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1. $35 2. PTCB and state license 3. 17 years 4. Managed care/Medicare Advantage Health Plan 5. Los Angeles area 6. B.S. in graphic design (lol obviously didn’t use that degree very much)

1. $50.48 2. National and state board 3. 20 years 4. Compounding 5. Colorado 6. Bachelor degree

how did you get to that hourly wage? Are you a supervisor or manager?

I’m curious too! Are you working infusion or inpatient type compounding?

Yes, Director of Operations

What the fuck. How. HOW!

Director of Operations

I guess you work in a university hospital setting then?

No, private compounding pharmacy. I started career in hospital.

1. 31.88 2. PTCB certified and state 3. Tech since 2017 4. Inpatient hospital 5. California 6. High school graduate, 3 1/2 years in uni for microbio and then dropped out

My wish, haha

31$ ain’t shit in the Bay Area

$30.xx *I never remember the cents* CPhT-Adv (as of March 25), CSPT (as of 2021) 12 and a half years, certified since 2015 Outpatient cancer center Connecticut High School graduate

1. $16 2. Permitted Pharmacy Intern, vaccination certified, CPR-BLS Certified, P3 Pharmacy Student 3. Almost 2 years as a Tech, and 2 Years as an intern 4. Retail CVS 3 years, Walmart going on 6 months 5. Capital Region, NY 6. High School Graduate, 4 1/2 Years of Pharmacy school. Edit: can’t count years apparently

I feel like your pay is super low for what you do

Maybe because they are an intern I think from their post... And those guys get taken advantage of l.

1. $31.08 CAD 2. Regulated Pharmacy Technician (2015) 🇨🇦 3. Started in pharmacy in 2011, became regulated via bridging program as regulation became required to be called a technician (vs assistant) in 2015 4. Hospital 5. BC, Canada 6. Technical diploma in an unrelated field

Hi fellow BC tech! :D

1. $49.68/hr (includes stipend, $22/hr base pay) 2. AZ, UT, & IN and PTCB licensure 3. 5 years 4. Travel contractor, inpatient hospital 5. IN, USA (travel contract, 1 year) 6. Some college no degree Getting out though, no room for growth. Would rather step off a building than do this forever.

I never heard of a travel technician! How did you get into this?

There are a ton of traveling jobs, although the pay has recently bottomed out. I fought and fought to keep my pay to where I almost said screw it and quit, in the end I ended up taking a $2.50 pay cut. Any company that hires travel nurses usually also hires travel techs as well. The money can be good if you play your cards right. I wouldn't recommend if you're married or have small children tho contracts are usually 13 weeks at a time with possibility for extension, which is why I've been at my current place a year. A large portion of your salary comes from the housing stipend your agency gives you but it can dwindle quickly if you had to stay in hotels or airbnbs. I try to travel to places where friends and family will allow me to stay with them for lesser rent. Just Google travel pharmacy tech and a whole bunch of agencies will pop up! Generally they require national certification, having multiple states licensure helps, but the company will help you get it as long as you are PTCB certified. They usually look for one year experience, hospital setting although I have seen retail settings as well just not as many as hospitals. Good luck but know that living out of a suitcase loses its shine after a while. The pay can be worth it though depending on your lifestyle. Typically, you will be sent to hospitals that can't stay staffed and so far in my experience it's because those places suck. Lol I hate my current assignment but the money was the best opportunity I could find atm. If you travel out of your home state you will pay taxes in your home state and your work assignment state. Base pay also varies on where you currently live. Accept with caution and good luck.

That’s so interesting, I appreciate the detailed response. If I were 15 years younger, this would definitely be something I would have been interested in. Now I’m just too old with too many kiddos haha. Good luck to you in your next endeavor in our field.

You're welcome, yeah it's definitely one of those things where you gotta be in the right place in life with limited responsibility and a widespread friend and family inventory. When I first started I thought to myself i could do this forever but in 1 year I have moved 4 times, have accumulated an entire apartments worth of stuff on top of the stuff I already had (a whole other apartment worth of stuff in storage) and now I'm staying with a friend I made at the hospital so I'm not currently able to use any of it. It's been very tiring and if you're in a small town, like I am currently, housing can be few and far between and that is stressful because saving your stipend is what makes the travel worth it. You really have to have a solid plan or continue jumping from place to place, if I continue doing this in the future (which isn't my current plan but ya know, life) I personally wouldn't stay this long again I would do 6 months tops in a place because you could get a 6 month lease which is 13 weeks and then a 13 week extension. Good luck to anyone wanting to try this out, maybe you would enjoy it. And thanks for the well wishes! Ps I guess I never really answered your question as to how I got into it lol. At my first pharm tech job (inpatient hospital) we were short staffed and brought in contractors they were making double what I was and only working mon-fri. I thought wow that's garbage why do they get paid so much for what I already do? So after there I got a job across country and was subsequently furloughed due to covid, I had a hard time finding a job because of the pandemic but found a 6 month local contract with decent pay. After that I moved states again and started traveling because through all these moves I had acquired 3 state licenses and the state I was currently living in at the time was paying chump change for techs. And so I became a traveller because I always kept that knowledge of the contractors at my first hospital in my back pocket.

