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Pharmacy Technicians

Career and Education Info

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 .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston120$22,3901.2
AlabamaAuburn140$24,3901.5
AlabamaBirmingham1,890$23,6701.5
AlabamaDecatur220$23,7401.9
AlabamaDothan230$24,3401.8
AlabamaFlorence210$24,6401.9
AlabamaGadsden210$21,960 3
AlabamaHuntsville510$27,1701
AlabamaMobile490$24,6601.1
AlabamaMontgomery570$25,6901.4
AlabamaTuscaloosa250$25,2601.2
AlaskaAnchorage420$36,5001.1
AlaskaFairbanks50$37,1800.8
ArizonaFlagstaff100$30,2500.8
ArizonaKingman150$29,7701.4
ArizonaPhoenix4,690$29,4301
ArizonaPrescott210$33,2401.6
ArizonaTucson1,270$28,0201.4
ArizonaYuma110$26,8000.8
ArkansasFayetteville510$25,5701.1
ArkansasFort Smith230$25,2500.9
ArkansasHot Springs170$27,920 2.2
ArkansasJonesboro210$23,160 2
ArkansasLittle Rock860$24,3901.1
ArkansasPine Bluff100$22,4801.5
CaliforniaBakersfield630$35,0901
CaliforniaChico250$36,1801.6
CaliforniaEl Centro100$34,7300.9
CaliforniaFresno800$31,9001
CaliforniaHanford130$35,890 2.2
CaliforniaMadera190$30,990 2.5
CaliforniaMerced90$33,4500.7
CaliforniaModesto440$36,2601.1
CaliforniaNapa100$36,1700.7
CaliforniaOakland1,860$40,0300.7
CaliforniaOxnard300$36,2100.4
CaliforniaRedding210$33,8601.4
CaliforniaRiverside2,980$33,4501
CaliforniaSacramento1,420$36,3600.7
CaliforniaSalinas260$36,3100.7
CaliforniaSan Diego2,370$36,1100.7
CaliforniaSan Francisco1,570$42,6600.6
CaliforniaSan Jose1,460$40,1100.6
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo190$35,6600.8
CaliforniaSanta Ana2,620$36,4800.7
CaliforniaSanta Barbara250$37,8100.6
CaliforniaSanta Cruz190$37,9501
CaliforniaSanta Rosa260$37,4100.6
CaliforniaStockton530$36,0601.1
CaliforniaVallejo340$35,5501.2
CaliforniaVisalia290$30,8600.9
CaliforniaYuba City110$35,7501.4
ColoradoBoulder200$32,4800.5
ColoradoColorado Springs700$29,8601.2
ColoradoDenver2,210$32,8800.7
ColoradoFort Collins300$33,1201.1
ColoradoGrand Junction120$29,8201
ColoradoGreeley120$29,5500.7
ColoradoPueblo170$28,0101.5
ConnecticutBridgeport640$29,6400.6
ConnecticutDanbury90$29,4100.6
ConnecticutHartford1,230$30,7600.9
ConnecticutNew Haven570$34,2800.9
ConnecticutNorwich210$28,7800.7
ConnecticutWaterbury180$32,2901.2
DelawareDover220$25,4501.9
DelawareWilmington1,100$27,8701.4
District of ColumbiaWashington3,430$30,6100.6
FloridaCape Coral570$27,5101.2
FloridaDeltona580$25,7601.6
FloridaFort Lauderdale2,030$29,6901.1
FloridaFort Walton Beach200$24,9101.2
FloridaGainesville420$26,8401.6
FloridaJacksonville1,500$30,0301
FloridaLakeland470$26,4601
FloridaMiami2,590$28,8301.1
FloridaNaples340$28,6501.2
FloridaOcala410$28,5401.9
FloridaOrlando2,460$28,6001
FloridaPalm Bay440$25,9401
FloridaPanama City160$26,3401.1
FloridaPensacola420$26,6901.2
FloridaPort St Lucie420$27,2201.4
FloridaPunta Gorda190$26,240 2.3
FloridaSarasota570$25,0200.9
FloridaSebastian150$25,6301.5
FloridaTallahassee420$26,8501.1
FloridaTampa3,780$26,7901.3
FloridaWest Palm Beach1,470$27,6201.1
GeorgiaAlbany230$25,0501.7
GeorgiaAthens220$25,2901.3
GeorgiaAtlanta5,090$27,5900.9
GeorgiaAugusta750$25,5601.6
GeorgiaBrunswick80$27,4300.9
GeorgiaColumbus320$25,1801.3
GeorgiaDalton90$25,1600.5
GeorgiaGainesville160$27,1501
GeorgiaHinesville30$28,7101.3
GeorgiaMacon360$28,3401.6
GeorgiaRome140$24,3701.9
GeorgiaSavannah330$26,6901
GeorgiaValdosta130$24,8501.1
GeorgiaWarner Robins190$23,2001.8
HawaiiHonolulu660$35,7500.6
IdahoCoeur Dalene140$31,0801.2
IdahoIdaho Falls140$27,8501.4
IdahoLewiston40$26,6700.9
IdahoPocatello60$28,5501
IllinoisBloomington160$28,0601
IllinoisChampaign340$26,1001.6
IllinoisChicago9,700$28,9501
IllinoisDanville100$30,5902
IllinoisDecatur160$27,7501.6
IllinoisKankakee150 1.9
IllinoisPeoria740$25,8401.9
IllinoisRockford390$26,5801.1
IllinoisSpringfield440$23,8101.9
IndianaAnderson130$25,3501.6
IndianaBloomington180$23,9101.2
IndianaColumbus90$24,0401
IndianaElkhart160$26,3700.5
IndianaEvansville490$24,6001.2
IndianaFort Wayne550$25,4101.1
IndianaGary830$27,0301.2
IndianaIndianapolis2,410$28,4501.1
IndianaKokomo180$23,770 2.5
IndianaLafayette230$26,6501.4
IndianaMichigan City100$25,9601.1
IndianaMuncie180$24,6801.9
IndianaSouth Bend260$27,7700.8
IndianaTerre Haute180$26,4101.2
IowaAmes70$25,6400.9
IowaCedar Rapids330$27,9401.1
IowaDavenport500$23,9101.2
IowaDes Moines690$26,6200.9
IowaDubuque200$27,2801.8
IowaIowa City310$31,1002
IowaSioux City140$26,5400.9
IowaWaterloo190$25,3601
KansasLawrence120$24,0201.3
KansasTopeka390$25,3601.6
KansasWichita750$25,5201
KentuckyBowling Green180$23,3101.5
KentuckyElizabethtown150$25,4501.6
KentuckyLexington920$25,4401.6
KentuckyLouisville1,920$25,5801.3
KentuckyOwensboro200$20,7202
LouisianaAlexandria200$25,9201.6
LouisianaBaton Rouge770$25,9400.9
LouisianaHouma200$24,1600.9
LouisianaLafayette330$24,6701
LouisianaLake Charles250$26,1801.3
LouisianaMonroe250$25,4101.4
LouisianaNew Orleans1,180$28,3901
LouisianaShreveport440$26,3601.1
MaineBangor140$27,5401
MaineLewiston120$26,5101.2
MainePortland430$27,2000.9
MarylandBaltimore2,790$29,6800.9
MarylandBethesda940$32,3400.7
MarylandCumberland130$26,1101.8
MarylandHagerstown250$26,4401.1
MarylandSalisbury130$27,7401.2
MassachusettsBarnstable Town170$30,5600.7
MassachusettsBoston3,020$33,1700.7
MassachusettsBrockton270$28,5201.4
MassachusettsFramingham190$27,5600.5
MassachusettsHaverhill200$28,1201.2
MassachusettsLawrence100$27,4700.8
MassachusettsLeominster170$25,8501.6
MassachusettsLowell290$28,3901
MassachusettsNew Bedford200$26,2901.4
MassachusettsSpringfield670$28,0100.9
MassachusettsWorcester530$30,8900.9
MichiganAnn Arbor600$30,8801.6
MichiganBattle Creek160$25,6301.6
MichiganBay City150$27,490 2.1
MichiganDetroit2,210$30,0701.3
MichiganFlint560$26,3101.8
MichiganGrand Rapids750$28,5800.8
MichiganHolland150$27,7000.7
MichiganJackson220$27,6802
MichiganKalamazoo430$25,3801.4
MichiganLansing530$31,0801.2
MichiganMonroe100$26,2701.2
MichiganMuskegon220$26,8901.7
MichiganNiles110$27,3100.8
MichiganSaginaw240$28,5001.4
MichiganWarren2,640$27,2300.9
MinnesotaDuluth510$29,5501.7
MinnesotaMinneapolis4,170$31,3300.9
MinnesotaRochester420$33,800 2
MinnesotaSt Cloud250$29,5001.1
MississippiGulfport270$27,3901.1
MississippiHattiesburg250$23,360 2
MississippiJackson490$25,8200.8
MississippiPascagoula120$26,6001.2
MissouriColumbia370$23,360 2
MissouriJefferson City110$24,1800.7
MissouriJoplin300$21,7101.7
MissouriKansas City3,370$24,6701.3
MissouriSpringfield820$24,1501.8
MissouriSt Joseph210$24,5402
MissouriSt Louis4,970$25,6501.5
MontanaBillings200$27,3601.1
MontanaGreat Falls90$27,4401.3
MontanaMissoula100$29,0300.9
NebraskaLincoln350$24,3200.9
NebraskaOmaha1,130$27,4001
NevadaCarson City100$32,2301.9
NevadaLas Vegas1,880$34,2500.8
NevadaReno400$32,1600.8
New HampshireManchester210$30,6600.9
New HampshireNashua310$27,1201
New HampshirePortsmouth50$31,6400.4
New HampshireRochester120$23,4901
New JerseyAtlantic City190$28,2700.6
New JerseyCamden1,210$27,8800.9
New JerseyEdison1,790$28,9200.7
New JerseyNewark2,230$29,1200.9
New JerseyOcean City80$27,8400.9
New JerseyTrenton370$28,0900.7
New JerseyVineland90$27,5100.7
New MexicoAlbuquerque1,340$29,3001.4
New MexicoFarmington100$28,7300.9
New MexicoLas Cruces100$31,2700.8
New MexicoSanta Fe110$28,1900.8
New YorkAlbany800$29,1300.8
New YorkBinghamton180$28,7700.7
New YorkBuffalo1,120$26,4500.9
New YorkElmira50$26,9600.7
New YorkGlens Falls120$28,5301.1
New YorkIthaca70$27,2100.8
New YorkKingston100$27,6600.8
New YorkNassau2,030$29,7500.7
New YorkNew York6,860$31,2400.5
New YorkPoughkeepsie460$26,8700.8
New YorkRochester1,050$25,1200.9
New YorkSyracuse540$27,0500.7
New YorkUtica240$30,1000.8
North CarolinaAsheville530$26,6601.3
North CarolinaBurlington140$25,0401.1
North CarolinaCharlotte2,080$25,3901
North CarolinaDurham780$28,1301.2
North CarolinaFayetteville370$28,4701.3
North CarolinaGoldsboro110$25,0301.4
North CarolinaGreensboro700$25,0100.8
North CarolinaGreenville290$23,7101.9
North CarolinaHickory500$25,8801.3
North CarolinaJacksonville100$22,9101.2
North CarolinaRaleigh1,020$26,5000.8
North CarolinaRocky Mount140$21,8001.1
North CarolinaWilmington290$24,2000.9
North CarolinaWinston Salem690$26,8101.4
North DakotaBismarck90$28,6900.7
North DakotaFargo250$27,9200.9
North DakotaGrand Forks110$33,2401.1
OhioAkron670$24,7100.8
OhioCanton450$25,5701.1
OhioCincinnati2,650$25,4401
OhioCleveland2,770$27,9001.1
OhioColumbus2,430$26,2201.1
OhioDayton990$26,9101.1
OhioLima130$26,3801.2
OhioMansfield150$25,0401.4
OhioSandusky70$24,9101
OhioSpringfield130$27,1301.3
OhioToledo940$27,7101.3
OhioYoungstown660$22,5501.2
OklahomaLawton130$25,5201.7
OklahomaOklahoma City1,590$24,3101.2
OklahomaTulsa1,040$24,7101
OregonBend150$33,8601
OregonCorvallis70$31,3301.1
OregonEugene440$31,5901.3
OregonMedford200$33,2501.1
OregonPortland2,440$33,7101
OregonSalem360$30,9201
PennsylvaniaAllentown950$26,3401.2
PennsylvaniaAltoona200$25,7501.6
PennsylvaniaErie280$27,6401
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg670$27,4100.9
PennsylvaniaJohnstown170$23,6201.4
PennsylvaniaLancaster520$25,6800.9
PennsylvaniaLebanon120$28,5801.2
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia5,150$27,1901.1
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh3,860$25,7801.4
PennsylvaniaReading410$25,9201.1
PennsylvaniaScranton610$26,2201
