How Much Do Pharmacy Technicians Make?

Pharmacy technician is an important part of the medical system. They do outstanding jobs in the field, by receiving the written prescriptions and give the supply of medicines, make the patients understand about the effect of the prescribed medicines, he guides about the dose of medicines, provides valuable information regarding the medicines. The salary of pharmacy technicians is not same in all the fields, there are some factors which determine their salary.

The location, the type of employer, experience and qualification all are the important factors that determine the salary. The salary is higher when a pharmacy technician works in large hospitals, or nursing home or healthcare centers, the salary varies according to the sate, and location for instance in large metropolitan area the salary is higher. Working hours make the difference in salary, usually we see the pharmacy technicians’ work in two ways either full time, or part time, in evening shifts and even on weekends, the technicians who work full time basis are engaged in the health insurance sector, they are given payment for vacation and holidays also.

The group of pharmacy technician who is working in the retail sector can progress further; even they can become in supervisory position, the technicians who are working in the hospital setting up, can develop their career into specialty work, for example in the field of chemotherapy technician, then they will be entitled for higher payment.

In the USA, the pharmacy technician salary is at present $28,400 annually. It is seen that the top 10% technicians get more than $40,710 yearly, but the lowest payment for the 10% pharmacy technicians is $19,840, the persons who work is the pharmacy stores get nearly $27,160 yearly, while technician staff working hospital gets $32,400 as salary. We see in the USA, a large number of pharmacy technicians get some other benefits such as retirement benefit plans, medical insurance facility, sick leave, and liability coverage. As per the job prospect is concerned, pharmacy technician salary is one of the highest salary in the medical field.

In the USA, we see the employment of pharmacy technicians is not same in all the states, in the California the highest number of pharmacists is working at present it is 29,270 next is Texas, where 27,860 pharmacy technicians are employed. In Florida, 20,060 persons work as pharmacy technicians, again some states the employment level is very low, in Alabama 6,390 persons work as pharmacy technicians, in Kentucky the employees are 6,790

In the USA, the  top five salary paying states are Washington, California, Alaska, Hawaii, District of Columbia, in Alaska the salary is more than $39K, while in Washington and California, it is more than $37K, in District of Columbia and in Hawaii the salary is more than $34K.

In the job market, certified pharmacy technician earns $27,000, but supervisory pharmacy technician gets $53.000 while registered pharmacy technician’ income is $28,000; again pharmacy technician outpatients technician earns $40,000.  To get good starting salary you must submit your CV to a well organized company.

The pharmacy technicians who have less than 1 year experience gets salary from $ 17,617 to $41,198, the experienced for five or more years get in the range of $20,408 to 49,148. See this report. The pharmacist having more than 10 years experience earns above $50,000. In the field female pharmacist technician gets $22,842 and $38,513, but male technicians earn $23,384 and $36,655. It is common that, the bachelor’s and associates’ degree holders earns much than ordinary high school diploma passed candidates.