:
+                 tie_breaker: itertools.count | None = None,
+                 console_stats: dict | None = None) -> int:
     """Classify every record in one UC-wages JSON file, writing a CSV row
     per employee. Returns the number of rows written.
 
@@ -131,6 +132,10 @@ def process_file(path: Path, campus: str, year: int, writer: csv.writer,
 
     If `top_earners` is given, also maintains a size-`top_n` min-heap of
     the highest gross_pay employees per (group_dims..., category) key.
+
+    If `console_stats` is given, also accumulates each record's gross_pay
+    under its (year, category) for the end-of-run summary tables printed
+    to stdout (one table per year).
     """
     with open(path, encoding="utf-8") as fh:
         data = json.load(fh)
@@ -160,6 +165,8 @@ def process_file(path: Path, campus: str, year: int, writer: csv.writer,
         count += 1
         if agg is not None:
             agg.setdefault(group_prefix + (category,), []).append(parsed["gross_pay"])
+        if console_stats is not None:
+            console_stats.setdefault((year, category), []).append(parsed["gross_pay"])
         if top_earners is not None:
             entry = (parsed["gross_pay"], next(tie_breaker),
                     (year, campus, parsed["title"], parsed["gross_pay"],
@@ -219,6 +226,44 @@ def write_top_earners_csv(top_earners: dict, outpath: Path) -> None:
     log.info("Top earners CSV -> %s", outpath)
 
 
+def _money(v: float) -> str:
+    if abs(v) >= 1_000_000:
+        return f"${v / 1_000_000:,.2f}M"
+    return f"${v:,.0f}"
+
+
+def print_console_summary(console_stats: dict) -> None:
+    """Print one formatted category-by-category summary table per year,
+    keyed off (year, category) -> [gross_pay, ...] entries in console_stats."""
+    label_w, col_w = 34, 16
+    header = (f"{'Category':<{label_w}}{'Employees':>{col_w}}"
+             f"{'Total Pay':>{col_w}}{'Median Pay':>{col_w}}")
+    rule = "=" * len(header)
+
+    years = sorted({year for year, _ in console_stats})
+    for year in years:
+        print(f"\n{rule}")
+        print(f"UC SALARY CLASSIFICATION SUMMARY -- {year}")
+        print(rule)
+        print(header)
+        print("-" * len(header))
+
+        total_count, total_pay = 0, 0.0
+        for category in classifier.CATEGORIES:
+            values = console_stats.get((year, category), [])
+            count, total = len(values), sum(values)
+            median = statistics.median(values) if values else 0.0
+            total_count += count
+            total_pay += total
+            label = classifier.CATEGORY_LABELS[category]
+            print(f"{label:<{label_w}}{count:>{col_w},}"
+                 f"{_money(total):>{col_w}}{_money(median):>{col_w}}")
+
+        print("-" * len(header))
+        print(f"{'TOTAL':<{label_w}}{total_count:>{col_w},}{_money(total_pay):>{col_w}}")
+        print(rule)
+
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # CLI
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -266,6 +311,9 @@ def main():
     parser.add_argument("--skip-download", action="store_true",
                         help="Classify whatever is already cached in "
                              "--data-dir without hitting the network.")
+    parser.add_argument("--quiet", action="store_true",
+                        help="Suppress the formatted summary table printed "
+                             "to stdout after processing.")
     parser.add_argument("--senior-threshold", type=float,
                         default=classifier.SENIOR_STAFF_THRESHOLD,
                         help=f"Gross pay threshold for SENIOR_PROF_STAFF "
@@ -287,6 +335,7 @@ def main():
     agg = {} if args.aggregate_output else None
     top_earners = {} if args.top_earners_output else None
     tie_breaker = itertools.count() if top_earners is not None else None
+    console_stats = {} if not args.quiet else None
 
     output_path = Path(args.output)
     total_rows = 0
@@ -304,7 +353,8 @@ def main():
                                     args.senior_threshold, args.support_threshold,
                                     agg=agg, group_dims=group_dims,
                                     top_earners=top_earners, top_n=args.top_n,
-                                    tie_breaker=tie_breaker)
+                                    tie_breaker=tie_breaker,
+                                    console_stats=console_stats)
                 total_rows += count
                 log.info("%s %s: classified %d records", campus, year, count)
 
@@ -320,6 +370,9 @@ def main():
     if top_earners is not None:
         write_top_earners_csv(top_earners, Path(args.top_earners_output))
 
+    if console_stats is not None:
+        print_console_summary(console_stats)
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()