The annual salary statistics of psychiatric technicians in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of psychiatric technicians in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles 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 | $45,490 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $59,980 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $76,950 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $76,980 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $77,000 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for psychiatric technicians in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $77,000. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $76,950. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $45,490.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of psychiatric technicians from 2012 to 2021.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 9-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $76,950 | 17.52% | 23.44% |
| 2020 | $63,470 | -10.29% | - |
| 2019 | $70,000 | -0.19% | - |
| 2018 | $70,130 | 15.23% | - |
| 2017 | $59,450 | 0.91% | - |
| 2016 | $58,910 | -0.95% | - |
| 2015 | $59,470 | 0.94% | - |
| 2012 | $58,910 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $76,950 in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles is in the middle of salary range for psychiatric technicians in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of psychiatric technicians in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles is 6.2 percent (6.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura and 50.4 percent (50.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Oakland-Fremont-Hayward.