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Behavioral health technician pay at Acadia Healthcare

Acadia Healthcare posts $15–$23 an hour for behavioral health technicians, a median of $20.25 across 5 open jobs that state their pay, $1.75 below the $22 other employers post. Read from Acadia Healthcare's own job board.

$20.25
Median posted /hr
$15–$23
Lowest to highest /hr
$42,100
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$22
Other employers' median

The jobs themselves: Acadia Healthcare jobs · Behavioral health technician pay nationwide · About Acadia Healthcare

What behavioral health technicians are paid at Acadia Healthcare

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Posted hourly rates of 5 open jobs at Acadia Healthcare. Lowest posted $15, highest $23.

Posted on open jobs at Acadia Healthcare

$19.50–$20.50/hr

Middle half of the employer's 5 jobs stating pay, median $20.25. 42% of the 12 open behavioral health technician jobs at Acadia Healthcare state an hourly rate.

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Every range Acadia Healthcare posts

Each distinct hourly range on its open jobs, with how many jobs post it. Pay differs by unit, shift and experience.

Acadia Healthcare behavioral health technician pay by state

StateMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Tennessee$20.75$17–$222
Massachusetts$20.50$18–$231
Texas$16$15–$171
Virginia$20.25$20–$20.451

A state's name opens what every employer posts for behavioral health technicians there, when enough do.

Against other employers

Acadia Healthcare's own jobs beside every other employer's rates for behavioral health technicians (each of their advertised ranges once).

Acadia Healthcare

$20.25/hr median

Middle half $19.50–$20.50, from 5 jobs stating pay.

153 other employers

$22/hr median

Middle half $20–$25, from 463 jobs stating pay.

Best-paid open behavioral health technician jobs at Acadia Healthcare

Its open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight.

Behavioral health technician pay at Acadia Healthcare: common questions

How much does Acadia Healthcare pay behavioral health technicians?

Acadia Healthcare's open behavioral health technician jobs post $15–$23 an hour, a median of $20.25 over 5 jobs that state pay (each job counted once). Full time that is about $42,100 a year. Postings state a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses.

Does Acadia Healthcare pay behavioral health technicians more than other employers?

Its posted median ($20.25) is $1.75 below the median of 153 other employers' rates for behavioral health technicians ($22, middle half $20–$25). Pay differs by state, so compare within a state where the state table allows.

Where does Acadia Healthcare pay behavioral health technicians the most?

By the median of its jobs in each state: Tennessee ($20.75, 2 jobs), Massachusetts ($20.50, 1 jobs) and Virginia ($20.25, 1 jobs).

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 5 of 12 open behavioral health technician jobs at Acadia Healthcare (42%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Other pay at Acadia Healthcare

Behavioral health technician pay at other employers

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Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint, every job of the employer counted once. The other employers' figures count each of their advertised ranges once. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. An employer has a page while it states a rate on at least 5 open jobs in the occupation. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Behavioral health technician pay at Acadia Healthcare. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/behavioral-health-technician/acadia-healthcare

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