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Psychiatric Technicians

SOC 29-2053 · 2024-2034

Care for individuals with mental or emotional conditions or disabilities, following the instructions of physicians or other health practitioners. Monitor patients' physical and emotional well-being and report to medical staff. May participate in rehabilitation and treatment programs, help with personal hygiene, and administer oral or injectable medications.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

The job this trains for

Typical pay in California
$50,516per year
Projected openings
16,680
Projected change
+27.5%
Usually needs
Postsecondary non-degree award

Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth

The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.

Skills this work uses most

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.

  1. Social Perceptiveness
  2. Active Listening
  3. Monitoring
  4. Coordination
  5. Speaking
  6. Reading Comprehension

Pay by region

RegionTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openings
Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County)$94,408310
Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County)$84,68050
Vallejo MSA (Solano County)$84,403190
San Rafael MD (Marin County)$84,00680
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties)$83,65370
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)$80,530500
Visalia MSA (Tulare County)$79,442240
Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties)$77,470420
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties)$73,269870
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County)$73,02250
North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties)$62,74030
El Centro MSA (Imperial County)$59,89530
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties)$54,718200
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)$52,828160
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County)$51,759460
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)$48,6872,130
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties)$46,264750
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County)$45,990660
Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties)$42,279150
Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County)Not reported130

Similar work

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.

The job this trains forTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openingsProjected change
Psychiatric Aides$48,7035,580+5.3%
Physical Therapist Aides$39,30112,050+20.3%
Physical Therapist Assistants$85,21518,930+41.1%
Occupational Therapy Assistants$83,8416,200+32.4%
Recreational Therapists$100,9181,870+15.8%
Paramedics$76,6783,120+15.7%

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