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Behavioral health technician pay at Merakey

Merakey posts for behavioral health technicians, a median of across 12 open jobs that state their pay, $2.22 below the other employers post. Read from Merakey's own job board.

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What behavioral health technicians are paid at Merakey

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

Median $19.58 an hour. Middle half $18.20 to $20.26. Tap a bar for its count.

Posted hourly rates of 12 open jobs at Merakey. Lowest posted $16.50, highest $25.

Posted on open jobs at Merakey

$18.20–$20.26/hr

Middle half of the employer's 12 distinct posted rates, median $19.58. 52% of the 23 open behavioral health technician jobs at Merakey state an hourly rate.

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Every range Merakey posts

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

Merakey behavioral health technician pay by state

StateMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Pennsylvania$19.58$16.50–$2512

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

Against other employers

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

Merakey

$19.58/hr median

Middle half $18.20–$20.26, from 12 jobs stating pay.

261 other employers

$21.80/hr median

Middle half $20–$25, from 761 jobs stating pay.

Best-paid open behavioral health technician jobs at Merakey

Its open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight.

Behavioral health technician pay at Merakey: common questions

How much does Merakey pay behavioral health technicians?

Merakey's open behavioral health technician jobs post $16.50–$25 an hour, a median of $19.58 over 12 jobs that state pay (each job counted once). Full time that is about $40,700 a year. Postings state a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses.

Does Merakey pay behavioral health technicians more than other employers?

Its posted median ($19.58) is $2.22 below the median of 261 other employers' rates for behavioral health technicians ($21.80, middle half $20–$25). Pay differs by state, so compare within a state where the state table allows.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 12 of 23 open behavioral health technician jobs at Merakey (52%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

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 every night from each employer's own careers site, published 5 Nov 2026

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Behavioral health technician pay at Merakey. Data as of 5 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/behavioral-health-technician/merakey

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