As of June 2026, Psychiatric Technicians has an AI-exposure score of 49/100 (Elevated exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.
Psychiatric Technicians
More exposed than 31% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$45,130. About 15,900 projected openings a year (BLS 2024–34 — growth plus replacement).
Pay & demand figures are US medians (BLS, in USD) — your local figures will differ. Your exposure score applies broadly.
How you compare to similar Healthcare roles
Your tasks, by AI exposure
- Issue medications from dispensary and maintain records in accordance with specified procedures.
- Take and record measures of patients' physical condition, using devices such as thermometers or blood pressure gauges.
- Restrain violent, potentially violent, or suicidal patients by verbal or physical means as required.
- Train or instruct new employees on procedures to follow with psychiatric patients.
- Monitor patients' physical and emotional well-being and report unusual behavior or physical ailments to medical staff.
- Contact patients' relatives to arrange family conferences.
- Aid patients in performing tasks, such as bathing or keeping beds, clothing, or living areas clean.
- Administer oral medications or hypodermic injections, following physician's prescriptions and hospital procedures.
- Interview new patients to complete admission forms, to assess their mental health status, or to obtain their mental health and treatment history.
- Encourage patients to develop work skills and to participate in social, recreational, or other therapeutic activities that enhance interpersonal skills or develop social relationships.
- Escort patients to medical appointments.
- Provide nursing, psychiatric, or personal care to patients with cognitive, intellectual, or developmental disabilities.
- Collaborate with or assist doctors, psychologists, or rehabilitation therapists in working with patients with cognitive, intellectual, or developmental disabilities to treat, rehabilitate, and return patients to the community.
- Lead prescribed individual or group therapy sessions as part of specific therapeutic procedures.
- Observe and influence patients' behavior, communicating and interacting with them and teaching, counseling, or befriending them.
- Develop or teach strategies to promote client wellness and independence.
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