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Psychiatric Aides pay in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY and Redding, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Psychiatric Aides is $75,670 per year in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY. It is $44,700 per year in Redding, CA. Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY is 69.3% above Redding, CA 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 210 wage and salary jobs in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY and 40 in Redding, CA. 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
