Pharmacy Tech Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Job Numbers and Growth

Approximately 285,000 pharmacy techs can be found working in the US. Recent data shows that compared to other careers this occupation has a very low level of unemployment. Employees without jobs represent 2% of the total.

Area Job Conditions

The most jobs per capita are found in Gadsden (Alabama), Madera (California), and Kokomo (Indiana), and the least jobs per capita are found in Framingham (Massachusetts), Oxnard (California), and Portsmouth (New Hampshire).

The salary for this career is highest in San Francisco (California), San Jose (California), and Oakland (California) and lowest in Rocky Mount (North Carolina), Weirton (West Virginia), and Owensboro (Kentucky).

Training and Education

Most people pursuing this career path get moderate-term on-the-job training. Among employees, 16% have a four year degree. Some 57% of pharmacy techs started college but did not get a four year degree. A high school diploma was enough for 27% of workers. 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.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Pharmacy techs in part-time roles are about 21% of the total.

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Pharmacy Techs Around the Country

In the list below, each metro area is rated for the relative popularity of pharmacy techs compared to other locations (that is, jobs per population). Single or double up or down arrows indicate the relative popularity in that location. Within each state listing, metro areas are sorted by the actual number of jobs for pharmacy techs.

Alabama

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Birmingham	$24,000	1,890
Montgomery	$26,000	570
Huntsville	$27,000	510
Mobile	$25,000	490
Tuscaloosa	$25,000	250
Dothan	$24,000	230
Decatur	$24,000	220
Florence	$25,000	210
Gadsden	$22,000	210
Auburn	$24,000	140
Anniston	$22,000	120

Alaska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Anchorage	$37,000	420
Fairbanks	$37,000	50

Arizona

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Phoenix	$29,000	4,690
Tucson	$28,000	1,270
Prescott	$33,000	210
Kingman	$30,000	150
Yuma	$27,000	110
Flagstaff	$30,000	100

Arkansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Little Rock	$24,000	860
Fayetteville	$26,000	510
Fort Smith	$25,000	230
Jonesboro	$23,000	210
Hot Springs	$28,000	170
Pine Bluff	$22,000	100

California

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Riverside	$33,000	2,980
Santa Ana	$36,000	2,620
San Diego	$36,000	2,370
Oakland	$40,000	1,860
San Francisco	$43,000	1,570
San Jose	$40,000	1,460
Sacramento	$36,000	1,420
Fresno	$32,000	800
Bakersfield	$35,000	630
Stockton	$36,000	530
Modesto	$36,000	440
Vallejo	$36,000	340
Oxnard	$36,000	300
Visalia	$31,000	290
Salinas	$36,000	260
Santa Rosa	$37,000	260
Chico	$36,000	250
Santa Barbara	$38,000	250
Redding	$34,000	210
Madera	$31,000	190
Santa Cruz	$38,000	190
San Luis Obispo	$36,000	190
Hanford	$36,000	130
Yuba City	$36,000	110
El Centro	$35,000	100
Napa	$36,000	100
Merced	$33,000	90

Colorado

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Denver	$33,000	2,210
Colorado Springs	$30,000	700
Fort Collins	$33,000	300
Boulder	$32,000	200
Pueblo	$28,000	170
Grand Junction	$30,000	120
Greeley	$30,000	120

Connecticut

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Hartford	$31,000	1,230
Bridgeport	$30,000	640
New Haven	$34,000	570
Norwich	$29,000	210
Waterbury	$32,000	180
Danbury	$29,000	90

Delaware

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wilmington	$28,000	1,100
Dover	$25,000	220

District of Columbia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Washington	$31,000	3,430

Florida

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Tampa	$27,000	3,780
Miami	$29,000	2,590
Orlando	$29,000	2,460
Fort Lauderdale	$30,000	2,030
Jacksonville	$30,000	1,500
West Palm Beach	$28,000	1,470
Deltona	$26,000	580
Sarasota	$25,000	570
Cape Coral	$28,000	570
Lakeland	$26,000	470
Palm Bay	$26,000	440
Port St Lucie	$27,000	420
Pensacola	$27,000	420
Gainesville	$27,000	420
Tallahassee	$27,000	420
Ocala	$29,000	410
Naples	$29,000	340
Fort Walton Beach	$25,000	200
Punta Gorda	$26,000	190
Panama City	$26,000	160
Sebastian	$26,000	150

Georgia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Atlanta	$28,000	5,090
Augusta	$26,000	750
Macon	$28,000	360
Savannah	$27,000	330
Columbus	$25,000	320
Albany	$25,000	230
Athens	$25,000	220
Warner Robins	$23,000	190
Gainesville	$27,000	160
Rome	$24,000	140
Valdosta	$25,000	130
Dalton	$25,000	90
Brunswick	$27,000	80
Hinesville	$29,000	30

