The annual salary statistics of psychiatric technicians in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of psychiatric technicians in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 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 | $43,580 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $49,880 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $58,740 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $72,470 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $73,190 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for psychiatric technicians in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $73,190. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $58,740. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $43,580.
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 | $58,740 | -14.06% | 23.68% |
| 2021 | $67,000 | -2.04% | - |
| 2020 | $68,370 | 0.15% | - |
| 2019 | $68,270 | 6.90% | - |
| 2018 | $63,560 | -10.35% | - |
| 2017 | $70,140 | 7.36% | - |
| 2016 | $64,980 | 5.39% | - |
| 2015 | $61,480 | 5.64% | - |
| 2014 | $58,010 | 19.48% | - |
| 2013 | $46,710 | 4.02% | - |
| 2012 | $44,830 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $58,740 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is in the middle of salary range for psychiatric technicians in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of psychiatric technicians in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 28.4 percent (28.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura and 35.0 percent (35.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Oakland-Fremont-Hayward.