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Pharmacy Technicians
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Job Numbers and Growth
There are about 285,000 for pharmacy technicians in the US. For this occupation the level of unemployment is relatively very low.
Part-Time Work and Self-Employment
Of those surveyed, 21% of employees work part-time.
Training and Education
Prior to starting this profession, consider obtaining moderate-term on-the-job training. Government data shows that 16% of workers have a bachelor's degree or higher. Those who have gone to college, but don't have a degree make up 57% of employees. For 27% of pharmacy technicians a high-school education was all they required. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.
Area Job Conditions
The cities with the most workers jobs, compared to the population, are Gadsden (Alabama), Madera (California), and Kokomo (Indiana). Fewer are found in Framingham (Massachusetts), Oxnard (California), and Portsmouth (New Hampshire).
Employees earn higher incomes in San Francisco (California), San Jose (California), and Oakland (California), and lower incomes in Rocky Mount (North Carolina), Weirton (West Virginia), and Owensboro (Kentucky).
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Pharmacy Technicians: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area
The table below shows data for Pharmacy Technicians, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Pharmacy Technicians are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Pharmacy Technicians are starred .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Anniston 120 $22,390 1.2 Alabama Auburn 140 $24,390 1.5 Alabama Birmingham 1,890 $23,670 1.5 Alabama Decatur 220 $23,740 1.9 Alabama Dothan 230 $24,340 1.8 Alabama Florence 210 $24,640 1.9 Alabama Gadsden 210 $21,960 3Alabama Huntsville 510 $27,170 1 Alabama Mobile 490 $24,660 1.1 Alabama Montgomery 570 $25,690 1.4 Alabama Tuscaloosa 250 $25,260 1.2 Alaska Anchorage 420 $36,500 1.1 Alaska Fairbanks 50 $37,180 0.8 Arizona Flagstaff 100 $30,250 0.8 Arizona Kingman 150 $29,770 1.4 Arizona Phoenix 4,690 $29,430 1 Arizona Prescott 210 $33,240 1.6 Arizona Tucson 1,270 $28,020 1.4 Arizona Yuma 110 $26,800 0.8 Arkansas Fayetteville 510 $25,570 1.1 Arkansas Fort Smith 230 $25,250 0.9 Arkansas Hot Springs 170 $27,920 2.2Arkansas Jonesboro 210 $23,160 2Arkansas Little Rock 860 $24,390 1.1 Arkansas Pine Bluff 100 $22,480 1.5 California Bakersfield 630 $35,090 1 California Chico 250 $36,180 1.6 California El Centro 100 $34,730 0.9 California Fresno 800 $31,900 1 California Hanford 130 $35,890 2.2California Madera 190 $30,990 2.5California Merced 90 $33,450 0.7 California Modesto 440 $36,260 1.1 California Napa 100 $36,170 0.7 California Oakland 1,860 $40,030 0.7 California Oxnard 300 $36,210 0.4 California Redding 210 $33,860 1.4 California Riverside 2,980 $33,450 1 California Sacramento 1,420 $36,360 0.7 California Salinas 260 $36,310 0.7 California San Diego 2,370 $36,110 0.7 California San