Salaries / Pharmacy Technician
Healthcare · SOC 29-2052
Pharmacy Technician salary
Pharmacy technicians help pharmacists dispense prescriptions to patients in retail and hospital pharmacies.
Median annual
$40,000
Median hourly
$19.20
Typical range
$30,000 to $56,000
Source: National estimate (to be replaced by live BLS data). Figures are gross pay and vary by location, employer, and experience.
The pay range, visually.
Low end (about the 10th percentile), median, and high end (about the 90th percentile).
By state
State figures are estimates derived from the national median and a state wage index, shown to give a rough sense of local differences.
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