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About Pharmacy Technicians

Pharmacy Technicians (or Pharmacy Techs for short) perform tasks in a pharmacy under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist. A pharmacy tech's duties may include counting and weighing medications, preparing drug labels, and interfacing with insurance companies. A pharmacy technician should not be confused with a pharmacy aide, who generally performs more clerical duties in the pharmacy.

Most pharmacy techs work in either retail or hospital environments, so work hours tend to be varied and may be spread over any of the days of the week.

Pharmacy Technician Training and Schools

While formal training and certification is not required, completion of a pharmacy technician program at a community or career college is highly desirable to employers. Students interested in training to become a pharmacy tech may pursue programs leading to a diploma, certificate or associate's degree.

There is no state licensing for pharmacy techs but there are voluntary certifications that can be pursued. Successful completion of the certification exam administered by The Pharmacy Technician Certification Board leads to the Certified Pharmacy Technician for the candidate.

The job outlook for pharmacy technicians remains favorable over the coming years as a higher percentage of the population becomes elderly.

Schools for Pharmacy Technicians are listed in the column to the left.

The Top Cities tab shows employment statistics for Pharmacy Technicians by major metro area.

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Metro Area	Jobs	Salary (2007)	Relative Popularity
ALABAMA
Gadsden	170	$20,040	2.8
Dothan	360	$23,160	2.7
Decatur	220	$22,590	2.1
Auburn	150	$23,060	1.7
Florence	170	$21,800	1.7
Tuscaloosa	260	$25,760	1.6
Birmingham	1,740	$23,170	1.5
Anniston	140	$22,370	1.5
Montgomery	510	$23,370	1.4
Huntsville	470	$27,790	1.1
Mobile	400	$24,790	1
ALASKA
Anchorage	360	$34,210	1.1
Fairbanks	50	$32,850	0.8
ARIZONA
Tucson	990	$27,910	1.2
Prescott	150	$31,980	1.2
Phoenix	4,590	$29,050	1.1
Flagstaff	90	$29,440	0.9
Yuma	100	$26,810	0.8
ARKANSAS
Hot Springs	160	$27,060	2.3
Jonesboro	180	$21,200	1.9
Pine Bluff	100	$21,550	1.5
Little Rock	770	$24,330	1
Fayetteville	430	$25,010	1
Fort Smith	220	$25,480	0.9
CALIFORNIA
Madera	170	$32,490	2.5
Chico	220	$35,370	1.5
Redding	190	$36,570	1.4
Yuba City	90	$37,160	1.1
Stockton	520	$33,710	1.1
Hanford	70	$33,180	1.1
Visalia	320	$30,140	1.1
Vallejo	270	$36,540	1
Santa Cruz	180	$34,240	1
Modesto	340	$36,440	1
El Centro	90	$34,720	0.9
Santa Rosa	380	$30,140	0.9
San Luis Obispo	190	$33,430	0.9
Napa	110	$34,930	0.9
Riverside	2,530	$32,800	0.9
Merced	100	$32,800	0.8
Bakersfield	480	$33,960	0.8
Fresno	560	$33,400	0.8
Santa Barbara	250	$40,530	0.7
Sacramento	1,400	$37,120	0.7
Los Angeles	6,510	$34,070	0.7
Oakland	1,580	$38,890	0.7
San Francisco	1,500	$43,490	0.7
San Diego	1,940	$34,750	0.6
Salinas	210	$38,100	0.6
San Jose	1,300	$40,270	0.6
Santa Ana	2,030	$34,160	0.6
Oxnard	290	$34,730	0.4
COLORADO
Pueblo	140	$27,180	1.4
Colorado Springs	650	$28,100	1.2