Francisco 1,570 $42,660 0.6 California San Jose 1,460 $40,110 0.6 California San Luis Obispo 190 $35,660 0.8 California Santa Ana 2,620 $36,480 0.7 California Santa Barbara 250 $37,810 0.6 California Santa Cruz 190 $37,950 1 California Santa Rosa 260 $37,410 0.6 California Stockton 530 $36,060 1.1 California Vallejo 340 $35,550 1.2 California Visalia 290 $30,860 0.9 California Yuba City 110 $35,750 1.4 Colorado Boulder 200 $32,480 0.5 Colorado Colorado Springs 700 $29,860 1.2 Colorado Denver 2,210 $32,880 0.7 Colorado Fort Collins 300 $33,120 1.1 Colorado Grand Junction 120 $29,820 1 Colorado Greeley 120 $29,550 0.7 Colorado Pueblo 170 $28,010 1.5 Connecticut Bridgeport 640 $29,640 0.6 Connecticut Danbury 90 $29,410 0.6 Connecticut Hartford 1,230 $30,760 0.9 Connecticut New Haven 570 $34,280 0.9 Connecticut Norwich 210 $28,780 0.7 Connecticut Waterbury 180 $32,290 1.2 Delaware Dover 220 $25,450 1.9 Delaware Wilmington 1,100 $27,870 1.4 District of Columbia Washington 3,430 $30,610 0.6 Florida Cape Coral 570 $27,510 1.2 Florida Deltona 580 $25,760 1.6 Florida Fort Lauderdale 2,030 $29,690 1.1 Florida Fort Walton Beach 200 $24,910 1.2 Florida Gainesville 420 $26,840 1.6 Florida Jacksonville 1,500 $30,030 1 Florida Lakeland 470 $26,460 1 Florida Miami 2,590 $28,830 1.1 Florida Naples 340 $28,650 1.2 Florida Ocala 410 $28,540 1.9 Florida Orlando 2,460 $28,600 1 Florida Palm Bay 440 $25,940 1 Florida Panama City 160 $26,340 1.1 Florida Pensacola 420 $26,690 1.2 Florida Port St Lucie 420 $27,220 1.4 Florida Punta Gorda 190 $26,240 2.3Florida Sarasota 570 $25,020 0.9 Florida Sebastian 150 $25,630 1.5 Florida Tallahassee 420 $26,850 1.1 Florida Tampa 3,780 $26,790 1.3 Florida West Palm Beach 1,470 $27,620 1.1 Georgia Albany 230 $25,050 1.7 Georgia Athens 220 $25,290 1.3 Georgia Atlanta 5,090 $27,590 0.9 Georgia Augusta 750 $25,560 1.6 Georgia Brunswick 80 $27,430 0.9 Georgia Columbus 320 $25,180 1.3 Georgia Dalton 90 $25,160 0.5 Georgia Gainesville 160 $27,150 1 Georgia Hinesville 30 $28,710 1.3 Georgia Macon 360 $28,340 1.6 Georgia Rome 140 $24,370 1.9 Georgia Savannah 330 $26,690 1 Georgia Valdosta 130 $24,850 1.1 Georgia Warner Robins 190 $23,200 1.8 Hawaii Honolulu 660 $35,750 0.6 Idaho Coeur Dalene 140 $31,080 1.2 Idaho Idaho Falls 140 $27,850 1.4 Idaho Lewiston 40 $26,670 0.9 Idaho Pocatello 60 $28,550 1 Illinois Bloomington 160 $28,060 1 Illinois Champaign 340 $26,100 1.6 Illinois Chicago 9,700 $28,950 1 Illinois Danville 100 $30,590 2 Illinois Decatur 160 $27,750 1.6 Illinois Kankakee 150 1.9 Illinois Peoria 740 $25,840 1.9 Illinois Rockford 390 $26,580 1.1 Illinois Springfield 440 $23,810 1.9 Indiana Anderson 130 $25,350 1.6 Indiana Bloomington 180 $23,910 1.2 Indiana Columbus 90 $24,040 1 Indiana Elkhart 160 $26,370 0.5 Indiana Evansville 490 $24,600 1.2 Indiana Fort Wayne 550 $25,410 1.1 Indiana Gary 830 $27,030 1.2 Indiana Indianapolis 2,410 $28,450 1.1 Indiana Kokomo 180 $23,770 2.5Indiana Lafayette 230 $26,650 1.4 Indiana Michigan City 100 $25,960 1.1 Indiana Muncie 180 $24,680 1.9 Indiana