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Behavioral health technician jobs in Delaware

open behavioral health technician jobs in Delaware at . BLS measures a median of $18.47 an hour (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Psychiatric Technicians in Delaware) for psychiatric technicians here.

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Checked 5 Nov 2026, 08:17 UTC

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Where the behavioral health technician jobs are in Delaware

Towns with the most open jobs in this occupation. A town with a page lists every care job open there, by occupation.

What behavioral health technicians earn in Delaware

The hourly pay open jobs here post, beside what BLS measured people employed in the occupation earned in the state and its metro areas.

Posted on open jobs in Delaware

Too few open jobs here post an hourly rate for a typical range (it takes eight from three employers).

Measured by BLS in Delaware, May 2025

$18.47/hr ($38,410 a year) (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Psychiatric Technicians in Delaware)

Median for psychiatric technicians, against $21.70 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Psychiatric Technicians, national) for the whole US; 350 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Psychiatric Technicians in Delaware) employed in Delaware.

By metro area

  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$22.56/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD) · 4,560 (source: BLS OEWS, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD) employed

BLS OEWS May 2025 metropolitan area estimates for Psychiatric Technicians; areas that cross a state line list every state.

Employers hiring behavioral health technicians in Delaware

What the job takes

A high school diploma, often with some college in psychology; training is on the job.

  • Depends on the state

    Psychiatric technician license

    State board, in the few states that license them (California's BVNPT, for example). Most states do not license this job

Behavioral health technician jobs in Delaware: common questions

How much do behavioral health technicians make in Delaware?

Too few open behavioral health technician jobs in Delaware post an hourly rate for a typical posted range yet. BLS measured a median of $18.47/hr ($38,410 a year) for psychiatric technicians in Delaware (May 2025), against $21.70 nationally, 44th highest of 49 states and territories.

Where in Delaware are the most behavioral health technician jobs?

Dover (3), Lewes (1), New Castle (1) and Smyrna (1). A job open in several towns counts in each.

Who is hiring behavioral health technicians in Delaware?

By open jobs on this board: Universal Health Services (3), Delaware Guidance Services (1) and VitalCore Health Strategies (1). In all, 3 employers have behavioral health technician jobs open in Delaware.

What do you need to work as a behavioral health technician in Delaware?

A high school diploma, often with some college in psychology; training is on the job. Psychiatric technician license (State board, in the few states that license them (California's BVNPT, for example); most states do not license this job). Where a license is state-issued, it comes from Delaware's own board, unless a multistate compact covers it.

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Sources and method

A job counts here when one of its locations is in Delaware, once however many locations there it lists. Its occupation is read from its title. Posted pay is the middle half of the distinct hourly rates jobs here state (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), shown when at least three such rates from three employers stand behind it. BLS figures are as published for the state, never adjusted.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: open jobs in Delaware, read every night from each employer's own careers site, published 5 Nov 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Psychiatric Technicians (SOC 29-2053), every state, published 15 May 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Psychiatric Technicians, national, published 15 May 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Psychiatric Technicians by metropolitan area, published 15 May 2026
  5. Psychiatric technician license: State board, in the few states that license them (California's BVNPT, for example)

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Behavioral health technician jobs in Delaware. Data as of 5 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/occupations/behavioral-health-technician/delaware

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