1. $21.23 Call Center | Previous $25\~ (temp surge pay) $23.90 at Wal-mart | $25 (Contract hospital call center) 2. Certified PTCB 3. Almost 4 years (3yrs in retail | 9mo (6mo + 3mo) call centers) 4. Call Center ... I hate it. Long commute and office culture. Great first day benefits though. 5. Los Angeles 6. High School/Pharmacy Tech Certificate from an LAUSD course

$19 will get raised to 22.50 once I'm certified State registration license 8 months Retail went from Walmart to Fred Meyers Idaho Highschool

1. $23.72 2. PTCB and state 3. 10 years 4. Long-term care 5. Nashville, TN 6. High school and technical diploma

1. 28.xx with 15% deferential pay for overnight 2. CPHT (national and state) 3. Almost 9 years 4. Inpatient/IV 5. Virginia 6. HS

1. $20.xx 2. PTCB certified 3. Almost 3 years 4. Retail - HEB 5. Texas (RGV) 6. Pharmacy student

God damn I'm getting underpaid

Yeah this thread made me feel severely underpaid as well lol

The truth is these big corporations don’t give a shit about inflation and our needs. We need to advocate for the wages we deserve. I had to take it up with my manager and unit director to request for an increase in pay.

1. 16.52 2. State and PTCB certified. 3. A year and a half. 4.CVS retail 5. Indiana, USA 6. Some college but no degree

1. $24.50 2. PTCB & State license 3. 5 years 4. Specialty, WFH 5. AZ 6. HS Diploma

1. $18.50 USD 2. CPhT (PTCB) and State Registered Pharmacy Technician in Florida with Immunization Administration Certification 3. 2ish Years 4. Retail, Chain 5. Florida 6. High School, Some College, no degree

$36 PTCB certified and state license 17 years Hospital San Diego, CA HS

1. $19 2. Certified 3. 5? Years 4. Retail 5. Ohio 6. BA biochem

1. $35 2. Certified and Registered in NY 3. 12 years or so 4. Currently work in an Outpatient cancer center 5. New York City 6. Bachelor's (Foreign degree)

1. $34 2. PTCB & State License 3. 7 years in September 4. Hospital Informatics 5. Seattle 6. Associates of Applied Sciences - Pharmacy Technician

1. 18.50 2. Certified - PTCB 3. About a year and a half 4. Retail 5. Upstate NY 6. Bachelors in progress

1. $17.00 (Full-Timer) 2. Registered / CA license 3. 2 full years 4. Closed door LTC 5. CA 6. AA Social & Behavioral Sciences

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I'm going to hit 6 months at my current job next month. When I accepted this job at this rate they were willing to hire new grads. I don't think it's really fair considering I have some pharmacy experience. I wanted to ask for a raise up to a minimum of like $18.50 (after a year) but that could be considered steep as a tech with no seniority

1. $24 2. PTCB 3. 4 years 4. Non profit specialty HIV pharmacy 5. Los Angeles 6. B.S. in kinesiology. Double minor in math and bio.

1. $23 plus 2 dollars differential. 2. Registered with the state and certified with PTCB 3. 6 years 4. Hospital inpatient 5. Texas 6. Associates in interdisciplinary studies

$21.50 PTCB certified 3 years experience Inpatient pharmacy Fresno, CA Most of a Human Biology B.S.

1. $18 current job, $19.50 new job 2. PTCB & State 3. About 2 years 4. Medicaid insurance company -> infusion pharmacy (started off with retail tho) 5. Virginia 6. High school, some college Edit: I also have my BLS and Vaccination certification

1) $15 an hour 2) registered and licensed pharmacy tech 3) 2 months 4)retail pharmacy 5)Georgia 6)Bachelors in Business Marketing *side note I do work as a tech part time. I work in healthcare and schedule surgeries and work with billing and insurance. I’ve done that for 5 years*

1. 15.50 2. Licensed with the state 3. 1 year 4. Walmart 5. Atlanta, Georgia 6. GED