South Bend 260 $27,770 0.8 Indiana Terre Haute 180 $26,410 1.2 Iowa Ames 70 $25,640 0.9 Iowa Cedar Rapids 330 $27,940 1.1 Iowa Davenport 500 $23,910 1.2 Iowa Des Moines 690 $26,620 0.9 Iowa Dubuque 200 $27,280 1.8 Iowa Iowa City 310 $31,100 2 Iowa Sioux City 140 $26,540 0.9 Iowa Waterloo 190 $25,360 1 Kansas Lawrence 120 $24,020 1.3 Kansas Topeka 390 $25,360 1.6 Kansas Wichita 750 $25,520 1 Kentucky Bowling Green 180 $23,310 1.5 Kentucky Elizabethtown 150 $25,450 1.6 Kentucky Lexington 920 $25,440 1.6 Kentucky Louisville 1,920 $25,580 1.3 Kentucky Owensboro 200 $20,720 2 Louisiana Alexandria 200 $25,920 1.6 Louisiana Baton Rouge 770 $25,940 0.9 Louisiana Houma 200 $24,160 0.9 Louisiana Lafayette 330 $24,670 1 Louisiana Lake Charles 250 $26,180 1.3 Louisiana Monroe 250 $25,410 1.4 Louisiana New Orleans 1,180 $28,390 1 Louisiana Shreveport 440 $26,360 1.1 Maine Bangor 140 $27,540 1 Maine Lewiston 120 $26,510 1.2 Maine Portland 430 $27,200 0.9 Maryland Baltimore 2,790 $29,680 0.9 Maryland Bethesda 940 $32,340 0.7 Maryland Cumberland 130 $26,110 1.8 Maryland Hagerstown 250 $26,440 1.1 Maryland Salisbury 130 $27,740 1.2 Massachusetts Barnstable Town 170 $30,560 0.7 Massachusetts Boston 3,020 $33,170 0.7 Massachusetts Brockton 270 $28,520 1.4 Massachusetts Framingham 190 $27,560 0.5 Massachusetts Haverhill 200 $28,120 1.2 Massachusetts Lawrence 100 $27,470 0.8 Massachusetts Leominster 170 $25,850 1.6 Massachusetts Lowell 290 $28,390 1 Massachusetts New Bedford 200 $26,290 1.4 Massachusetts Springfield 670 $28,010 0.9 Massachusetts Worcester 530 $30,890 0.9 Michigan Ann Arbor 600 $30,880 1.6 Michigan Battle Creek 160 $25,630 1.6 Michigan Bay City 150 $27,490 2.1Michigan Detroit 2,210 $30,070 1.3 Michigan Flint 560 $26,310 1.8 Michigan Grand Rapids 750 $28,580 0.8 Michigan Holland 150 $27,700 0.7 Michigan Jackson 220 $27,680 2 Michigan Kalamazoo 430 $25,380 1.4 Michigan Lansing 530 $31,080 1.2 Michigan Monroe 100 $26,270 1.2 Michigan Muskegon 220 $26,890 1.7 Michigan Niles 110 $27,310 0.8 Michigan Saginaw 240 $28,500 1.4 Michigan Warren 2,640 $27,230 0.9 Minnesota Duluth 510 $29,550 1.7 Minnesota Minneapolis 4,170 $31,330 0.9 Minnesota Rochester 420 $33,800 2Minnesota St Cloud 250 $29,500 1.1 Mississippi Gulfport 270 $27,390 1.1 Mississippi Hattiesburg 250 $23,360 2Mississippi Jackson 490 $25,820 0.8 Mississippi Pascagoula 120 $26,600 1.2 Missouri Columbia 370 $23,360 2Missouri Jefferson City 110 $24,180 0.7 Missouri Joplin 300 $21,710 1.7 Missouri Kansas City 3,370 $24,670 1.3 Missouri Springfield 820 $24,150 1.8 Missouri St Joseph 210 $24,540 2 Missouri St Louis 4,970 $25,650 1.5 Montana Billings 200 $27,360 1.1 Montana Great Falls 90 $27,440 1.3 Montana Missoula 100 $29,030 0.9 Nebraska Lincoln 350 $24,320 0.9 Nebraska Omaha 1,130 $27,400 1 Nevada Carson City 100 $32,230 1.9 Nevada Las Vegas 1,880 $34,250 0.8 Nevada Reno 400 $32,160 0.8 New Hampshire Manchester 210 $30,660 0.9 New Hampshire Nashua 310 $27,120 1 New Hampshire Portsmouth 50 $31,640 0.4 New Hampshire Rochester 120 $23,490 1 New Jersey