how much hourley, and how much on average over a 5 year period
2006-10-13 03:30:49 · 5 answers · asked by Mary Jane 1 in Health ➔ Women's Health
9.80 an hour after 8 months in school? whats the point
2006-10-13 03:34:31 · update #1
If you start out making $9.80/hour, you're doing good as a pharmacy tech. You don't need to go to school to be a pharmacy tech, you just need to learn on the job. Pharmacy tech schools are a rip off.
If you can get into billing, it pays better.
2006-10-13 03:38:19 · answer #1 · answered by Tina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I started 3 years ago at a retail pharmacy chain in the Boston area, my pay was $8 an hour. After 3 months it went up to $8.25. Once I was there for about 9 months I was store certified and I got a $1 raise. So on my 1 year anniversary I was up to $9.25 an hour. My raise brought me to $9.53 an hour, and my second year raise brought me up to $9.83 an hour. I'm now earning $10.21 an hour and I've been there 3 years. All my training was on the job. I am MA state certified and will be taking the national exam in March.
2006-10-14 21:11:06 · answer #2 · answered by Moxie1313 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on where you work and whether or not you are already a trained technician, in hospitals they can make good money, if you are untrained you should start out in a Walmart Pharmacy, they will train you, several years ago they started out about $7.50 or so an hour and within several years you are up to about $10.00 an hour. However if you don't want to pay for the training Walmart is a good place to start.
Good Luck
2006-10-13 10:36:23 · answer #3 · answered by judy_derr38565 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Average starting uncertified pharm tech pay is between $8 and $9. Most pharmacies do raise your salary after a certain period of time or if you become certified.
2006-10-14 21:49:44 · answer #4 · answered by Lea 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pharmacy techs usually make around $9.80 per hour.
2006-10-13 10:32:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