Psychiatric Technicians in Arkansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,179
after federal, FICA and Arkansas tax
Tax takes
$5,751
16.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,886
Arkansas costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Arkansas — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$35,930
Kept after tax
$30,179
Worth in national money
$34,886
State rank
46
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Arkansas pays psychiatric technicians a middle wage of $35,930, 46 of 49 states and about 20.39% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Arkansas this is lower-paid work. Of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, psychiatric technicians ranks 404. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Arkansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $35,930 the take-home is $30,179; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $34,886 would nationally. The average comes to $35,980, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Arkansas's $35,930 median for psychiatric technicians places it 46 of 49 states, about 20.39% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Arkansas reports, psychiatric technicians ranks 404 of 489, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Post-tax income for psychiatric technicians in Arkansas, on $35,930, is $30,179 — equivalent to $34,886 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $35,980 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Psychiatric Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,790 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,930 |
| Top tenth earn over | $44,130 |
| This salary | $35,930 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Arkansas | $30,179 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,050 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,933 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $34,846 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,548 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Arkansas earn less than $35,930. The published range is $29,790 up to $44,130, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Arkansas the take-home figure of $30,179, from $35,930, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 404 of 489 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $34,886 uses one figure for the whole of Arkansas. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 489 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 404.
- Reported values are medians; for psychiatric technicians in Arkansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $29,790 to $44,130. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Arkansas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $30,179 from $35,930. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 404 of 489 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $34,886, worked from $35,930, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Arkansas address, on work sitting at 404 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $29,790 at the bottom tenth to $44,130 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $34,886.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Arkansas adds its own income tax on top — which is why $30,179 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($29,790 to $44,130) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Arkansas rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Arkansas's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $34,886 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $30,179 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Arkansas income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.