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Hiring difficulty · Oklahoma City, OK

Psychiatric Technicians hiring difficulty in Oklahoma City, OK

Psychiatric Technicians in Oklahoma City, OK lands at 9.5 out of 10, in the hard band of the public market difficulty score. This occupation is a smaller share of jobs in Oklahoma City than it is nationwide. The location quotient is 0.39 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). In Oklahoma, the December 2025 job openings rate for all industries, statewide, was 5.3%, above the U.S. rate of 4.0% that same month. The statewide hiring pace was 44.6 days, longer than the U.S. pace of 37.8 days (BLS JOLTS, total nonfarm). The metro median is $39,060 a year, under the U.S. median of $45,130 and within 3 percent of the Oklahoma median of $39,060 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). OEWS counts 270 jobs in this occupation in the metro (May 2025). Healthcare workplaces in the metro (all provider types): the extract holds 1,234 organization records with a practice ZIP in this metro (retrieved September 28, 2026). That count is the same for every role in Oklahoma City. This set of 80 metros places Oklahoma City at rank 45 for healthcare employment in practitioner and support occupations.

Public market difficulty score
9.5
Hard

Average of three ranked components, shown to one decimal. How this score is built

Key numbers

Metro median pay
$39,060
Oklahoma $39,060 · U.S. $45,130. BLS OEWS, May 2025, annual wage.
Local 75th percentile
$43,910
Oklahoma $44,650 · U.S. $50,160. BLS OEWS, May 2025.
Statewide hiring pace
44.6 days
All industries, Oklahoma, December 2025. U.S. pace 37.8 days that month. BLS JOLTS total nonfarm. Levels: 101 thousand openings and 69 thousand hires.
Statewide openings rate
5.3%
All industries, Oklahoma, December 2025. U.S. rate 4.0% that month. BLS JOLTS total nonfarm. Statewide figure, for every industry in the state.
Healthcare workplaces in the metro (all provider types)
1,234
Same number for every role in this metro. CMS NPPES organization records with a practice ZIP here, retrieved September 28, 2026. Provider types on file: clinics, home health, hospitals, pharmacies, physical therapy, rehabilitation, skilled nursing. Oklahoma and Texas city snapshot, so this is records on file, not a count for this occupation.

JOLTS on this page is a statewide, all-industry figure. It is the same number for every role in Oklahoma. It is a December 2025 print, matched to the U.S. total-nonfarm print for that month.

Annual pay

Metro employment 270 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). Location quotient 0.39. Metro area: Oklahoma City, OK.

PercentileMetroOKU.S.
25th$36,970$36,190$38,430
Median$39,060$39,060$45,130
75th$43,910$44,650$50,160

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Unpublished cells stay blank here.

Score components

ComponentInputScoreReading
Local supply0.399.7Location quotient, BLS OEWS, May 2025. Lower quotient, higher component. Ranked among the 1,953 published pages.
Statewide openings rate5.3%9.7Total nonfarm, all industries, Oklahoma, December 2025. Higher rate, higher component. Ranked among 51 states and DC.
Statewide hiring pace44.6 days9.0Openings ÷ hires × 365.25 ÷ 12, from 101 thousand openings and 69 thousand hires. Higher days, higher component.

Shown score 9.5 is the average, rounded half up to one decimal. Full method

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