Psychiatric Technicians Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Psychiatric Technicians positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$42,590

National average

Salary Range

$32,980 – $60,150

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Psychiatric Technicians Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Stockton-Lodi, CA$91,910$49,110$101,030
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$82,440$44,150$90,010
Vallejo, CA$82,170$45,990$99,110
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$81,440$65,900$87,850
Visalia, CA$77,340$47,380$96,580
Fresno, CA$75,420$38,370$79,920
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$71,330$39,500$87,850
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$71,090$44,510$83,610
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$70,370$49,090$99,290
Ann Arbor, MI$70,010$38,230$70,010
District of Columbia$65,060$40,990$75,710
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$64,990$35,360$64,990
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$64,770$40,750$73,810
Salem, OR$63,820$51,660$73,530
Madison, WI$62,130$37,680$84,780
California$61,620$41,160$91,910
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$61,080$38,370$81,520
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$59,150$43,170$72,660
El Centro, CA$58,310$36,950$87,850
New Jersey$58,000$43,160$67,480
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$57,970$38,610$65,190
Lincoln, NE$57,840$46,890$59,490
New York$57,630$40,150$78,020
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$55,530$42,750$77,670
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$55,030$44,090$80,570
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$55,020$49,120$75,460
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$54,150$44,790$74,370
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$53,270$47,450$97,480
Massachusetts$52,290$39,950$73,170
Urban Honolulu, HI$52,180$38,130$58,400
Hawaii$52,180$38,130$58,400
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$51,760$37,080$56,670
Oregon$51,640$37,690$71,600
Washington$51,000$43,050$73,810
Syracuse, NY$50,990$42,940$60,600
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$50,960$43,300$63,660
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$50,950$34,650$59,300
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$50,390$39,290$84,710
Connecticut$50,170$39,770$75,590
Anchorage, AK$49,840$38,860$62,350
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$49,440$36,340$77,520
Alaska$49,340$38,860$61,120
Fairbanks-College, AK$49,290$48,940$52,450
Eugene-Springfield, OR$49,210$34,840$66,840
New Haven, CT$49,140$45,280$66,190
Punta Gorda, FL$49,050$35,240$60,590
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$48,910$38,670$75,710
Nebraska$48,740$36,550$59,490
Minnesota$48,600$34,650$60,120
Duluth, MN-WI$48,600$35,020$61,540
Illinois$48,550$38,140$60,440
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$48,520$39,370$63,540
Rhode Island$48,520$39,380$55,120
New Hampshire$48,340$42,090$72,860
Colorado$48,320$39,460$57,660
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$48,320$40,700$57,660
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$48,280$44,550$78,470
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$48,230$38,240$48,230
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$48,110$36,340$58,830
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$48,110$38,150$51,090
Pueblo, CO$48,080$36,470$57,230
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$48,050$35,180$91,880
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$47,960$41,220$80,570
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$47,930$41,950$48,400
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$47,890$38,240$56,980
Springfield, MA$47,850$31,220$56,670
Nevada$47,820$36,570$58,830
Naples-Marco Island, FL$47,810$36,570$52,870
Worcester, MA$47,590$42,800$60,880
Manchester-Nashua, NH$47,470$38,500$55,970
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$47,420$39,770$70,500
Grand Junction, CO$46,940$36,020$54,260
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$46,690$39,380$81,090
Vermont$46,660$40,250$50,720
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$46,660$40,250$56,470
St. Louis, MO-IL$46,510$35,150$61,420
Richmond, VA$46,480$38,210$57,700
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$46,480$36,600$60,860
St. Cloud, MN$46,430$34,110$56,380
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$46,300$33,090$56,720
Omaha, NE-IA$46,040$34,530$57,170
Virginia$46,040$35,080$57,110
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$45,950$36,750$57,390
Iowa City, IA$45,270$34,910$47,650
Lynchburg, VA$45,090$36,210$54,680
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$45,040$44,360$87,850
Reno, NV$44,990$36,700$59,460
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$44,730$35,490$52,040
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$44,650$37,400$55,120
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$44,630$37,680$64,810
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$44,580$34,960$52,590
Springfield, MO$44,190$38,580$44,190
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$44,180$36,310$51,470
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$43,920$31,980$50,100
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$43,860$33,010$57,670
Flint, MI$43,780$35,680$46,790
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$43,700$34,850$57,780
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$43,700$43,700$52,920
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$43,690$38,120$58,590
Bangor, ME$43,570$37,400$46,620
Georgia$43,490$35,090$51,470
Clarksville, TN-KY$43,450$24,390$45,350
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$43,430$36,040$46,330
Missouri$43,300$34,760$49,500
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$43,280$37,820$63,790
Maine$43,260$37,400$48,720
Springfield, IL$43,050$35,210$58,890
Arizona$43,010$34,410$51,530
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$42,950$37,470$49,200
Flagstaff, AZ$42,830$40,120$50,670
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$42,730$33,330$52,840
