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Behavioral Health Technicians

SOC 31-9098

Implement behavior intervention plans under a licensed supervisor's direction.

The job
Median pay
$48k
$39k to $60k typical range
BLS figure for Healthcare Support Workers, All Other
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+4.8% projected
BLS figure for Healthcare Support Workers, All Other
Openings a year
14k
BLS figure for Healthcare Support Workers, All Other
Typical education
Bachelor's
Our model
AI displacement risk
Moderate
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
8/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
33rd pct
More exposed than 33% of occupations · modeled estimate
Future-proof
53/100

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Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's.

StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
California23,5901.31.8×$49k
Texas10,3200.71.0×$45k
Florida5,5500.60.8×$46k
New York5,4700.60.8×$57k
Missouri4,4101.52.1×$40k
Pennsylvania4,1600.71.0×$45k
Louisiana4,1002.13.0×$34k
Maryland3,1701.11.6×$44k
Washington3,1400.91.3×$62k
Arizona3,0700.91.3×$50k
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Minnesota2,9401.01.4×$46k
Colorado2,6500.91.3×$47k
Oregon2,6501.31.9×$48k
New Jersey2,6400.60.9×$50k
North Carolina2,4700.50.7×$47k
Michigan2,2200.50.7×$40k
Virginia2,1800.50.8×$46k
Georgia2,0400.40.6×$47k
Wisconsin1,8100.60.9×$45k
Massachusetts1,6800.50.7×$58k
Connecticut1,5500.91.3×$45k
Hawaii1,4002.23.2×$49k
Ohio1,3600.20.3×$44k
Illinois1,3300.20.3×$48k
Nevada1,2800.81.2×$51k
Tennessee1,2300.40.5×$48k
South Carolina8600.40.5×$50k
Utah8300.50.7×$47k
Arkansas7900.60.9×$38k
West Virginia7801.11.6×$39k
Kentucky7700.40.6×$46k
Alabama6600.30.4×$37k
Indiana5900.20.3×$50k
Oklahoma5400.30.5×$50k
Mississippi5200.40.6×$35k
Iowa4700.30.4×$45k
New Hampshire4500.70.9×$45k
New Mexico4500.50.7×$52k
Nebraska4300.40.6×$39k
Maine4200.70.9×$49k
Washington DC4000.60.8×$74k
Montana3500.71.0×$41k
Vermont3001.01.4×$47k
Rhode Island2900.60.8×$48k
North Dakota2800.70.9×$47k
South Dakota2600.60.8×$45k
Kansas2400.20.2×$55k
Idaho2200.30.4×$52k
Wyoming1800.60.9×$50k
Alaska1200.40.5×$61k
Delaware1100.20.3×$58k

Top metro areas

  1. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA11,760 jobs · $49k median
  2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ5,090 jobs · $58k median
  3. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX2,380 jobs · $41k median
  4. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ2,240 jobs · $48k median
  5. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA2,180 jobs · $57k median
  6. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA2,180 jobs · $67k median
  7. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX2,080 jobs · $48k median
  8. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD1,980 jobs · $41k median

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BLS does not publish this occupation on its own. Pay and outlook here are BLS's figures for Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (SOC 31-9099), the occupation it is grouped with, so the real figures for this job could sit either side of them. Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.