Grand Junction	130	$29,710	1.1
Greeley	110	$28,750	0.7
Denver	1,930	$31,650	0.7
Boulder	190	$31,750	0.6
CONNECTICUT
Waterbury	170	$33,860	1.2
New Haven	540	$33,590	0.9
Hartford	1,100	$29,960	0.9
Norwich	220	$27,960	0.9
Danbury	100	$30,840	0.7
Bridgeport	680	$30,260	0.7
DELAWARE
Wilmington	900	$25,320	1.2
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	3,040	$29,690	0.6
FLORIDA
Punta Gorda	180	$25,160	2.3
Ocala	380	$26,670	1.9
Gainesville	410	$26,450	1.8
Sebastian	160	$24,660	1.7
Tampa	4,380	$26,520	1.5
Port St. Lucie	380	$26,400	1.4
Panama City	190	$24,520	1.3
Deltona	460	$25,770	1.3
West Palm Beach	1,640	$28,050	1.3
Pensacola	430	$26,530	1.3
Fort Walton Beach	210	$24,300	1.3
Jacksonville	1,630	$28,180	1.2
Miami	2,680	$26,530	1.2
Fort Lauderdale	2,000	$29,130	1.2
Cape Coral	530	$25,650	1.1
Palm Bay	480	$24,330	1.1
Tallahassee	390	$26,610	1.1
Lakeland	450	$27,300	1
Orlando	2,440	$27,340	1
Naples	230	$24,780	0.8
Sarasota	510	$23,040	0.8
GEORGIA
Rome	140	$23,440	2
Albany	200	$24,150	1.7
Warner Robins	160	$22,520	1.7
Augusta	730	$29,910	1.7
Macon	300	$27,970	1.5
Columbus	310	$24,400	1.3
Athens	200	$24,260	1.3
Brunswick	90	$26,770	1.2
Savannah	380	$24,900	1.2
Valdosta	110	$23,670	1.1
Gainesville	130	$26,410	1
Atlanta	4,790	$25,640	0.9
Dalton	80	$24,290	0.5
HAWAII
Honolulu	750	$33,560	0.8
IDAHO
Coeur d'Alene	130	$30,160	1.3
Idaho Falls	110	$26,350	1.2
Boise	580	$28,630	1
Lewiston	30	$25,290	0.8
ILLINOIS
Kankakee	210	$30,100	2.8
Decatur	220	$25,630	2.4
Danville	110	$33,250	2.4
Peoria	750	$24,940	2.1
Springfield	440	$22,580	2.1
Champaign	350	$25,470	2
Rockford	390	$23,350	1.2
Chicago	8,930	$27,530	1
Bloomington	130	$23,950	1
INDIANA
Kokomo	170	$23,470	2
Terre Haute	210	$25,560	1.5
Lafayette	230	$25,640	1.5
Muncie	130	$24,360	1.4
Anderson	100	$27,190	1.4
Evansville	490	$24,190	1.3
Gary	780	$26,030	1.3
Bloomington	170	$23,750	1.2
Columbus	90	$23,910	1.1
Indianapolis	2,170	$27,920	1.1
Michigan City	90	$23,880	1.1
Fort Wayne	480	$25,240	1
South Bend	260	$27,100	0.9
Elkhart	160	$26,570	0.6
IOWA
Dubuque	200	$26,340	1.9
Waterloo	230	$23,660	1.4
Sioux City	190	$23,930	1.3
Davenport	500	$24,530	1.3
Iowa City	160	$26,890	1.1
Cedar Rapids	280	$25,640	1
Ames	70	$25,130	1
Des Moines	530	$25,890	0.7
KANSAS
Lawrence	130	$23,740	1.6
Topeka	270	$25,800	1.2
Wichita	670	$24,770	1
KENTUCKY
Owensboro	170	$19,900	1.8
Lexington	930	$25,380	1.7
Elizabethtown	130	$24,840	1.5
Bowling Green	160	$23,280	1.5
Louisville	1,700	$24,630	1.2
LOUISIANA
Alexandria	210	$26,150	1.8
Monroe	220	$24,360	1.4
Shreveport	410	$25,970	1.1
Lake Charles	200	$25,490	1.1
Lafayette	300	$22,630	1
Baton Rouge	730	$24,470	0.9
New Orleans	910	$26,420	0.8
Houma	130	$22,590	0.7
MAINE
Portland	540	$26,380	1.3
Bangor	150	$26,730	1.2
Lewiston	110	$25,650	1.2
MARYLAND
Cumberland	140	$24,300	2.1
Salisbury	130	$26,120	1.3
Hagerstown	230	$25,430	1.1
Baltimore	2,790	$28,890	1
Bethesda	840	$30,400	0.7
MASSACHUSETTS
New Bedford	190	$25,190	1.5
Haverhill	200	$26,020	1.3
Lynn	250	$24,190	1.2
Lawrence	140	$27,110	1.2
Pittsfield	80	$29,130	1.2
Worcester	540	$29,460	1
Barnstable	200	$28,320	1
Springfield	610	$28,220	0.9
Leominster	90	$25,960	0.9
