Pharmacy Tech Salary is an independent reference site for people weighing a career behind the pharmacy counter: pharmacy technicians and trainees, pharmacy aides, pre-pharmacy and PharmD students, and pharmacists comparing hospital, retail and industry jobs. We publish federal wage data by state, metro area and percentile, take-home, certification cost and PharmD payback calculators, and certification and state board rules taken from PTCB, NABP and the boards themselves.
What we do
- Official wage data down to the metro area. Every salary is a BLS OEWS May 2025 estimate (10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentile) for the nation, all 50 states plus DC and each metro or nonmetro area, as published through O*NET OnLine by the U.S. Department of Labor, with job counts from the BLS API.
- Calculators you can check. The salary, take-home, comparison, certification cost and payback tools show their inputs and formulas; the 2026 federal tax math follows IRS Rev. Proc. 2025-32 and is covered by automated tests.
- Rules from the source. PTCB and NHA certification requirements and fees, NABP exam fees and state board of pharmacy rules are summarized from the organization's own page, linked and dated.
- No schools, recruiters or leads. We do not sell training programs or exam prep, list paid schools, collect applications or pass your details to staffing agencies, and no school, pharmacy chain or employer pays to appear on a page.
Who we are
The site is written and maintained by a small independent editorial team based in Türkiye that works only from U.S. primary sources: the BLS and O*NET, PTCB, NABP, ASHP/ACPE accreditation standards, state boards of pharmacy and their rules, and the IRS. We are not affiliated with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, O*NET, PTCB, NHA, NABP, ASHP, ACPE, AACP, any state board of pharmacy, pharmacy chain, school, employer or staffing agency.
How the site is funded
The site is funded by display advertising from Google AdSense. Advertisers have no say over which states, credentials or schools we cover or over any wage, fee or rule we publish.
How we pick and check numbers is in our editorial policy; the limits of the estimates are in our disclaimer; what the site does with data is in our privacy policy. Corrections and questions go through the contact page.