Pharmacy Techs in San Antonio?

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What are your experiences as a pharmacy tech?Do you like your job?Was it hard to get a job?is it worth what you paid to get the certificate?Did they interview you by asking bout the top 200 drugs?how much are you paid?

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Pharmacy technicians prepare prescriptions and provide customer service to help their supervising pharmacists. Although the job does not have any standard prerequisites for employment, many are trained on the job while others receive formal school training that can last three months to a year. Pharmacy technicians are generally required to register with their state pharmacy board. The best-paid techs earn more than twice the salaries of the lowest-paid ones.

Median Salaries
As of May 2009, pharmacy techs earn a median hourly wage of $ 13.49 or a yearly salary of $ 28,070, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Earnings can range from $ 9.36 an hour or $ 19,480 a year for the lowest 10 percent and $ 19.31 an hour or $ 40,160 for the top 10 percent.

States
Pay for pharmacy technicians can depend on the state. The highest-paying state for pharmacy techs is Alaska, where salaries average $ 17.83 or $ 37,090; in California pharmacy techs earn $ 17.68 an hour or $ 36,770 a year. In Washington, pharmacy tech salaries average about $ 17.63 an hour or $ 36,670, and in Hawaii, pharmacy techs can earn $ 16.89 an hour or $ 35,130. In Nevada, pharmacy techs can be paid $ 16.33 an hour or $ 33,960.

Cities
What a pharmacy technician earns can depend on the city in which he lives. Big California cities such as San Francisco has pharmacy techs earning about $ 20.91 an hour or $ 43,500 a year; in San Jose pharmacy techs make about $ 20.32 or $ 42,260; in Oakland they earn about $ 19.82 or $ 41,220. Pharmacy techs in Santa Cruz earn about $ 19.44 or $ 40,430; and Santa Barbara pharmacy techs make about $ 19.39 or $ 40,330.

Industries
Pay for pharmacy technicians also varies by industry. The federal government pays pharmacy techs the highest wage at $ 18.77 an hour or $ 39,040 a year. Scientific research and development firms pay technicians about $ 18.69 or $ 38,870; and insurance companies pay pharmacy technicians on average about $ 18.08 or $ 37,610. In management companies and enterprises pay is about $ 17.53 or $ 36,470; and specialty hospitals excluding psychiatry or substance abuse clinics, pay pharmacy techs about $ 17.06 or $ 35,470.

Opportunities
Locations with the highest concentrations of workers and the most job opportunities do not offer the highest salaries. For example, West Virgina has the highest concentration of workers, and pharmacy techs make about $ 11.77 an hour or $ 24,480 a year. Morristown, Tennessee and Gadsen, Alabama have the most pharmacy techs per capita, however, techs working in these towns make about $ 27,080 and $ 22,090 respectively. Even though retail pharmacy stores and hospitals provide the best job opportunities, they are not the highest paying employers, with hourly pay averaging about $ 13. 27 and $ 15.73 respectively.

Read more: The Average Job Salary of a Pharmacy Tech | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/about_7504390_average-job-salary-pharmacy-tech.html#ixzz1Y3ZsARV2

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