PennsylvaniaState College80$27,4200.7
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport90$24,4100.8
PennsylvaniaYork320$24,7300.8
Rhode IslandProvidence1,540$30,2201.1
South CarolinaAnderson180$26,3801.4
South CarolinaCharleston1,000$27,3501.4
South CarolinaColumbia970$25,0701.1
South CarolinaFlorence280$25,4301.5
South CarolinaGreenville860$24,5101.2
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach270$26,2301
South CarolinaSpartanburg410$26,2601.5
South CarolinaSumter90$26,2301.3
South DakotaRapid City190$29,6601.4
South DakotaSioux Falls430$28,0701.3
TennesseeChattanooga740$27,0701.3
TennesseeClarksville230$25,7601.4
TennesseeCleveland150$26,200 2.1
TennesseeJackson180$25,9201.5
TennesseeJohnson City290$25,9501.8
TennesseeKingsport480$24,4601.8
TennesseeKnoxville1,180$27,7001.5
TennesseeMemphis2,420$28,3201.6
TennesseeMorristown190$24,3301.9
TennesseeNashville2,180$29,7601.2
TexasAbilene150$27,3801.1
TexasAmarillo380$27,8201.7
TexasAustin2,050$29,8501.1
TexasBeaumont400$28,4701.1
TexasBrownsville430$24,8501.5
TexasCollege Station210$27,8301.2
TexasCorpus Christi620$25,6601.5
TexasDallas5,270$29,5501
TexasEl Paso810$24,8301.3
TexasFort Worth2,040$30,2201
TexasHouston6,830$29,0601.1
TexasKilleen400$29,2501.5
TexasLaredo210$26,2301.1
TexasLongview170$27,7400.8
TexasLubbock360$26,8701.3
TexasMcallen870$25,6901.7
TexasMidland130$26,9000.9
TexasOdessa150$28,3101.2
TexasSan Angelo130$28,5401.5
TexasSan Antonio3,090$28,9901.5
TexasSherman100$29,0201.2
TexasTexarkana190$24,9901.6
TexasTyler240$27,1901.2
TexasVictoria120$27,7101.2
TexasWaco180$29,3300.8
TexasWichita Falls130$29,3601.1
UtahLogan100$28,5501
UtahOgden520$30,2701.1
UtahProvo350$29,5900.9
UtahSalt Lake City1,360$31,8700.9
UtahSt George180$30,1001.8
VermontBurlington220$30,3600.9
VirginiaBlacksburg210$24,7301.6
VirginiaCharlottesville200$28,7601
VirginiaDanville90$25,1201.3
VirginiaHarrisonburg170$25,9101.5
VirginiaLynchburg260$24,2701.1
VirginiaRichmond1,130$28,2700.8
VirginiaRoanoke420$26,6001.1
VirginiaVirginia Beach1,790$27,3501
VirginiaWinchester160$27,3801.4
WashingtonBellingham240$34,1601.4
WashingtonBremerton200$36,8401.1
WashingtonKennewick170$31,6300.9
WashingtonLongview110$34,0601.7
WashingtonMount Vernon140$36,9301.5
WashingtonOlympia160$35,1300.8
WashingtonSeattle2,430$37,1300.7
WashingtonSpokane530$33,2601.1
WashingtonTacoma620$38,4401
WashingtonWenatchee80$34,3601
WashingtonYakima180$33,3001
West VirginiaCharleston440$22,8201.3
West VirginiaHuntington380$23,7501.5
West VirginiaMorgantown190$26,5802
West VirginiaParkersburg200$22,9701.3
West VirginiaWeirton180$22,100 2.1
West VirginiaWheeling190$24,6701.4
WisconsinAppleton240$27,9900.9
WisconsinEau Claire240$25,9001.4
WisconsinFond120$27,5301.3
WisconsinGreen Bay330$27,4700.8
WisconsinJanesville180$26,9401.3
WisconsinLa Crosse230$25,9601.5
WisconsinMadison910$30,0701.1
WisconsinMilwaukee1,940$29,4100.9
WisconsinOshkosh200$27,9301.1
WisconsinRacine210$26,6801.2
WisconsinSheboygan120$26,3801
WisconsinWausau120$27,5300.8
WyomingCasper80$30,3401
WyomingCheyenne110$29,8701.2
 

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