The annual salary statistics of psychiatric technicians in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of psychiatric technicians in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $39,420 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $49,160 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $57,890 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $73,820 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $85,200 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for psychiatric technicians in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $85,200. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $57,890. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $39,420.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of psychiatric technicians from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $57,890 | -13.82% | 4.85% |
| 2021 | $65,890 | 11.75% | - |
| 2020 | $58,150 | 8.31% | - |
| 2019 | $53,320 | 3.04% | - |
| 2018 | $51,700 | -15.61% | - |
| 2017 | $59,770 | -2.58% | - |
| 2016 | $61,310 | 4.75% | - |
| 2015 | $58,400 | 7.33% | - |
| 2014 | $54,120 | -7.93% | - |
| 2013 | $58,410 | 5.70% | - |
| 2012 | $55,080 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $57,890 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is in the middle of salary range for psychiatric technicians in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of psychiatric technicians in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 29.4 percent (29.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura and 34.0 percent (34.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Oakland-Fremont-Hayward.