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Behavioral health technician salary in Tennessee

Open behavioral health technician jobs in Tennessee post a median of $19.75 an hour, the middle half $17.50–$20.50 (about $41,100 a year full time), $2.25 below the national posted median. From 8 jobs at 6 employers that state their pay.

$19.75
Median posted /hr
$18–$21
Middle half /hr
$41,100
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$19.13
BLS median in TN
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Behavioral health technician jobs in Tennessee · Behavioral health technician pay nationwide

What behavioral health technicians are paid in Tennessee

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

Posted hourly rates of 8 open jobs in Tennessee. Lowest posted $15.50, highest $26.

Posted on open jobs in Tennessee

$17.50–$20.50/hr

Middle half of 8 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $19.75. 24% of the 34 open behavioral health technician jobs in Tennessee state an hourly rate.

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Behavioral health technician pay by employer in Tennessee

What each employer posts for behavioral health technicians here, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Acadia Healthcare$20.75$17–$222
Centerstone$16$15.50–$17.112
Embark Behavioral Health$22$18–$261
Universal Health Services$20$18–$221
Mental Health Cooperative$19.75$19.791
Youth Villages$18$17–$191

Median of each employer's jobs in Tennessee (a range at its midpoint), and its lowest and highest rate here. An employer's name opens its pay for behavioral health technicians nationwide when it has such a page.

Best-paid open behavioral health technician jobs in Tennessee

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

What BLS measures in Tennessee

What people employed in the occupation earned in the state, at every level of experience, from the BLS survey. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Tennessee. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Psychiatric Technicians (29-2053)$15.08 (source: BLS OEWS, Psychiatric Technicians, opens in a new tab)$17.02 (source: BLS OEWS, Psychiatric Technicians, opens in a new tab)$19.13 (source: BLS OEWS, Psychiatric Technicians, opens in a new tab)$23.23 (source: BLS OEWS, Psychiatric Technicians, opens in a new tab)$25.93 (source: BLS OEWS, Psychiatric Technicians, opens in a new tab)3,810 (source: BLS OEWS, Psychiatric Technicians, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Behavioral health technician salary in Tennessee: common questions

How much does a behavioral health technician make in Tennessee?

Open behavioral health technician jobs in Tennessee that state an hourly rate post a median of $19.75, the middle half $17.50–$20.50 (8 jobs from 6 employers). Full time that is about $41,100 a year. BLS measured a median of $19.13/hr ($39,800 a year) for people employed in the occupation in Tennessee (May 2025).

How does Tennessee compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in Tennessee ($19.75) is $2.25 below the national posted median of $22. In the BLS survey Tennessee ranks 39 of 49 by median wage.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 8 of 34 open behavioral health technician jobs in Tennessee (24%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Behavioral health technician pay in other states

Behavioral health technician salary nationwide →Every healthcare salary →

Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint. In the state's median and middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; a town's median follows the same rule. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. A state has a page while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate there. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Psychiatric Technicians (SOC 29-2053), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Psychiatric Technicians, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Psychiatric Technicians by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Behavioral health technician salary in Tennessee. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/behavioral-health-technician/tennessee

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