The annual salary statistics of psychiatric technicians in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of psychiatric technicians in Buffalo-Niagara Falls 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 | $27,350 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $27,350 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $29,280 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $30,840 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $43,890 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for psychiatric technicians in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $43,890. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $29,280. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $27,350.
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 | $29,280 | 2.12% | -6.11% |
| 2020 | $28,660 | -1.67% | - |
| 2019 | $29,140 | -19.73% | - |
| 2018 | $34,890 | -0.54% | - |
| 2017 | $35,080 | 11.43% | - |
| 2016 | $31,070 | 0.00% | - |
| 2012 | $31,070 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $29,280, Buffalo-Niagara Falls is the lowest paying city for psychiatric technicians in state of New York, following city of Nassau-Suffolk (median annual salary of $52,840). In comparison, the median annual salary of psychiatric technicians in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 44.6 percent (44.6%) lower than that in the highest paying city Nassau-Suffolk.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Nassau-Suffolk | |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown | |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island | |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne | |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy | |
| Rochester | |
| Central East New York nonmetropolitan area | |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls |