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Pharmacy Techs Salaries, Locations, and Schools



 

Employment Overview

Pharmacy techs in the US number about 285,000. Workers generally expect a very low unemployment rate. There were about 2% of employees without jobs in 2006.

Flexibility

Whether by choice or necessity, 21% of pharmacy techs work part-time.

Education

Obtaining moderate-term on-the-job training will help job seekers. Employees with four or more years of college are 16% of the total. An estimated 57% of pharmacy techs attended college at some level but did not pursue a 4-year degree. High school was enough education for 27% of workers.

Local Outlook

Where are jobs most numerous? Kankakee (Illinois), Gadsden (Alabama), and Dothan (Alabama). Least common? Dalton (Georgia), Oxnard (California), and Ithaca (New York). Salaries vary across the country, from highest in San Francisco (California), San Jose (California), and Santa Barbara (California) to lowest in Jonesboro (Arkansas), Gadsden (Alabama), and Owensboro (Kentucky).

Detailed local employment conditions for Pharmacy Techs in metro areas across the US are shown in the table below.


Local Jobs Info for Pharmacy Techs

Employment info for Pharmacy Techs, by metropolitan area (for 2006). A Market Strength rating of 1.0 means the city (and surroundings) has an average number of workers in the occupation for to its population. A higher number indicates relatively more workers for the occupation in that location.

StateCity and SurroundingsMarket StrengthWorkersMedian Wage
AlabamaAnniston1.46140$22,000
AlabamaAuburn1.74150$23,000
AlabamaBirmingham1.51,740$23,000
AlabamaDecatur2.09220$23,000
AlabamaDothan2.73360$23,000
AlabamaFlorence1.67170$22,000
AlabamaGadsden2.77170$20,000
AlabamaHuntsville1.1470$28,000
AlabamaMobile1.04400$25,000
AlabamaMontgomery1.41510$23,000
AlabamaTuscaloosa1.57260$26,000
AlaskaAnchorage1.06360$34,000
AlaskaFairbanks0.8450$33,000
ArizonaFlagstaff0.8690$29,000
ArizonaPhoenix1.064,590$29,000
ArizonaPrescott1.17150$32,000
ArizonaTucson1.19990$28,000
ArizonaYuma0.82100$27,000
ArkansasFayetteville1.01430$25,000
ArkansasFort Smith0.9220$25,000
ArkansasHot Springs2.32160$27,000
ArkansasJonesboro1.92180$21,000
ArkansasLittle Rock1.05770$24,000
ArkansasPine Bluff1.52100$22,000
CaliforniaBakersfield0.84480$34,000
CaliforniaChico1.5220$35,000
CaliforniaEl Centro0.9290$35,000
CaliforniaFresno0.77560$33,000
CaliforniaHanford1.1270$33,000
CaliforniaLos Angeles0.696,510$34,000
CaliforniaMadera2.53170$32,000
CaliforniaMerced0.85100$33,000
CaliforniaModesto0.96340$36,000
CaliforniaNapa0.87110$35,000
CaliforniaOakland0.681,580$39,000
CaliforniaOxnard0.43290$35,000
CaliforniaRedding1.4190$37,000
CaliforniaRiverside0.852,530$33,000
CaliforniaSacramento0.691,400$37,000
CaliforniaSalinas0.65210$38,000
CaliforniaSan Diego0.651,940$35,000
CaliforniaSan Francisco0.681,500$43,000
CaliforniaSan Jose0.631,300$40,000
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo0.88190$33,000
CaliforniaSanta Ana0.582,030$34,000
CaliforniaSanta Barbara0.7250$41,000
CaliforniaSanta Cruz1.01180$34,000
CaliforniaSanta Rosa0.91380$30,000
CaliforniaStockton1.14520$34,000
CaliforniaVallejo1.04270$37,000
CaliforniaVisalia1.1320$30,000
CaliforniaYuba City1.1490$37,000
ColoradoBoulder0.56190$32,000
ColoradoColorado Springs1.16650$28,000
ColoradoDenver0.691,930$32,000
ColoradoGrand Junction1.13130$30,000
ColoradoGreeley0.72110$29,000
ColoradoPueblo1.36140$27,000
ConnecticutBridgeport0.7680$30,000
ConnecticutDanbury0.71100$31,000
ConnecticutHartford0.861,100$30,000
ConnecticutNew Haven0.89540$34,000
ConnecticutNorwich0.85220$28,000
ConnecticutWaterbury1.2170$34,000
DelawareWilmington1.24900$25,000
District of ColumbiaWashington0.583,040$30,000
FloridaCape Coral1.13530$26,000
FloridaDeltona1.34460$26,000
FloridaFort Lauderdale1.182,000$29,000
FloridaFort Walton Beach1.28210$24,000
FloridaGainesville1.76410$26,000
FloridaJacksonville1.191,630$28,000
FloridaLakeland1.04450$27,000
FloridaMiami1.192,680$27,000
FloridaNaples0.84230$25,000
FloridaOcala1.89380$27,000
FloridaOrlando1.012,440$27,000
FloridaPalm Bay1.11480$24,000
FloridaPanama City1.35190$25,000
FloridaPensacola1.29430$27,000
FloridaPort St Lucie1.36380$26,000
FloridaPunta Gorda2.31180$25,000
FloridaSarasota0.82510$23,000
FloridaSebastian1.7160$25,000
FloridaTallahassee1.1390$27,000
FloridaTampa1.544,380$27,000
FloridaWest Palm Beach1.31,640$28,000
GeorgiaAlbany1.68200$24,000
GeorgiaAthens1.32200$24,000
GeorgiaAtlanta0.884,790$26,000
GeorgiaAugusta1.65730$30,000
GeorgiaBrunswick1.1790$27,000
GeorgiaColumbus1.33310$24,000
GeorgiaDalton0.580$24,000
GeorgiaGainesville0.99130$26,000
GeorgiaMacon1.45300$28,000
GeorgiaRome1.99140$23,000
GeorgiaSavannah1.17380$25,000
GeorgiaValdosta1.13110$24,000
GeorgiaWarner Robins1.66160$23,000
HawaiiHonolulu0.79750$34,000
IdahoBoise0.99580$29,000
IdahoCoeur Dalene1.32130$30,000
IdahoIdaho Falls1.19110$26,000
IdahoLewiston0.7630$25,000
IllinoisBloomington0.98130$24,000
IllinoisChampaign1.95350$25,000
IllinoisChicago1.028,930$28,000
IllinoisDanville2.4110$33,000
IllinoisDecatur2.44220$26,000
IllinoisKankakee2.84210$30,000
IllinoisPeoria2.11750$25,000
IllinoisRockford1.22390$23,000
IllinoisSpringfield2.07440$23,000
IndianaAnderson1.37100$27,000
IndianaBloomington1.21170$24,000
IndianaColumbus1.1390$24,000
IndianaElkhart0.58160$27,000
IndianaEvansville1.3490$24,000
IndianaFort Wayne1.03480$25,000
IndianaGary1.27780$26,000
IndianaIndianapolis1.092,170$28,000
IndianaKokomo1.96170$23,000
IndianaLafayette1.52230$26,000
IndianaMichigan City1.0890$24,000
IndianaMuncie1.39130$24,000
IndianaSouth Bend0.88260$27,000
IndianaTerre Haute1.54210$26,000
IowaAmes0.9670$25,000
IowaCedar Rapids0.98280$26,000
IowaDavenport1.29500$25,000
IowaDes Moines0.75530$26,000
IowaDubuque1.9200$26,000
IowaIowa City1.15160$27,000
IowaSioux City1.33190$24,000
IowaWaterloo1.38230$24,000
KansasLawrence1.55130$24,000
KansasTopeka1.2270$26,000
KansasWichita1.01670$25,000
KentuckyBowling Green1.46160$23,000
KentuckyElizabethtown1.55130$25,000
KentuckyLexington1.74930$25,000
KentuckyLouisville1.251,700$25,000
KentuckyOwensboro1.82170$20,000
LouisianaAlexandria1.81210$26,000
LouisianaBaton Rouge0.92730$24,000
LouisianaHouma0.68130$23,000
LouisianaLafayette1.03300$23,000
LouisianaLake Charles1.11200$25,000
LouisianaMonroe1.41220$24,000
LouisianaNew Orleans0.82910$26,000
LouisianaShreveport1.14410$26,000
MaineBangor1.17150$27,000
MaineLewiston1.15110$26,000
MainePortland1.27540$26,000
MarylandBaltimore0.962,790$29,000
MarylandBethesda0.67840$30,000
MarylandCumberland2.09140$24,000
MarylandHagerstown1.1230$25,000
MarylandSalisbury1.28130$26,000
MassachusettsBarnstable Town0.96200$28,000
MassachusettsBoston0.722,770$31,000
MassachusettsBrockton0.89160$27,000
MassachusettsFramingham0.68230$31,000
MassachusettsHaverhill1.26200$26,000
MassachusettsLawrence1.19140$27,000
MassachusettsLeominster0.9190$26,000
MassachusettsLowell0.8200$26,000
MassachusettsLynn1.2250$24,000
MassachusettsNew Bedford1.53190$25,000
MassachusettsPittsfield1.1780$29,000
MassachusettsSpringfield0.92610$28,000
MassachusettsWorcester0.98540$29,000
MichiganAnn Arbor1.6590$30,000
MichiganBattle Creek1.53150$25,000
MichiganBay City2.52160$28,000
MichiganDetroit1.412,350$30,000
MichiganFlint1.77540$26,000
MichiganGrand Rapids0.91770$27,000
MichiganHolland0.95210$27,000
MichiganJackson1.75190$25,000
MichiganKalamazoo1.23370$27,000
MichiganLansing0.99430$29,000
MichiganMonroe1.32100$26,000
MichiganMuskegon1.62200$26,000
MichiganNiles0.99120$28,000
MichiganSaginaw1.38230$29,000
MichiganWarren0.922,420$27,000
MinnesotaDuluth1.49400$27,000
MinnesotaMinneapolis0.883,610$30,000
MinnesotaRochester2.23380$34,000
MinnesotaSt Cloud1.17240$27,000
MississippiGulfport1.1240$26,000
MississippiHattiesburg1.39160$22,000
MississippiJackson0.87480$24,000
MississippiPascagoula1.0890$25,000
MissouriColumbia2.17360$24,000
MissouriJefferson City1140$24,000
MissouriJoplin1.51240$21,000
MissouriKansas City1.242,850$25,000
MissouriSpringfield1.98830$24,000
MissouriSt Louis1.464,480$25,000
MontanaBillings1.15190$26,000
MontanaGreat Falls1.0870$27,000
MontanaMissoula1.23130$29,000
NebraskaLincoln1.07360$26,000
NebraskaOmaha1.141,160$27,000
NevadaCarson City1.6790$33,000
NevadaLas Vegas0.751,590$32,000
NevadaReno0.83390$31,000
New HampshireManchester1.07220$25,000
New HampshireNashua1.03300$25,000
New HampshireRochester0.8390$22,000
New JerseyAtlantic City0.61180$27,000
New JerseyCamden11,200$26,000
New JerseyEdison0.811,860$27,000
New JerseyNewark0.892,030$29,000
New JerseyOcean City0.7660$27,000
New JerseyTrenton0.67320$28,000
New JerseyVineland0.6980$28,000
New MexicoAlbuquerque1.04890$28,000
New MexicoFarmington0.99100$30,000
New MexicoLas Cruces1.28150$25,000
New MexicoSanta Fe0.8590$27,000
New YorkAlbany0.83800$29,000
New YorkBinghamton0.61140$28,000
New YorkBuffalo0.941,120$26,000
New YorkElmira0.5640$28,000
New YorkGlens Falls0.7170$25,000
New YorkIthaca0.430$24,000
New YorkKingston0.6780$27,000
New YorkNassau0.641,810$29,000
New YorkNew York0.637,230$30,000
New YorkPoughkeepsie0.8420$28,000
New YorkRochester0.84940$25,000
New YorkSyracuse0.73490$26,000
New YorkUtica1.23330$30,000
North CarolinaAsheville1.15440$25,000
North CarolinaBurlington0.95110$24,000
North CarolinaCharlotte0.881,720$26,000
North CarolinaDurham1.33770$26,000
North CarolinaFayetteville1.48370$27,000
North CarolinaGoldsboro1.57120$24,000
North CarolinaGreensboro0.93770$24,000
North CarolinaGreenville1.78250$22,000
North CarolinaHickory1.28460$25,000
North CarolinaJacksonville1.290$22,000
North CarolinaRaleigh0.86970$25,000
North CarolinaRocky Mount1.51180$23,000
North CarolinaWilmington0.99300$23,000
North CarolinaWinston Salem1.53720$27,000
North DakotaBismarck0.7380$27,000
North DakotaFargo0.83200$28,000
North DakotaGrand Forks1.03100$31,000
OhioAkron0.89660$25,000
OhioCanton1.34490$25,000
OhioCincinnati0.972,250$25,000
OhioCleveland0.932,230$26,000
OhioColumbus1.092,270$26,000
OhioDayton1.04910$26,000
OhioLima1.31140$26,000
OhioMansfield2.14220$24,000
OhioSandusky1.0570$24,000
OhioSpringfield1.37130$26,000
OhioToledo1.26900$26,000
OhioYoungstown1.17610$22,000
OklahomaLawton2.18150$25,000
OklahomaOklahoma City1.261,590$24,000
OklahomaTulsa1.091,030$25,000
OregonBend1.01140$33,000
OregonCorvallis1.2470$30,000
OregonEugene1.22390$30,000
OregonMedford0.93160$31,000
OregonPortland0.982,290$33,000
OregonSalem0.98310$31,000
PennsylvaniaAllentown1.17860$25,000
PennsylvaniaAltoona1.56190$25,000
PennsylvaniaErie1.02280$25,000
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg1.09720$26,000
PennsylvaniaJohnstown1.31150$25,000
PennsylvaniaLancaster0.98500$25,000
PennsylvaniaLebanon1.38120$27,000
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia1.194,990$26,000
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh1.53,860$24,000
PennsylvaniaReading0.85300$25,000
PennsylvaniaScranton1.25710$24,000
PennsylvaniaState College0.84100$25,000
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport0.9190$23,000
PennsylvaniaYork1.01390$24,000
Rhode IslandProvidence0.991,290$30,000
South CarolinaAnderson1.53180$25,000
South CarolinaCharleston1.51960$26,000
South CarolinaColumbia1.12860$24,000
South CarolinaFlorence1.51270$23,000
South CarolinaGreenville1.16780$24,000
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach0.88220$26,000
South CarolinaSpartanburg1.46380$24,000
South CarolinaSumter1.3890$23,000
South DakotaRapid City1.06130$30,000
South DakotaSioux Falls1.26360$28,000
TennesseeChattanooga1.36660$27,000
TennesseeClarksville1.48230$26,000
TennesseeCleveland1.95140$25,000
TennesseeJackson1.31140$25,000
TennesseeJohnson City1.94300$24,000
TennesseeKingsport1.73410$24,000
TennesseeKnoxville1.51,100$26,000
TennesseeMemphis1.632,300$27,000
TennesseeMorristown1.76160$24,000
TennesseeNashville1.242,120$28,000
TexasAbilene1.67200$27,000
TexasAmarillo1.79370$27,000
TexasAustin0.971,630$29,000
TexasBeaumont1.22410$26,000
TexasBrownsville1.37350$24,000
TexasCollege Station0.94150$26,000
TexasCorpus Christi1.73640$26,000
TexasDallas0.884,120$29,000
TexasEl Paso1.31740$24,000
TexasFort Worth1.021,900$29,000
TexasHouston1.086,120$29,000
TexasKilleen1.29310$29,000
TexasLaredo1.05170$27,000
TexasLongview0.75140$28,000
TexasLubbock1.49360$26,000
TexasMcallen2.14970$25,000
TexasMidland1.06130$30,000
TexasOdessa1.32140$29,000
TexasSan Angelo1.48110$27,000
TexasSan Antonio1.532,790$28,000
TexasSherman1.58120$26,000
TexasTexarkana1.85180$24,000
TexasTyler1.18220$26,000
TexasVictoria1.43130$27,000
TexasWaco0.9180$32,000
TexasWichita Falls1.18130$28,000
UtahLogan1.1190$29,000
UtahOgden1.12460$29,000
UtahProvo1.02370$29,000
UtahSalt Lake City0.831,130$30,000
UtahSt George1.57150$29,000
VermontBurlington0.74170$29,000
VirginiaBlacksburg1.63180$25,000
VirginiaCharlottesville0.87170$29,000
VirginiaDanville1.63110$25,000
VirginiaHarrisonburg1.4150$25,000
VirginiaLynchburg1.14240$24,000
VirginiaRichmond0.921,250$26,000
VirginiaRoanoke1.21410$26,000
VirginiaVirginia Beach0.881,490$25,000
VirginiaWinchester1.64170$27,000
WashingtonBellingham0.87140$32,000
WashingtonBremerton1.11180$35,000
WashingtonKennewick0.9160$33,000
WashingtonLongview1.89120$34,000
WashingtonMount Vernon1.45120$35,000
WashingtonOlympia0.82160$34,000
WashingtonSeattle0.682,200$36,000
WashingtonSpokane0.95430$33,000
WashingtonTacoma1.11660$36,000
WashingtonWenatchee1.0380$34,000
WashingtonYakima0.91150$31,000
West VirginiaCharleston1.35420$22,000
West VirginiaHuntington1.85440$24,000
West VirginiaMorgantown1.71170$26,000
West VirginiaParkersburg1.22170$22,000
West VirginiaWeirton2.16170$22,000
West VirginiaWheeling1.46190$24,000
WisconsinAppleton1.12270$26,000
WisconsinEau Claire1.38210$27,000
WisconsinFond1.72140$27,000
WisconsinGreen Bay0.93330$27,000
WisconsinJanesville1.42190$26,000
WisconsinLa Crosse1.33190$25,000
WisconsinMadison1.22880$29,000
WisconsinMilwaukee0.991,910$28,000
WisconsinOshkosh1.24210$27,000
WisconsinRacine1.14180$26,000
WisconsinSheboygan1.06120$26,000
WisconsinWausau0.95130$27,000
WyomingCasper1.0170$27,000
WyomingCheyenne1.1990$30,000

 

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