Yuma, AZ$42,550$36,540$49,900
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$41,830$35,570$44,660
Raleigh-Cary, NC$41,750$36,790$51,710
Gainesville, FL$41,730$36,140$56,590
Columbia, MO$41,650$35,400$48,470
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$41,600$31,950$47,420
Kansas City, MO-KS$41,500$37,430$47,850
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$41,440$32,770$50,460
Yuba City, CA$41,160$37,660$75,600
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$41,110$35,410$49,060
Williamsport, PA$40,940$37,870$53,750
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$40,870$31,200$53,720
Pennsylvania$40,850$35,610$50,590
Idaho Falls, ID$40,750$30,770$44,720
Greensboro-High Point, NC$40,740$35,280$51,730
Johnstown, PA$40,520$35,610$46,120
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$40,500$31,690$59,530
Toledo, OH$40,430$34,730$48,660
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$40,350$40,350$49,360
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$40,310$33,800$44,650
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$40,160$32,900$60,790
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$40,060$33,210$47,010
Ogden, UT$40,000$34,750$48,580
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$39,980$36,030$51,530
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$39,970$36,490$47,430
Florida$39,930$33,950$58,420
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$39,930$34,380$48,990
Portland-South Portland, ME$39,890$39,540$48,720
Topeka, KS$39,780$35,580$50,410
Midland, TX$39,770$34,060$55,620
Idaho$39,740$32,410$50,300
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$39,740$32,410$50,300
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$39,700$38,440$50,380
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$39,680$36,020$47,800
Iowa$39,670$32,580$47,280
Rocky Mount, NC$39,650$30,450$49,080
Boise City, ID$39,650$39,040$46,990
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$39,580$34,320$48,320
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$39,530$33,300$48,790
Columbus, IN$39,520$33,270$43,230
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$39,520$37,480$46,880
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$39,490$37,570$59,840
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$39,470$37,230$46,630
Colorado Springs, CO$39,460$37,180$51,100
Pittsburgh, PA$39,430$35,840$48,370
North Carolina$39,360$32,360$50,240
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$39,350$34,880$58,550
Utah$39,340$34,500$47,430
Tulsa, OK$39,300$35,040$47,570
Michigan$39,230$36,000$48,260
Peoria, IL$39,190$35,050$46,920
Macon-Bibb County, GA$39,160$32,890$43,100
Indiana$39,140$34,960$49,780
Cedar Rapids, IA$39,110$31,520$40,850
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$39,100$36,670$47,410
Asheville, NC$39,090$36,420$48,730
Jacksonville, FL$39,050$35,600$50,730
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$39,030$34,500$47,300
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$39,030$32,960$47,030
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$39,020$34,880$49,630
Maryland$39,020$34,790$52,420
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$39,010$34,480$55,910
Sandusky, OH$38,990$37,750$39,960
Fort Wayne, IN$38,980$32,150$60,080
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$38,960$33,370$49,620
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$38,950$32,360$44,830
Bloomington, IN$38,940$36,450$47,870
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$38,890$32,740$47,940
Columbus, OH$38,800$35,510$49,900
North Dakota$38,770$38,560$50,750
Wisconsin$38,760$31,320$64,990
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$38,760$24,980$45,140
Winston-Salem, NC$38,750$36,630$45,910
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$38,720$36,660$51,950
Kansas$38,700$32,710$46,250
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$38,690$36,800$47,550
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$38,580$30,920$56,560
Chambersburg, PA$38,580$33,540$64,520
Tucson, AZ$38,550$32,560$48,890
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$38,540$33,540$55,720
South Carolina$38,540$32,520$43,640
Texas$38,460$31,360$47,990
Ocala, FL$38,430$33,120$46,820
York-Hanover, PA$38,430$32,830$48,160
Bay City, MI$38,400$35,710$47,600
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$38,390$28,480$50,990
Reading, PA$38,370$34,130$46,680
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$38,360$32,770$48,440
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$38,340$33,250$54,060
Cleveland, OH$38,310$34,620$46,670
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$38,290$35,290$44,720
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$38,230$31,830$50,530
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$38,200$33,970$51,090
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$38,180$36,770$51,090
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$38,160$36,680$57,300
St. George, UT$38,090$33,540$45,840
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$38,080$32,330$47,610
Erie, PA$38,000$30,010$48,060
Tennessee$37,970$28,690$48,200
Muncie, IN$37,960$35,650$45,920
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$37,950$24,890$38,700
Port St. Lucie, FL$37,940$35,170$52,000
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$37,890$33,530$46,180
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$37,870$32,860$47,650
Kentucky$37,850$30,520$47,460
Montana$37,850$33,170$49,890
Lexington-Fayette, KY$37,850$33,730$45,840
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$37,840$34,750$46,910
Billings, MT$37,800$33,170$48,780
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$37,750$26,140$57,110
Oklahoma City, OK$37,720$32,530$47,160
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$37,660$31,190$56,100
Albuquerque, NM$37,650$37,090$46,880
Jackson, TN$37,640$26,720$45,580
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$37,640$36,210$47,800
Greenville, NC$37,600$31,680$63,710
Ohio$37,500$32,880$46,090
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$37,500$35,240$43,200
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$37,440$34,630$43,430
