Healthcare Practitioners

Psychiatric Technicians

SOC 29-2053

Support psychiatric patients day to day and watch for changes in condition.

The job

Median pay

$45k

$38k to $50k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Growing fast

+22% projected

Openings a year

17k

BLS projection

Typical education

Postsecondary cert

Our model

AI displacement risk

Low

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

9/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

3rd pct

More exposed than 3% of occupations · modeled estimate · 17th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

75/100

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Key skills

Active Listening
Monitoring
Speaking
Reading Comprehension
Critical Thinking
Writing

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. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
California	14,100	0.8	0.8×	$49k
Florida	12,710	1.3	1.3×	$44k
Texas	11,350	0.8	0.8×	$40k
Pennsylvania	10,340	1.7	1.7×	$44k
Illinois	9,410	1.5	1.5×	$46k
Arizona	8,160	2.5	2.5×	$46k
Indiana	6,790	2.1	2.1×	$41k
North Carolina	5,950	1.2	1.2×	$41k
Georgia	5,560	1.1	1.1×	$46k
Massachusetts	5,340	1.5	1.4×	$52k

All 51 states

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Michigan	4,850	1.1	1.1×	$43k
Missouri	4,450	1.5	1.5×	$46k
Wisconsin	4,430	1.5	1.5×	$40k
Ohio	3,950	0.7	0.7×	$39k
Virginia	3,950	1.0	0.9×	$48k
Tennessee	3,810	1.2	1.1×	$40k
Minnesota	3,550	1.2	1.2×	$40k
Alabama	3,290	1.6	1.5×	$37k
New Jersey	2,520	0.6	0.6×	$54k
Louisiana	2,420	1.3	1.2×	$31k
Hawaii	2,060	3.3	3.3×	$55k
Nevada	2,060	1.3	1.3×	$46k
New York	2,040	0.2	0.2×	$58k
Utah	1,940	1.1	1.1×	$41k
Washington	1,920	0.5	0.5×	$52k
Arkansas	1,900	1.5	1.4×	$36k
Colorado	1,740	0.6	0.6×	$47k
Kansas	1,670	1.2	1.1×	$44k
Nebraska	1,390	1.4	1.3×	$57k
Oregon	1,250	0.6	0.6×	$60k
Connecticut	1,040	0.6	0.6×	$56k
Rhode Island	990	2.0	2.0×	$49k
Mississippi	930	0.8	0.8×	$35k
Kentucky	910	0.5	0.5×	$40k
Oklahoma	820	0.5	0.5×	$39k
Idaho	780	0.9	0.9×	$41k
West Virginia	770	1.1	1.1×	$34k
Iowa	690	0.4	0.4×	$43k
Maryland	680	0.2	0.2×	$46k
New Mexico	660	0.8	0.8×	$39k
Maine	620	1.0	1.0×	$45k
Vermont	600	2.0	2.0×	$48k
South Dakota	566	1.2	1.2×	$41k~
South Carolina	560	0.2	0.2×	$41k
Washington DC	380	0.5	0.5×	$67k
Delaware	350	0.7	0.7×	$38k
Alaska	340	1.0	1.0×	$52k
Montana	310	0.6	0.6×	$39k
North Dakota	270	0.6	0.6×	$40k
New Hampshire	260	0.4	0.4×	$45k
Wyoming	237	0.8	0.8×	$43k~

Top metro areas

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN6,730 jobs · $46k median
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ6,630 jobs · $47k median
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA4,770 jobs · $48k median
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD4,560 jobs · $47k median
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA4,230 jobs · $48k median
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL3,890 jobs · $45k median
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH3,460 jobs · $58k median
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX3,300 jobs · $43k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.