Start with the answer
Psychiatric Aides pay in Bloomington, IN and Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Psychiatric Aides is $39,100 per year in Bloomington, IN. It is $75,670 per year in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY. Bloomington, IN is 48.3% below Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 31-1133 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 90 wage and salary jobs in Bloomington, IN and 210 in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings