• Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2023

29-2052 Pharmacy Technicians

Prepare medications under the direction of a pharmacist. May measure, mix, count out, label, and record amounts and dosages of medications according to prescription orders.

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National estimates for Pharmacy Technicians
Industry profile for Pharmacy Technicians
Geographic profile for Pharmacy Technicians

National estimates for Pharmacy Technicians:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Pharmacy Technicians:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
460,280	0.8 %	$ 20.83	$ 43,330	0.2 %

Percentile wage estimates for Pharmacy Technicians:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$ 15.73	$ 17.45	$ 19.37	$ 22.92	$ 27.47
Annual Wage (2)	$ 32,720	$ 36,290	$ 40,300	$ 47,680	$ 57,130

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Industry profile for Pharmacy Technicians:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Pharmacy Technicians are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in Pharmacy Technicians, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in Pharmacy Technicians:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Health and Personal Care Retailers	237,010	21.37	$ 19.31	$ 40,170
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	71,640	1.25	$ 23.95	$ 49,810
Food and Beverage Retailers (4451 and 4452 only)	43,920	1.45	$ 18.62	$ 38,730
General Merchandise Retailers	42,330	1.32	$ 21.52	$ 44,770
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4242 and 4246 only)	11,250	2.85	$ 20.89	$ 43,450

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Pharmacy Technicians:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Health and Personal Care Retailers	237,010	21.37	$ 19.31	$ 40,170
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4242 and 4246 only)	11,250	2.85	$ 20.89	$ 43,450
Food and Beverage Retailers (4451 and 4452 only)	43,920	1.45	$ 18.62	$ 38,730
General Merchandise Retailers	42,330	1.32	$ 21.52	$ 44,770
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	71,640	1.25	$ 23.95	$ 49,810

Top paying industries for Pharmacy Technicians:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Outpatient Care Centers	6,860	0.65	$ 29.37	$ 61,080
Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	1,030	0.44	$ 27.51	$ 57,220
Scientific Research and Development Services	160	0.02	$ 27.14	$ 56,450
Federal, State, and Local Government, excluding State and Local Government Schools and Hospitals and the U.S. Postal Service (OEWS Designation)	7,220	0.34	$ 26.66	$ 55,450
Local Government, excluding Schools and Hospitals (OEWS Designation)	940	0.02	$ 26.61	$ 55,350

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Geographic profile for Pharmacy Technicians:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Pharmacy Technicians are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in Pharmacy Technicians, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in Pharmacy Technicians:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
California	41,420	2.31	0.76	$ 26.79	$ 55,710
Texas	38,960	2.87	0.95	$ 20.67	$ 42,990
Florida	37,980	3.97	1.31	$ 20.01	$ 41,620
New York	23,320	2.48	0.82	$ 21.04	$ 43,760
Illinois	22,950	3.82	1.26	$ 20.60	$ 42,850

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Pharmacy Technicians:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Kentucky	10,160	5.17	1.71	$ 18.54	$ 38,570
West Virginia	3,530	5.13	1.69	$ 18.23	$ 37,910
Alabama	8,340	4.06	1.34	$ 17.80	$ 37,030
Florida	37,980	3.97	1.31	$ 20.01	$ 41,620
Tennessee	12,350	3.84	1.27	$ 18.72	$ 38,940

Top paying states for Pharmacy Technicians:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
California	41,420	2.31	0.76	$ 26.79	$ 55,710
Washington	8,890	2.54	0.84	$ 26.63	$ 55,390
District of Columbia	740	1.05	0.35	$ 25.98	$ 54,030
Oregon	4,610	2.37	0.78	$ 24.25	$ 50,440
Alaska	860	2.75	0.91	$ 23.95	$ 49,810

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Pharmacy Technicians:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	23,420	2.47	0.81	$ 21.58	$ 44,890
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	17,170	3.81	1.26	$ 21.19	$ 44,080
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	15,030	2.43	0.80	$ 25.83	$ 53,720
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	11,860	2.99	0.99	$ 20.70	$ 43,060
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	11,190	4.11	1.36	$ 20.85	$ 43,370
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	9,030	2.84	0.94	$ 21.90	$ 45,550
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	8,940	3.16	1.04	$ 19.69	$ 40,950
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	8,240	3.60	1.19	$ 21.92	$ 45,580
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	7,940	2.82	0.93	$ 19.78	$ 41,140
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	7,280	2.64	0.87	$ 22.89	$ 47,600

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Pharmacy Technicians:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Morgantown, WV	490	7.55	2.49	$ 19.34	$ 40,220
Harrisonburg, VA	400	6.12	2.02	$ 20.15	$ 41,910
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA	250	6.12	2.02	$ 18.45	$ 38,380
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	780	6.06	2.00	$ 18.34	$ 38,140
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	210	5.72	1.89	$ 17.79	$ 37,000
Muncie, IN	250	5.68	1.87	$ 18.69	$ 38,860
Beckley, WV	230	5.56	1.83	$ 17.51	$ 36,420
Gadsden, AL	180	5.49	1.81	$ 16.85	$ 35,060
Johnson City, TN	450	5.48	1.81	$ 18.07	$ 37,590
Charleston, WV	560	5.45	1.80	$ 18.69	$ 38,880