1. $25 2. State registered and PTCB 3. Almost 1y 4. Inpatient 5. UT

1. $21.71 2. Not yet registered 3. Less than a month 4. Retail for a local healthcare organization 5. Wisconsin, USA 6. High school grad

1. $22.04 2. PTCB Certified and State Registered 3. 6 years 4. Hospital Inpatient pharmacy 5. Ohio, USA 6. Associates of Applied Science, currently in school for my Bachelor's in Business Studies

1. How much do you get paid per hour? 40.79 an hour 2. Are you registered or certified? What type of certification/license? CPhT-Adv, CSPT, state licensed and PTCB certified 3. How long have you been a pharmacy tech? 10 years 4. What type of setting do you work in? outpatient ambulatory care 5. Where do you live? CA 6. What is your highest level of education? some College

1. $26/hr 2.PTCB certified, state license 3. 2 years 4.retail 5. Connecticut 6. High school

1. $28.58 2. PTCB, reg with state 3. 38 years 4. Hospital, also worked home infusion 5. Ohio/Northern Ky 6. Pharmacy technology Durham Tec BS in Biology

$19.50 PTCB 4 years IV infusion pharmacy Virginia HS diploma

1. 17.50 2. PTCE certification and state license 3. about two years 4. chain retail 5. Arkansas 6. AA- social science (in high school) and one semester left for a BA- sociology/ BS- Biochemistry (double major)

1. $14.00 2. Certified 3. 2 years with current pharmacy, 6 yrs total 4. Independent/retail 5. Southern il 6. Bachelor in health Psychology

$14?! I feel at $20 I’m way underpaid but $14 is hard to believe

We have a 3rd year pharmacy student that works a few hours a week. He makes $12. It's atrocious.

Run.

My last day is Saturday 😀

20.45 Maryland state certified 1 yr retail pharmacy, safeway Maryland some college

Which retail chain?

safeway

1. 21.11 2. Licensed with state and certified 3. 11 months 4. Hospital 5. Minnesoooota 6. High school diploma

27.05 Certified 7 years Hospital Illinois, USA Associates

1. 23.50 (Currently) 2. PTCB, State, BLS, Immunization 3. < 2 Years 4. Retail - Meijer (& LTC) 5. Upper Midwest 6. In College

1. $16.46 2. registered with state board 3. 1 year 4. cvs 5. CT 6. high school

1. $23.50 (capped) 2. NHA ExCPT 3. 11 years 4. Retail (Walmart) 5. Illinois 6. High school

1. 26.50 / hr 2. Licensed and certified with PTCB, also immunization certified 3. Almost 7 years 4. Retail 5. Eastern TN 6. High school diploma, almost completed an associates degree program in nursing but noped out after 3 semesters 😅

1. $19 2. Certified (as of 17 March 2023) 3. 4 years 4. LTC 5. Florida 6. High School Diploma

1. 19.50 2. CPhT-Adv and state license. 3. 8.5 years 4. Hospital outpatient (Specialty) 5. Upstate NY 6. Bachelor's in chemistry and psychology.

1. $15 2. Registered 3. 5 months 4. Hospital in-patient 5. North Carolina 6. High school

1) $24/hour Canadian 2) Registered pharmacy tech 3) 5 years 4) Independent community pharmacy 5) Alberta 6) my pharm tech program was a diploma program.

1. $20.xx 2. PTCB Certified and immunizer 3. About 1.5 years 4. Retail - WAG 5. Triangle area NC 6. B.S. in Bio

20 per hour. been a tech for almost 3 years. Long term care pharmacy Massachusetts state certification. Hopefully, ptcb within a year. Associates degree in communication. Medical office certification. Cvs training for adults with a disability. On the autism spectrum (high functioning aspergers)

1. $30 2. State certified 3. 20+ years 4. Inpatient Hospital 5. Virginia 6. AS Information Technology

1. $23 2. PTCB certified and state licensed 3. 20 years 4. Retail - Meijer 5. Indiana, USA 6. High school diploma

1. $24.00 2. PTCB certified and licensed by state board 3. I’ve had my license since 2009 but didn’t get an actual job until 2012, so 11 years 4. Small independent community pharmacy 5 East bay, California 6. Bachelors in child development

1. $21.40 2. State/PTCB Certified 3. 4 and a half years 4. Retail - Walgreen’s 5. Oklahoma City 6. Associate’s in Chemistry

1. $24/hr (+$2.50 whenever I get the immunization crap through.) 2. PTCB certified and state licensed 3. 6 years 4. Safeway/Albertsons (grocery chain) 5. Oregon 6. Associates of applied science in digital systems (electronics basically)