Hawaii

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Honolulu	$36,000	660

Idaho

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Idaho Falls	$28,000	140
Coeur Dalene	$31,000	140
Pocatello	$29,000	60
Lewiston	$27,000	40

Illinois

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Chicago	$29,000	9,700
Peoria	$26,000	740
Springfield	$24,000	440
Rockford	$27,000	390
Champaign	$26,000	340
Bloomington	$28,000	160
Decatur	$28,000	160
Kankakee		150
Danville	$31,000	100

Indiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Indianapolis	$28,000	2,410
Gary	$27,000	830
Fort Wayne	$25,000	550
Evansville	$25,000	490
South Bend	$28,000	260
Lafayette	$27,000	230
Bloomington	$24,000	180
Terre Haute	$26,000	180
Muncie	$25,000	180
Kokomo	$24,000	180
Elkhart	$26,000	160
Anderson	$25,000	130
Michigan City	$26,000	100
Columbus	$24,000	90

Iowa

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Des Moines	$27,000	690
Davenport	$24,000	500
Cedar Rapids	$28,000	330
Iowa City	$31,000	310
Dubuque	$27,000	200
Waterloo	$25,000	190
Sioux City	$27,000	140
Ames	$26,000	70

Kansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wichita	$26,000	750
Topeka	$25,000	390
Lawrence	$24,000	120

Kentucky

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Louisville	$26,000	1,920
Lexington	$25,000	920
Owensboro	$21,000	200
Bowling Green	$23,000	180
Elizabethtown	$25,000	150

Louisiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New Orleans	$28,000	1,180
Baton Rouge	$26,000	770
Shreveport	$26,000	440
Lafayette	$25,000	330
Lake Charles	$26,000	250
Monroe	$25,000	250
Alexandria	$26,000	200
Houma	$24,000	200

Maine

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$27,000	430
Bangor	$28,000	140
Lewiston	$27,000	120

Maryland

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Baltimore	$30,000	2,790
Bethesda	$32,000	940
Hagerstown	$26,000	250
Salisbury	$28,000	130
Cumberland	$26,000	130

Massachusetts

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boston	$33,000	3,020
Springfield	$28,000	670
Worcester	$31,000	530
Lowell	$28,000	290
Brockton	$29,000	270
New Bedford	$26,000	200
Haverhill	$28,000	200
Framingham	$28,000	190
Leominster	$26,000	170
Barnstable Town	$31,000	170
Lawrence	$27,000	100

Michigan

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Warren	$27,000	2,640
Detroit	$30,000	2,210
Grand Rapids	$29,000	750
Ann Arbor	$31,000	600
Flint	$26,000	560
Lansing	$31,000	530
Kalamazoo	$25,000	430
Saginaw	$29,000	240
Muskegon	$27,000	220
Jackson	$28,000	220
Battle Creek	$26,000	160
Bay City	$27,000	150
Holland	$28,000	150
Niles	$27,000	110
Monroe	$26,000	100

Minnesota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Minneapolis	$31,000	4,170
Duluth	$30,000	510
Rochester	$34,000	420
St Cloud	$30,000	250

Mississippi

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Jackson	$26,000	490
Gulfport	$27,000	270
Hattiesburg	$23,000	250
Pascagoula	$27,000	120

Missouri

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
St Louis	$26,000	4,970
Kansas City	$25,000	3,370
Springfield	$24,000	820
Columbia	$23,000	370
Joplin	$22,000	300
St Joseph	$25,000	210
Jefferson City	$24,000	110

Montana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Billings	$27,000	200
Missoula	$29,000	100
Great Falls	$27,000	90

Nebraska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Omaha	$27,000	1,130
Lincoln	$24,000	350

Nevada

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Las Vegas	$34,000	1,880
Reno	$32,000	400
Carson City	$32,000	100

New Hampshire

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Nashua	$27,000	310
Manchester	$31,000	210
Rochester	$23,000	120
Portsmouth	$32,000	50

New Jersey

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Newark	$29,000	2,230
Edison	$29,000	1,790
Camden	$28,000	1,210
Trenton	$28,000	370
Atlantic City	$28,000	190
Vineland	$28,000	90
Ocean City	$28,000	80

New Mexico

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Albuquerque	$29,000	1,340
Santa Fe	$28,000	110
Farmington	$29,000	100
Las Cruces	$31,000	100

New York

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New York	$31,000	6,860
Nassau	$30,000	2,030
Buffalo	$26,000	1,120
Rochester	$25,000	1,050
Albany	$29,000	800
Syracuse	$27,000	540
Poughkeepsie	$27,000	460
Utica	$30,000	240
Binghamton	$29,000	180
Glens Falls	$29,000	120
Kingston	$28,000	100
Ithaca	$27,000	70
Elmira	$27,000	50

North Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Charlotte	$25,000	2,080
Raleigh	$27,000	1,020
Durham	$28,000	780
Greensboro	$25,000	700
Winston Salem	$27,000	690
Asheville	$27,000	530
Hickory	$26,000	500
Fayetteville	$28,000	370
Wilmington	$24,000	290
Greenville	$24,000	290
Rocky Mount	$22,000	140
Burlington	$25,000	140
Goldsboro	$25,000	110
Jacksonville	$23,000	100

North Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Fargo	$28,000	250
Grand Forks	$33,000	110
Bismarck	$29,000	90

Ohio

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cleveland	$28,000	2,770
Cincinnati	$25,000	2,650
Columbus	$26,000	2,430
Dayton	$27,000	990
Toledo	$28,000	940
Akron	$25,000	670
Youngstown	$23,000	660
Canton	$26,000	450
Mansfield	$25,000	150
Springfield	$27,000	130
Lima	$26,000	130
Sandusky	$25,000	70

Oklahoma

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Oklahoma City	$24,000	1,590
Tulsa	$25,000	1,040
Lawton	$26,000	130

Oregon

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$34,000	2,440
Eugene	$32,000	440
Salem	$31,000	360
Medford	$33,000	200
Bend	$34,000	150
Corvallis	$31,000	70

Pennsylvania

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Philadelphia	$27,000	5,150
Pittsburgh	$26,000	3,860
Allentown	$26,000	950
Harrisburg	$27,000	670
Scranton	$26,000	610
Lancaster	$26,000	520
Reading	$26,000	410
York	$25,000	320
Erie	$28,000	280
Altoona	$26,000	200
Johnstown	$24,000	170
Lebanon	$29,000	120
Williamsport	$24,000	90
State College	$27,000	80

Rhode Island

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Providence	$30,000	1,540

South Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Charleston	$27,000	1,000
Columbia	$25,000	970
Greenville	$25,000	860
Spartanburg	$26,000	410
Florence	$25,000	280
Myrtle Beach	$26,000	270
Anderson	$26,000	180
Sumter	$26,000	90

South Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Sioux Falls	$28,000	430
Rapid City	$30,000	190

Tennessee

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Memphis	$28,000	2,420
Nashville	$30,000	2,180
Knoxville	$28,000	1,180
Chattanooga	$27,000	740
Kingsport	$24,000	480
Johnson City	$26,000	290
Clarksville	$26,000	230
Morristown	$24,000	190
Jackson	$26,000	180
Cleveland	$26,000	150

Texas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Houston	$29,000	6,830
Dallas	$30,000	5,270
San Antonio	$29,000	3,090
Austin	$30,000	2,050
Fort Worth	$30,000	2,040
Mcallen	$26,000	870
El Paso	$25,000	810
Corpus Christi	$26,000	620
Brownsville	$25,000	430
Killeen	$29,000	400
Beaumont	$28,000	400
Amarillo	$28,000	380
Lubbock	$27,000	360
Tyler	$27,000	240
Laredo	$26,000	210
College Station	$28,000	210
Texarkana	$25,000	190
Waco	$29,000	180
Longview	$28,000	170
Odessa	$28,000	150
Abilene	$27,000	150
Wichita Falls	$29,000	130
Midland	$27,000	130
San Angelo	$29,000	130
Victoria	$28,000	120
Sherman	$29,000	100

Utah

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Salt Lake City	$32,000	1,360
Ogden	$30,000	520
Provo	$30,000	350
St George	$30,000	180
Logan	$29,000	100

Vermont

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Burlington	$30,000	220

Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Virginia Beach	$27,000	1,790
Richmond	$28,000	1,130
Roanoke	$27,000	420
Lynchburg	$24,000	260
Blacksburg	$25,000	210
Charlottesville	$29,000	200
Harrisonburg	$26,000	170
Winchester	$27,000	160
Danville	$25,000	90

Washington

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Seattle	$37,000	2,430
Tacoma	$38,000	620
Spokane	$33,000	530
Bellingham	$34,000	240
Bremerton	$37,000	200
Yakima	$33,000	180
Kennewick	$32,000	170
Olympia	$35,000	160
Mount Vernon	$37,000	140
Longview	$34,000	110
Wenatchee	$34,000	80

West Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Charleston	$23,000	440
Huntington	$24,000	380
Parkersburg	$23,000	200
Wheeling	$25,000	190
Morgantown	$27,000	190
Weirton	$22,000	180

Wisconsin

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Milwaukee	$29,000	1,940
Madison	$30,000	910
Green Bay	$27,000	330
Eau Claire	$26,000	240
Appleton	$28,000	240
La Crosse	$26,000	230
Racine	$27,000	210
Oshkosh	$28,000	200
Janesville	$27,000	180
Wausau	$28,000	120
Sheboygan	$26,000	120
Fond	$28,000	120

Wyoming

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cheyenne	$30,000	110
Casper	$30,000	80

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