Atlantic City 190 $28,270 0.6 New Jersey Camden 1,210 $27,880 0.9 New Jersey Edison 1,790 $28,920 0.7 New Jersey Newark 2,230 $29,120 0.9 New Jersey Ocean City 80 $27,840 0.9 New Jersey Trenton 370 $28,090 0.7 New Jersey Vineland 90 $27,510 0.7 New Mexico Albuquerque 1,340 $29,300 1.4 New Mexico Farmington 100 $28,730 0.9 New Mexico Las Cruces 100 $31,270 0.8 New Mexico Santa Fe 110 $28,190 0.8 New York Albany 800 $29,130 0.8 New York Binghamton 180 $28,770 0.7 New York Buffalo 1,120 $26,450 0.9 New York Elmira 50 $26,960 0.7 New York Glens Falls 120 $28,530 1.1 New York Ithaca 70 $27,210 0.8 New York Kingston 100 $27,660 0.8 New York Nassau 2,030 $29,750 0.7 New York New York 6,860 $31,240 0.5 New York Poughkeepsie 460 $26,870 0.8 New York Rochester 1,050 $25,120 0.9 New York Syracuse 540 $27,050 0.7 New York Utica 240 $30,100 0.8 North Carolina Asheville 530 $26,660 1.3 North Carolina Burlington 140 $25,040 1.1 North Carolina Charlotte 2,080 $25,390 1 North Carolina Durham 780 $28,130 1.2 North Carolina Fayetteville 370 $28,470 1.3 North Carolina Goldsboro 110 $25,030 1.4 North Carolina Greensboro 700 $25,010 0.8 North Carolina Greenville 290 $23,710 1.9 North Carolina Hickory 500 $25,880 1.3 North Carolina Jacksonville 100 $22,910 1.2 North Carolina Raleigh 1,020 $26,500 0.8 North Carolina Rocky Mount 140 $21,800 1.1 North Carolina Wilmington 290 $24,200 0.9 North Carolina Winston Salem 690 $26,810 1.4 North Dakota Bismarck 90 $28,690 0.7 North Dakota Fargo 250 $27,920 0.9 North Dakota Grand Forks 110 $33,240 1.1 Ohio Akron 670 $24,710 0.8 Ohio Canton 450 $25,570 1.1 Ohio Cincinnati 2,650 $25,440 1 Ohio Cleveland 2,770 $27,900 1.1 Ohio Columbus 2,430 $26,220 1.1 Ohio Dayton 990 $26,910 1.1 Ohio Lima 130 $26,380 1.2 Ohio Mansfield 150 $25,040 1.4 Ohio Sandusky 70 $24,910 1 Ohio Springfield 130 $27,130 1.3 Ohio Toledo 940 $27,710 1.3 Ohio Youngstown 660 $22,550 1.2 Oklahoma Lawton 130 $25,520 1.7 Oklahoma Oklahoma City 1,590 $24,310 1.2 Oklahoma Tulsa 1,040 $24,710 1 Oregon Bend 150 $33,860 1 Oregon Corvallis 70 $31,330 1.1 Oregon Eugene 440 $31,590 1.3 Oregon Medford 200 $33,250 1.1 Oregon Portland 2,440 $33,710 1 Oregon Salem 360 $30,920 1 Pennsylvania Allentown 950 $26,340 1.2 Pennsylvania Altoona 200 $25,750 1.6 Pennsylvania Erie 280 $27,640 1 Pennsylvania Harrisburg 670 $27,410 0.9 Pennsylvania Johnstown 170 $23,620 1.4 Pennsylvania Lancaster 520 $25,680 0.9 Pennsylvania Lebanon 120 $28,580 1.2 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 5,150 $27,190 1.1 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 3,860 $25,780 1.4 Pennsylvania Reading 410 $25,920 1.1 Pennsylvania Scranton 610 $26,220 1 Pennsylvania State College 80 $27,420 0.7 Pennsylvania Williamsport 90 $24,410 0.8 Pennsylvania York 320 $24,730 0.8 Rhode Island Providence 1,540 $30,220 1.1 South Carolina Anderson 180 $26,380 1.4 South Carolina Charleston 1,000 $27,350 1.4 South Carolina Columbia 970 $25,070 1.1 South Carolina Florence 280 $25,430 1.5 South Carolina Greenville 860 $24,510 1.2 South Carolina