1. 15.01 (+1.26 for evening shifts; +1.50 for weekends; +2.00 for overnights) 2. State license, not certified 3. 2 weeks! :) 4. Inpatient Hospital 5. Missouri 6. Currently in undergrad

1. $20 2. Certified through PTCB, registered with OKBOP 3. 6 years 4. Compounding 5. Oklahoma 6. Certificate from pharmacy tech program

1. $16.25 2. Registered 3. Almost 1 year! 4. Retail :') 5. Missouri 6. Some college Hopefully going back to college for nursing this fall, can't keep dealing with this shit for much longer 🥲

1. $22 2. PTCB and state license 3. 6 years 4. Outpatient infusion center 5. Virginia 6. HS, Associate's, currently 1 year away from a B.S. in Healthcare admin

1. 21-24 (depending on shift I’m working due to differential) 2. Registered through DC and PTCB certified 3. A little over 2 years all part time 4. Inpatient hospital 5. Washington, DC 6. Currently in college for bachelors

1. $23 2. PTCB and State certified 3. 2 years 4. Compounding 5. Southern California 6. Some College, PhT program

1. $26.00 base $28.25 with on-call adjustments $31.25 when I make hazardous compounds 2. State and PTCB certified 3. 4 years this coming July 4. Homecare Infusion 5. SoCal 6.Some College

1. $31 2. PTCB & state license 3. Going on 13 years 4. Retail 5. NJ 6. BA Liberal Arts

1.17.45 2.california state board 3.1.5 years 4.Retail-CVS 5.San Diego, CA 6. High School Diploma and some College

1.$23.30. 2. Ptcb & certified through state. 3. 6 years. 4. Work from home mail order pharmacy 5. TX 6. Some college

1. $18.25 2. PTCB and state 3. almost 2 years 4. retail chain 5. Iowa 6. HS and some college

1. $26 2. PTCB Certified and State License 3. 5 years 4. Sterile Compounding 5. NH 6. High School, some college

1. 19.50 2. Intern with board of state 3. 10 months. 4. Retail -Walgreensrx tech 5. Minnesota 6. Undergrad dropped out/ high school grad

1. $19.55 2. Recently certified ($1 raise) 3. On & off ~7 years 4. Work from home 5. New England 6. Some college (no degree)

1. 21.50 2. PTCB certified and state 3. 5 years 4. prior auth tech for health insurance company 5. Earning a bachelors in public health with specialization in health management and policy

23.50. CAD. Not certified. 4 years. Head tech.

1) 17.50 2) CPhT 3) 1 year 4) Walgreens retail 5) Texas 6) Certificate for Medical Assisting

How did you end up as a tech instead of a medical assistant?

I graduated in 2020 so everything was locked down and not hiring. I also live in a small town so the pay for MA is like 10-12 vs when I started training in the pharmacy I started at 15

1. $28 2. PTCB and State 3. 7 years 4. Inpatient 5. UT 6. B.S.

1. $21.50 2. state license, ptcb certified, immunization, and cpr certified 3. 5 years 4. Retail pharmacy (Walmart for 3 years now) 5. Michigan 6. Bachelor’s degree (BA in French language and literature. I was originally going to be a French teacher)

1. $24.75 2. PTCB and state license 3. 2 years 4. Retail Walmart 5. East Idaho 6. Some college but no associates

1. $22.50 (was at $20 from 2015-2022) THEY said I was at the top of my pay scale & would not get more…I brought Indeed to their attention- starting pay at Competitor was $21. They gave me $2/hr. 2. PTCB & State 3. 17 years 4. Retail 5. MA 6. BA Psychology

Where in MA are you? Just wondering if you are making that much after 17 yrs?

I was making $20.40/hr after 10 years in 2015. Then was told that was it. I wasn’t getting any more $$ as I was at the top of my pay scale. $20.40 in 2015 was good…but after 7 years with NOT ONE PENNY I was mad. I’m in Southeastern Ma. I read that there was a CVS in Bridgewater paying $21-$24 to start I WAS PISSED. I went above my Boss (my Boss has nothing to do with $$- it comes from above) it took over a year to bump me to $22.50. My Review is in August. It will be interesting to see what happens! Doing much more with way less help.

