| The job of a pharmacist technician is usually | | | | 20 years, he/she can safely earn $15.20 per hour. |
| considered to be well rewarding. The boom in | | | | This places the average salary for an experienced |
| pharmaceuticals industry and health care industry | | | | technician around $40,000 annually. |
| has created a much larger demand for pharmacy | | | | Another important factor that affects the salary |
| technicians in the industry. There are many work | | | | of pharmacist techs is the amount of education |
| options for a pharmacy tech that pay him/her | | | | received by him. The one with a certificate can |
| differently. Here is a look at the pharmacy tech | | | | earn highly in the starting years itself. This is |
| salary being offered today. | | | | because the certificate proves that he possesses |
| Like any other technician, the pay rate of a tech | | | | the required skills to perform his job efficiently. |
| largely depends on two things, the experience | | | | Apart from the experience and education, the |
| earned and the amount of education received. | | | | pharmacy tech pay rate also depends highly on |
| Let's first talk about the experience. The | | | | the place of employment. The different industries |
| pharmacist techs are not paid very handsomely | | | | have different wages this job. Working in a |
| during their early years of employment. Usually, it | | | | general or surgical hospital, a technician can easily |
| depends upon the employer, but the average | | | | earn up to $13.86 per hour whereas someone |
| hourly rate for a technician with less than one | | | | working in a grocery store is usually paid |
| year of experience is, $9.58 per hour. | | | | somewhere around $12.78. On the other hand, |
| If the technician has a good experience of one to | | | | the same pharmacy tech working in a pharmacy |
| four years, the average hourly rate can go up to | | | | or a drug store is paid around $11.50 on an hourly |
| $10.02. With an experience that ranges from five | | | | basis. |
| to nine years, he/she can earn up to, $12.28 per | | | | Since the pay rate is based on work hours, the |
| hour. | | | | certified technicians are able to earn even more if |
| Therefore, it can be said that in the early stages | | | | they work over time. Working in the evenings or |
| of his employment a pharmacy tech can earn | | | | on weekends can add to the work hours, thereby |
| somewhere between $25 000 - $35 000 annually. | | | | adding to the overall income. Since the pharmacy |
| However, the pay rate changes for a pharmacist | | | | tech salary differs according to the education, |
| technician with an experience of ten to twenty | | | | experience and employment the fact is that by |
| years. Such a professional can earn $14.19 per | | | | efficiently combining the three, a technician can |
| hour. If the/she has an experience of more than | | | | earn good money. |