Psychiatric Technicians
Attend to needs of individuals with mental or emotional conditions or disabilities in accordance with instructions of physicians or other health practitioners. Prepare reports for medical staff on patients emotional well-being, participate in rehabilitation and treatment programs, help patients with hygiene, and administer oral and injectable medications.
2038 Supply (SQ)
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2038 Demand (SQ)
193,670
2038 Gap
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2038 Elevated Need
286,800
Supply & demand trend — US Total, Total
HRSA scenarios · 8 lines
Each line is a separate HRSA projection. Blue = supply, red = demand. The two solid "Status Quo" lines are the baseline projections HRSA publishes; dashed lines are HRSA's own stress tests. Hover a line for the exact year value, or click a chip below to isolate it.
Demand scenarios
Methodology notes
- All values come directly from HRSA's Workforce_Projections_FullData.xlsx (FY2025 release).
- Values are rounded to the nearest 10 per HRSA disclosure convention.
- The chart shows every scenario HRSA publishes for this (profession, geography, rurality) tuple. Missing lines = scenario not applicable to this profession (e.g., Income Effect only applies to oral health; Unmet Need only to behavioral health).
- See Methodology & Sourcesfor HRSA's model assumptions and our extension plan.