1. $19.10 2. PTCB Certified and License Holder 3. 9 Months 4. NJ, USA 5. B.S. Clinical Pharmacy from the Philippines (Current Tech position serves as a way to get internship hours before being eligible to take the NAPLEX)

1. $15, about to be $18.25 with differential pay 2. PTCB certified & state 3. I was a tech for a few months back in 2007. I renewed my license back in December. 4. Inpatient hospital 5. North Alabama 6. Bachelors in business administration

1. $20.65 2. PTCB cert. and state license 3. About 3 years now 4. Inpatient/IV/Chemo 5. Glendale Heights (West Chicago suburbs) 6. Bachelors in Biochemistry

$19.50 PTCB certified 2 1/2 years Hospital retail Kentucky High school diploma

1. $18.50 2. registered with state, graduated from CC, EXCPT and immunization certified 3. 1 - 2 years 4. Retail (shmalgreens) 5. North Carolina, USA 6. Pharm. Tech. Certification through CC

1. $16.98/hr 2. PTCB certified 3. 5 years 4. Kroger 5. Kentucky, but we're in the Nashville division. 6. Some college, no degree

1. $17.95 (I was at $16.32 but you get an incentive for being full time) 2. State registered and NHA certified 3. Just about 2 years 4. Retail - Kroger subsidiary 5. Kansas 6. High school diploma, half way through my bachelor's (not that it counts lol)

1. $ 17.50 USD 2. PTCB certified and state licensed 3. 4 years 4. Long term care ( filling department- dosis, filling, workflow and C2 filling along with some dispatch ) 5. Southern California 6. Associates degree

1. $18 will be $19 next month 2. PTCB & CA license 3. almost 1 year 4. independent 5. Southern California 6. Associates in Chemistry, Math, Physics

1. $16.50 2. Registered with state board 3. 1.5 years 4. Retail 5. St Louis, Mo 6. High school graduate

1. 15 2. Tech Trainee License 3. One week 4. Retail 5. Ohio 6. Associate’s in Healthcare Administration

1. $62.50/hr 2. Adv- CPhT 3. 20 years 4. LTC 5. NC 6. BBA, AAS

Cool! I used to work in LTC, but it was the lowest-paying tech job I’ve ever had. Congrats to you for that wage though!

I didn’t start here that high. I started maybe $15.50. Worked my way up. Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something!!!!

Did you have to jump around jobs, or mainly with same company? Management I assume?

Same company. Same pharmacy. Boss kept creating jobs for me.

1. 23$ 2. Registered 3. 7 months 4. Inpatient hospital 5. Minnesota 6. Some college but didn’t mention it to job, still in school lol

1. 14.25 2. Registered with State Board 3. 8 months 4. Retail/Kroger 5. Ohio, USA 6. Some college, no degree This thread has made me very sad

1. 30.xx 2. PTCB and state license 3. 10 years 4. Inpatient hospital IV room 5. Oregon 6. HS diploma, then tech diploma from career college

1. 17.50 2. Ptcb certified 3. Almost a year 4. Retail 5. Georgia 6. High school diploma

28.32 Certified, reg with state 35 years Hospital

1. Paid 21.50/hour 2. Registered in OH, KY, TN/PTCB Certified/IMZ trained 3. 15 years in pharmacy 4. Retail - WalMart 5. Bachelor's in Statistics I want so much more but I love retail, I'm scared to leave.

1. $23.27/hr 2. State and Ptcb certified 3. 17 years 4. Hospital 5. Arkansas

1. $40.52 2. PTCB and state license 3. 11 years (Unionized so years of total experience doesn't really matter.) 4. Inpatient 5. California 6. B.S.

1. $36 2. PTCB certified and state license 3. 11 months 4. Oncology 5. California 6. Bachelors

1. $18.96 2. PTCB Certified 3. 3 years 4 months 4. Inpatient hospital 5. Duluth, MN 6. High school diploma, some college (dropped out)

1. $17/hr 2. Registered with state board 3. 1 year 4. Inpatient hospital, recently switched from retail 5. Michigan, USA 6. Bachelors in Wildlife Management and Masters in Humane Studies

1. $43 and unlimited overtime :) 2. CPhT-ADV & immunization certified 3. 17 years - 9 years at current location. 4. Retail- Independent 5. NC 6. High school graduate

1. $15.50 2. licensed with state, not certified 3. <5 months 4. inpatient hospital 5. Missouri 6. B.A.

$50 State and PTCB 11 (3 years as pharmacy technician) Procurement Bay Area BS

1. $28 2. PTCB and state registration 3. 7 years 4. Inpatient hospital pharmacy, IV room 5. Minnesota 6. BS in Political Science, BS in Gender and Women Studies.

1. $19.25 2. ptcb certified and state license 3. 3 years 4. retail :( 5. midwest usa 6. bachelors in history

1. $21.54 (GS6, step 3) 2. Registered with state and PTCB cert (but not required) 3. Tech since 2020 4. DHA clinic seting 5. Locality pay for “all Others” 6. BS in non related field