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$37,360$32,860$41,880
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$37,350$29,070$53,980
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$37,340$26,960$47,460
Killeen-Temple, TX$37,330$32,080$49,830
New Mexico$37,300$30,310$46,880
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$37,230$26,460$45,140
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$37,200$30,330$46,710
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$37,170$31,400$55,500
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$37,170$31,360$48,980
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$37,120$31,340$47,280
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$37,050$29,970$48,370
Delaware$37,020$36,260$50,190
Columbia, SC$37,020$32,520$42,350
Traverse City, MI$36,950$36,240$46,670
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$36,910$28,500$46,020
Jackson, MI$36,890$36,760$45,620
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$36,800$31,360$47,540
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$36,790$30,210$47,460
Huntsville, AL$36,720$31,140$41,600
Champaign-Urbana, IL$36,670$35,210$46,890
Fayetteville, NC$36,580$32,510$47,150
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$36,520$29,950$41,250
Akron, OH$36,510$35,020$46,120
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$36,510$29,790$46,570
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$36,450$33,340$43,960
Evansville, IN$36,420$34,960$44,370
Green Bay, WI$36,400$30,370$45,880
Appleton, WI$36,360$30,850$50,280
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$36,310$29,590$48,650
Wichita, KS$36,240$32,560$39,770
Decatur, AL$36,220$29,650$39,520
Oklahoma$36,200$31,050$47,160
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$36,000$32,780$44,820
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$35,960$31,690$40,670
Goldsboro, NC$35,930$30,550$43,900
Wilmington, NC$35,920$32,360$45,510
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$35,900$30,850$43,360
Tallahassee, FL$35,870$28,690$50,790
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$35,870$30,940$37,360
Tuscaloosa, AL$35,840$25,600$45,690
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$35,820$24,170$43,360
Birmingham, AL$35,800$20,870$44,560
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$35,800$29,820$46,860
Janesville-Beloit, WI$35,730$29,370$46,020
Eau Claire, WI$35,640$30,250$43,500
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$35,580$30,160$49,750
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$35,570$35,570$48,240
Springfield, OH$35,450$32,880$38,660
Auburn-Opelika, AL$35,410$28,780$54,290
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$35,360$30,380$43,640
Waco, TX$35,350$30,060$48,260
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$35,210$35,090$46,230
Alabama$35,200$21,100$41,600
Youngstown-Warren, OH$35,160$30,860$40,310
Corpus Christi, TX$34,790$28,710$48,040
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$34,770$28,450$42,280
Joplin, MO-KS$34,660$31,450$43,240
Chattanooga, TN-GA$34,520$27,950$46,110
Charleston, WV$34,440$30,890$41,200
Jonesboro, AR$34,350$31,490$38,630
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$34,160$31,240$46,000
San Angelo, TX$33,910$30,080$41,240
Amarillo, TX$33,890$32,070$36,340
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$33,800$29,970$42,500
Tyler, TX$33,660$25,890$38,790
Jacksonville, NC$33,540$24,900$37,250
Terre Haute, IN$33,500$33,500$45,550
Arkansas$33,090$28,930$42,440
Longview, TX$32,970$28,390$34,750
Montgomery, AL$32,770$28,150$66,290
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$32,540$29,500$46,140
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$32,360$31,790$36,670
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$32,330$30,980$44,330
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$32,190$28,220$52,510
El Paso, TX$31,930$30,150$38,830
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$31,710$23,380$36,440
Dothan, AL$31,430$25,580$52,900
West Virginia$30,890$27,470$39,100
Abilene, TX$30,880$27,290$37,750
Hot Springs, AR$30,810$25,790$34,650
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$30,780$30,780$38,200
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$30,670$28,000$38,340
Jackson, MS$30,580$21,100$50,310
Baton Rouge, LA$30,370$26,010$35,860
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$30,320$23,510$39,090
Las Cruces, NM$30,310$30,310$35,610
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$30,310$28,700$34,230
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$30,280$27,060$34,950
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$30,250$26,460$38,510
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$30,080$23,220$43,110
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$30,040$20,910$38,100
Louisiana$30,040$25,260$35,860
Mississippi$29,970$25,700$48,210
Fort Smith, AR-OK$29,910$28,830$37,850
Lake Charles, LA$29,680$28,480$41,130
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$29,380$26,550$40,280
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$29,350$25,740$37,370
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$29,270$28,900$34,630
Lafayette, LA$28,950$21,310$32,550
Alexandria, LA$28,400$25,260$33,970
Monroe, LA$27,730$27,480$33,970
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$27,380$26,540$34,500
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$27,380$24,810$35,440
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$26,360$19,690$36,280
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$24,850$22,830$32,750

Frequently Asked Questions

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The median annual salary for a Psychiatric Technicians is $42,590, with a typical range of $32,980 – $60,150 depending on experience, location, and employer.

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Entry-level Psychiatric Technicians positions typically start around $32,980 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

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Psychiatric Technicianss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.