Hiring/Nebraska/Psychiatric Technicians

Psychiatric Technicians hiring difficulty in Omaha, NE

Psychiatric Technicians in Omaha, NE is in the hard band, at 7.3 out of 10. The score is demand pressure against the local workforce, not a rarity rank. BLS projects 17.0 thousand openings a year for this occupation on a 161.5 thousand employment base in 2025, or 10.5 percent, and employment growth of 22.3 percent from 2025 to 2035. Those two national figures are the same in every metro for this occupation. This metro has a thicker supply of these workers than the national mix. The location quotient is 1.42 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). OEWS counts 1.438 of these jobs per 1,000 jobs in the metro. That count is shown here and is not a score input. Nebraska has 91 designated Mental Health shortage-area IDs, 4.5 per 100,000 civilian residents (HRSA, September 30, 2026). That state figure is used because this occupation practices in mental health. In Nebraska, the December 2025 job openings rate for all industries, statewide, was 3.5%, below the U.S. rate of 4.0% that same month. The statewide hiring pace was 36.1 days, shorter than the U.S. pace of 37.8 days (BLS JOLTS, total nonfarm). At $48,310 a year, the metro median is above the U.S. figure of $45,130 and under the Nebraska median of $57,370 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). OEWS counts 720 jobs in this occupation in the metro (May 2025). No workplace count is shown for Omaha. The provider-registry extract was built from Oklahoma and Texas city queries and stops at those metros. This set of 80 metros places Omaha at rank 54 for healthcare employment in practitioner and support occupations.