Myrtle Beach 270 $26,230 1 South Carolina Spartanburg 410 $26,260 1.5 South Carolina Sumter 90 $26,230 1.3 South Dakota Rapid City 190 $29,660 1.4 South Dakota Sioux Falls 430 $28,070 1.3 Tennessee Chattanooga 740 $27,070 1.3 Tennessee Clarksville 230 $25,760 1.4 Tennessee Cleveland 150 $26,200 2.1Tennessee Jackson 180 $25,920 1.5 Tennessee Johnson City 290 $25,950 1.8 Tennessee Kingsport 480 $24,460 1.8 Tennessee Knoxville 1,180 $27,700 1.5 Tennessee Memphis 2,420 $28,320 1.6 Tennessee Morristown 190 $24,330 1.9 Tennessee Nashville 2,180 $29,760 1.2 Texas Abilene 150 $27,380 1.1 Texas Amarillo 380 $27,820 1.7 Texas Austin 2,050 $29,850 1.1 Texas Beaumont 400 $28,470 1.1 Texas Brownsville 430 $24,850 1.5 Texas College Station 210 $27,830 1.2 Texas Corpus Christi 620 $25,660 1.5 Texas Dallas 5,270 $29,550 1 Texas El Paso 810 $24,830 1.3 Texas Fort Worth 2,040 $30,220 1 Texas Houston 6,830 $29,060 1.1 Texas Killeen 400 $29,250 1.5 Texas Laredo 210 $26,230 1.1 Texas Longview 170 $27,740 0.8 Texas Lubbock 360 $26,870 1.3 Texas Mcallen 870 $25,690 1.7 Texas Midland 130 $26,900 0.9 Texas Odessa 150 $28,310 1.2 Texas San Angelo 130 $28,540 1.5 Texas San Antonio 3,090 $28,990 1.5 Texas Sherman 100 $29,020 1.2 Texas Texarkana 190 $24,990 1.6 Texas Tyler 240 $27,190 1.2 Texas Victoria 120 $27,710 1.2 Texas Waco 180 $29,330 0.8 Texas Wichita Falls 130 $29,360 1.1 Utah Logan 100 $28,550 1 Utah Ogden 520 $30,270 1.1 Utah Provo 350 $29,590 0.9 Utah Salt Lake City 1,360 $31,870 0.9 Utah St George 180 $30,100 1.8 Vermont Burlington 220 $30,360 0.9 Virginia Blacksburg 210 $24,730 1.6 Virginia Charlottesville 200 $28,760 1 Virginia Danville 90 $25,120 1.3 Virginia Harrisonburg 170 $25,910 1.5 Virginia Lynchburg 260 $24,270 1.1 Virginia Richmond 1,130 $28,270 0.8 Virginia Roanoke 420 $26,600 1.1 Virginia Virginia Beach 1,790 $27,350 1 Virginia Winchester 160 $27,380 1.4 Washington Bellingham 240 $34,160 1.4 Washington Bremerton 200 $36,840 1.1 Washington Kennewick 170 $31,630 0.9 Washington Longview 110 $34,060 1.7 Washington Mount Vernon 140 $36,930 1.5 Washington Olympia 160 $35,130 0.8 Washington Seattle 2,430 $37,130 0.7 Washington Spokane 530 $33,260 1.1 Washington Tacoma 620 $38,440 1 Washington Wenatchee 80 $34,360 1 Washington Yakima 180 $33,300 1 West Virginia Charleston 440 $22,820 1.3 West Virginia Huntington 380 $23,750 1.5 West Virginia Morgantown 190 $26,580 2 West Virginia Parkersburg 200 $22,970 1.3 West Virginia Weirton 180 $22,100 2.1West Virginia Wheeling 190 $24,670 1.4 Wisconsin Appleton 240 $27,990 0.9 Wisconsin Eau Claire 240 $25,900 1.4 Wisconsin Fond 120 $27,530 1.3 Wisconsin Green Bay 330 $27,470 0.8 Wisconsin Janesville 180 $26,940 1.3 Wisconsin La Crosse 230 $25,960 1.5 Wisconsin Madison 910 $30,070 1.1 Wisconsin Milwaukee 1,940 $29,410 0.9 Wisconsin Oshkosh 200 $27,930 1.1 Wisconsin Racine 210 $26,680 1.2 Wisconsin Sheboygan 120 $26,380 1 Wisconsin Wausau 120 $27,530 0.8 Wyoming Casper 80 $30,340 1 Wyoming Cheyenne 110 $29,870 1.2
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