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Psychiatric Technician Salary in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California

The annual salary statistics of psychiatric technicians in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of psychiatric technicians in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Psychiatric Technicians in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$64,710
25th Percentile Wage
$69,160
50th Percentile Wage
$75,990
75th Percentile Wage
$85,320
90th Percentile Wage
$98,510

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for psychiatric technicians in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $98,510. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $75,990. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $64,710.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of psychiatric technicians from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$75,990
1.18% 21.15%
2016
$75,090
14.90% -
2015
$63,900
4.16% -
2014
$61,240
2.50% -
2013
$59,710
-0.35% -
2012
$59,920
- -

Table 2. Compare Psychiatric Technician Salary in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $75,990 in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City 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-San Mateo-Redwood City is 7.4 percent (7.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura and 49.8 percent (49.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Oakland-Fremont-Hayward.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
$82,050
Napa
$78,800
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
$76,950
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City
$75,990
Stockton
$74,980
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$74,980
Salinas
$72,250
Vallejo-Fairfield
$69,540
Fresno
$65,690
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
$65,610
Visalia-Porterville
$65,600
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$61,750
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
$60,420
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
$58,740
Bakersfield-Delano
$58,160
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
$57,890
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$56,120
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine
$55,920
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
$55,790
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
$54,290
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$50,470
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
$50,160
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville
$47,880
Yuba City
$46,280
Modesto
$46,190
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward
$38,180