Brockton	160	$27,190	0.9
Lowell	200	$26,170	0.8
Boston	2,770	$31,380	0.7
Framingham	230	$30,790	0.7
MICHIGAN
Bay City	160	$28,090	2.5
Flint	540	$25,970	1.8
Jackson	190	$25,080	1.7
Muskegon	200	$26,320	1.6
Ann Arbor	590	$29,980	1.6
Battle Creek	150	$24,850	1.5
Detroit	2,350	$29,590	1.4
Saginaw	230	$29,350	1.4
Monroe	100	$26,330	1.3
Kalamazoo	370	$26,910	1.2
Lansing	430	$29,370	1
Niles	120	$28,000	1
Holland	210	$27,180	0.9
Warren	2,420	$27,150	0.9
Grand Rapids	770	$27,410	0.9
MINNESOTA
Rochester	380	$33,500	2.2
Duluth	400	$27,460	1.5
St. Cloud	240	$27,340	1.2
Minneapolis	3,610	$30,420	0.9
MISSISSIPPI
Hattiesburg	160	$21,630	1.4
Gulfport	240	$26,480	1.1
Pascagoula	90	$25,230	1.1
Jackson	480	$24,250	0.9
MISSOURI
Columbia	360	$23,800	2.2
Springfield	830	$23,510	2
Joplin	240	$21,360	1.5
St. Louis	4,480	$24,650	1.5
Kansas City	2,850	$24,530	1.2
Jefferson City	140	$23,770	1
MONTANA
Missoula	130	$28,520	1.2
Billings	190	$26,440	1.2
Great Falls	70	$27,130	1.1
NEBRASKA
Omaha	1,160	$26,690	1.1
Lincoln	360	$25,780	1.1
NEVADA
Carson City	90	$32,530	1.7
Reno	390	$31,070	0.8
Las Vegas	1,590	$31,610	0.8
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Manchester	220	$25,090	1.1
Nashua	300	$24,970	1
Rochester	90	$21,950	0.8
NEW JERSEY
Camden	1,200	$26,490	1
Newark	2,030	$29,460	0.9
Edison	1,860	$27,360	0.8
Ocean City	60	$26,810	0.8
Vineland	80	$28,110	0.7
Trenton	320	$27,500	0.7
Atlantic City	180	$27,480	0.6
NEW MEXICO
Las Cruces	150	$24,710	1.3
Albuquerque	890	$27,630	1
Farmington	100	$30,050	1
Santa Fe	90	$26,630	0.8
NEW YORK
Utica	330	$29,580	1.2
Buffalo	1,120	$25,810	0.9
Rochester	940	$24,700	0.8
Albany	800	$28,990	0.8
Poughkeepsie	420	$28,020	0.8
Syracuse	490	$25,810	0.7
Glens Falls	70	$25,040	0.7
Kingston	80	$27,330	0.7
Nassau	1,810	$29,130	0.6
New York	7,230	$30,200	0.6
Binghamton	140	$27,650	0.6
Elmira	40	$27,520	0.6
Ithaca	30	$24,270	0.4
NORTH CAROLINA
Greenville	250	$22,420	1.8
Goldsboro	120	$23,760	1.6
Winston-Salem	720	$26,820	1.5
Rocky Mount	180	$22,690	1.5
Fayetteville	370	$27,110	1.5
Durham	770	$26,240	1.3
Hickory	460	$25,080	1.3
Jacksonville	90	$22,110	1.2
Asheville	440	$24,600	1.2
Wilmington	300	$23,490	1
Burlington	110	$24,320	1
Greensboro	770	$23,580	0.9
Charlotte	1,720	$25,610	0.9
Raleigh	970	$24,590	0.9
NORTH DAKOTA
Grand Forks	100	$30,890	1
Fargo	200	$28,090	0.8
Bismarck	80	$26,820	0.7
OHIO
Mansfield	220	$24,130	2.1
Springfield	130	$25,920	1.4
Canton	490	$24,680	1.3
Lima	140	$26,300	1.3
Toledo	900	$26,340	1.3
Youngstown	610	$21,920	1.2
Columbus	2,270	$25,720	1.1
Sandusky	70	$23,930	1.1
Dayton	910	$25,650	1
Cincinnati	2,250	$24,630	1
Cleveland	2,230	$25,790	0.9
Akron	660	$25,420	0.9
OKLAHOMA
Lawton	150	$24,590	2.2
Oklahoma City	1,590	$24,260	1.3
Tulsa	1,030	$25,290	1.1
OREGON
Corvallis	70	$30,180	1.2
Eugene	390	$29,940	1.2
Bend	140	$32,520	1
Salem	310	$31,360	1
Portland	2,290	$33,050	1
Medford	160	$31,300	0.9
PENNSYLVANIA
Altoona	190	$24,820	1.6
Pittsburgh	3,860	$24,260	1.5
Lebanon	120	$27,260	1.4
Johnstown	150	$25,020	1.3
Scranton	710	$24,480	1.2
Philadelphia	4,990	$26,320	1.2
Allentown	860	$24,910	1.2
Harrisburg	720	$25,550	1.1
Erie	280	$24,600	1
