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Psychiatric Technicians · SOC 29-2053

Psychiatric Technicians Salary in the Winston-Salem Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Winston-Salem, NC metro area

Figures describe the Winston-Salem, NC metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Winston-Salem city limits.

Median annual wage$40,290
Median hourly wage$19.37

Psychiatric Technicians in the Winston-Salem, NC metro area earned a median of $40,290 per year ($19.37 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $38,000 at the 10th percentile to $47,730 at the 90th. BLS estimates 390 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Psychiatric Technicians in the Winston-Salem metro area earn more than $40,290 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $38,000 and $46,760.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$38,000$38,000$40,290$46,760$47,730
Hourly$18.27$18.27$19.37$22.48$22.95

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Winston-Salem metro areathis metro area
    $40,290
  • North Carolinastate (NC)
    $40,630
  • United Statesnational
    $45,130

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −1% vs North Carolina overall and −11% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$29,190$51,320$73,450$95,580Alexandria, LA — $29,190Wheeling, WV-OH — $29,430Monroe, LA — $29,880Lafayette, LA — $30,210Fort Smith, AR-OK — $30,960Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $31,270Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $31,480Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $31,770Baton Rouge, LA — $32,010Montgomery, AL — $32,250Goldsboro, NC — $32,440Eau Claire, WI — $33,280Janesville-Beloit, WI — $34,070Wilmington, NC — $34,200Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $34,320Tyler, TX — $34,400Lake Charles, LA — $34,550Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $34,560Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $34,570Sheboygan, WI — $34,710Dothan, AL — $34,930Billings, MT — $35,030Amarillo, TX — $35,090Joplin, MO-KS — $35,120Charleston, WV — $35,150El Paso, TX — $35,540Decatur, IL — $35,830Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $35,930New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $36,120Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $36,350Decatur, AL — $36,560Green Bay, WI — $36,620Waco, TX — $36,660San Angelo, TX — $36,680Springfield, OH — $36,700Jackson, MS — $36,740Birmingham, AL — $36,820Johnstown, PA — $36,870Las Cruces, NM — $36,870Reading, PA — $36,990Terre Haute, IN — $37,090Killeen-Temple, TX — $37,110Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $37,200Port St. Lucie, FL — $37,260Mobile, AL — $37,270Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $37,280Jonesboro, AR — $37,330Tuscaloosa, AL — $37,410Corpus Christi, TX — $37,520Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $37,580Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $37,610Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $37,630Appleton, WI — $37,670La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $37,770El Centro, CA — $37,820Wichita, KS — $37,850Erie, PA — $37,860Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $37,990Huntsville, AL — $37,990North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $38,010Fayetteville, NC — $38,020Rochester, MN — $38,150Evansville, IN — $38,170San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $38,360Grand Forks, ND-MN — $38,480Youngstown-Warren, OH — $38,520Ocala, FL — $38,540Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $38,540Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $38,560Tallahassee, FL — $38,570Columbus, OH — $38,620St. George, UT — $38,620Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $38,640Gainesville, FL — $38,780Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $38,900Jackson, TN — $38,930Bismarck, ND — $38,990Fort Wayne, IN — $39,010Albuquerque, NM — $39,020Oklahoma City, OK — $39,060Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $39,210Lexington-Fayette, KY — $39,220Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $39,530Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $39,590Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $39,620Williamsport, PA — $39,650Chattanooga, TN-GA — $39,730Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $39,750Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $39,750Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $39,940Chambersburg, PA — $39,980Columbia, SC — $39,980Tulsa, OK — $40,130Winston-Salem, NC — $40,290Bloomington, IN — $40,320Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $40,340Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $40,380Clarksville, TN-KY — $40,390Bloomington, IL — $40,480Jacksonville, FL — $40,540Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $40,550Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $40,610Springfield, IL — $40,720Peoria, IL — $40,740South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $40,910Macon-Bibb County, GA — $40,940Columbus, IN — $40,990Rocky Mount, NC — $41,060Boise City, ID — $41,090Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $41,120Tucson, AZ — $41,140Topeka, KS — $41,220Toledo, OH — $41,240Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $41,330Pittsburgh, PA — $41,460Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $41,570Lexington Park, MD — $41,650Columbus, GA-AL — $41,730Rochester, NY — $41,770Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $41,890Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $41,940Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $41,970Naples-Marco Island, FL — $42,020Colorado Springs, CO — $42,280Akron, OH — $42,510Yuma, AZ — $42,560Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $42,590Kennewick-Richland, WA — $42,760Ogden, UT — $43,050York-Hanover, PA — $43,120Columbia, MO — $43,170Knoxville, TN — $43,190Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $43,320Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $43,590Champaign-Urbana, IL — $43,590Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $43,710Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $43,710Kansas City, MO-KS — $43,780Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $43,790Altoona, PA — $43,920Raleigh-Cary, NC — $44,000Bangor, ME — $44,060Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $44,100Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $44,110Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $44,450Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $44,500Greensboro-High Point, NC — $44,610Manchester-Nashua, NH — $44,660Cleveland, OH — $44,690Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $44,710Punta Gorda, FL — $44,770Roanoke, VA — $45,020Iowa City, IA — $45,210Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $45,220Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $45,310Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $45,360Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $45,440Savannah, GA — $45,530Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $45,670Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $45,770Springfield, MO — $45,840Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $46,060Flagstaff, AZ — $46,180Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $46,200Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $46,290Reno, NV — $46,390Springfield, MA — $46,540Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $46,550Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $46,550Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $46,560Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $46,920Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $47,340Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $47,420Flint, MI — $47,590Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $47,650Gainesville, GA — $47,690Pittsfield, MA — $47,730Bay City, MI — $47,780Portland-South Portland, ME — $47,780Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $47,810Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $47,860St. Louis, MO-IL — $47,970Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $47,980Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $48,040San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $48,120St. Cloud, MN — $48,190Fargo, ND-MN — $48,230Omaha, NE-IA — $48,310Richmond, VA — $48,320Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $48,370Modesto, CA — $48,390Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $48,470Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $49,670Pueblo, CO — $49,740Worcester, MA — $49,890Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $50,100Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $50,110Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $50,140Duluth, MN-WI — $50,490Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $50,840Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $51,370Anchorage, AK — $51,670Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $51,950Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $52,490Syracuse, NY — $52,840Fresno, CA — $53,680San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $54,640Urban Honolulu, HI — $55,150San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $55,550Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $57,360Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $57,570Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $57,610Eugene-Springfield, OR — $58,500New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $58,610Lincoln, NE — $59,570New Haven, CT — $59,930Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $62,400Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $62,590Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $63,510Madison, WI — $64,380Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $65,500Salem, OR — $66,840Ann Arbor, MI — $72,550Vallejo, CA — $76,120Visalia, CA — $76,700Napa, CA — $83,960Stockton-Lodi, CA — $95,580

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Winston-Salem metro area has the 134th-highest published median for this occupation among the 227 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in North Carolina

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for psychiatric technicians, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Winston-Salem metro areathis page
    $40,290
  • Hickory metro area
    $47,340
  • Greensboro metro area
    $44,610
  • Charlotte metro area
    $44,110
  • Durham metro area
    $44,100
  • Raleigh metro area
    $44,000
  • Rocky Mount metro area
    $41,060

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Registered Nurses$86,120Pharmacy Technicians$45,770Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses$62,970Physicians, All Other$74,700Pharmacists$135,710Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians$62,960

Highest-paying metro areas for psychiatric technicianss · Highest-paying occupations in Winston-Salem Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.