York	390	$23,500	1
Lancaster	500	$25,440	1
Williamsport	90	$22,670	0.9
Reading	300	$24,690	0.9
State College	100	$25,270	0.8
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	1,290	$29,850	1
SOUTH CAROLINA
Anderson	180	$24,550	1.5
Charleston	960	$26,270	1.5
Florence	270	$23,210	1.5
Spartanburg	380	$24,270	1.5
Sumter	90	$23,470	1.4
Greenville	780	$23,870	1.2
Columbia	860	$24,240	1.1
Myrtle Beach	220	$25,850	0.9
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls	360	$27,500	1.3
Rapid City	130	$29,630	1.1
TENNESSEE
Cleveland	140	$24,810	2
Johnson City	300	$24,150	1.9
Morristown	160	$24,090	1.8
Kingsport	410	$23,740	1.7
Memphis	2,300	$27,220	1.6
Knoxville	1,100	$25,730	1.5
Clarksville	230	$25,530	1.5
Chattanooga	660	$26,920	1.4
Jackson	140	$25,420	1.3
TEXAS
McAllen	970	$24,560	2.1
Texarkana	180	$23,670	1.8
Amarillo	370	$26,970	1.8
Corpus Christi	640	$25,680	1.7
Abilene	200	$27,490	1.7
Sherman	120	$26,270	1.6
San Antonio	2,790	$28,490	1.5
Lubbock	360	$26,200	1.5
San Angelo	110	$27,350	1.5
Victoria	130	$26,700	1.4
Brownsville	350	$24,380	1.4
Odessa	140	$28,500	1.3
El Paso	740	$24,270	1.3
Killeen	310	$28,600	1.3
Beaumont	410	$26,230	1.2
Wichita Falls	130	$27,640	1.2
Tyler	220	$26,050	1.2
Houston	6,120	$28,810	1.1
Midland	130	$29,590	1.1
Laredo	170	$26,950	1
Fort Worth	1,900	$28,710	1
Austin	1,630	$28,780	1
College Station	150	$26,190	0.9
Waco	180	$31,840	0.9
Dallas	4,120	$29,290	0.9
Longview	140	$27,690	0.7
UTAH
St. George	150	$28,920	1.6
Ogden	460	$29,150	1.1
Logan	90	$29,100	1.1
Provo	370	$28,910	1
Salt Lake City	1,130	$30,130	0.8
VERMONT
Burlington	170	$28,800	0.7
VIRGINIA
Winchester	170	$26,850	1.6
Blacksburg	180	$25,240	1.6
Danville	110	$24,710	1.6
Harrisonburg	150	$25,260	1.4
Roanoke	410	$26,420	1.2
Lynchburg	240	$23,630	1.1
Richmond	1,250	$26,450	0.9
Virginia Beach	1,490	$25,490	0.9
Charlottesville	170	$28,750	0.9
WASHINGTON
Longview	120	$34,060	1.9
Mount Vernon	120	$35,490	1.4
Tacoma	660	$36,380	1.1
Bremerton	180	$35,090	1.1
Wenatchee	80	$33,650	1
Spokane	430	$32,720	1
Yakima	150	$31,230	0.9
Kennewick	160	$32,590	0.9
Bellingham	140	$31,930	0.9
Olympia	160	$34,290	0.8
Seattle	2,200	$35,860	0.7
WEST VIRGINIA
Weirton	170	$22,280	2.2
Huntington	440	$23,560	1.8
Morgantown	170	$25,740	1.7
Wheeling	190	$23,620	1.5
Charleston	420	$21,890	1.4
Parkersburg	170	$22,440	1.2
WISCONSIN
Fond du Lac	140	$27,020	1.7
Janesville	190	$26,180	1.4
Eau Claire	210	$26,800	1.4
La Crosse	190	$25,250	1.3
Oshkosh	210	$27,220	1.2
Madison	880	$28,500	1.2
Racine	180	$25,530	1.1
Appleton	270	$25,580	1.1
Sheboygan	120	$25,660	1.1
Milwaukee	1,910	$28,270	1
Wausau	130	$27,460	1
Green Bay	330	$27,280	0.9
WYOMING
Cheyenne	90	$29,920	1.2
Casper	70	$27,220	1

Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2007)
Drug Stores	168,020	55%	$25,100
Hospital	53,140	17%	$30,040
Department And General Stores	29,560	9%	$24,530
Grocery Stores	19,110	6%	$27,580
Medical Office	7,120	2%	$31,730
Government	6,360	2%	$35,960
Non-Durable Goods Wholesale	4,740	1%	$27,370
Office Services And Staffing	3,920	1%	$29,300
Non-Store Retailers	3,630	1%	$27,320

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