(Pharmacy Technician Certification Board.)


Albertsons			
Brooks				
Cardinal Healthcare		
CVS/Pharmacy		*
Eckerd				
Giant				
Happy Harry's			
Kaiser Permanente		*
Kerr Drugs			
King Soopers
Kmart				
Krogers			
Longs					
Rite Aid			*
Safeway			
Target				
Walgreens			*
Walmart			
Winn Dixie			

Hello i am asking all Public and any of you, who can can submit any
Information on the starting salary (Hourly) / pay rates

My Question.

if i get certified as a PTCB i would like some help on my future
outcome, whats' the average payrate [ i selected the stores i would
like to work at most of all ] its selected as *

14.00 an hr or more? where at? .... anyone know which store that offers that?
or 20.00 an hr or more 

any information would be greatful please post your reply.

Dear Carbomb (scary name!) 

The BLS states the following regarding the average salary of pharmacy technicians: 

"Median hourly earnings of wage and salary pharmacy technicians in
2002 were $10.70. The middle 50 percent earned between $8.74 and
$13.19; the lowest 10 percent earned less than $7.44, and the highest
10 percent earned more than $15.82. Median hourly earnings in the
industries employing the largest numbers of pharmacy technicians in
2002 were as follows:
General medical and surgical hospitals	$12.32	
Grocery stores	11.34	
Drugs and druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers	10.60	
Health and personal care stores	9.70	
Department stores	9.69	

Certified technicians may earn more. Shift differentials for working
evenings or weekends also can increase earnings. Some technicians
belong to unions representing hospital or grocery store workers."
(SOURCE: BLS, <http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos252.htm>). 

In other words, $20 an hour ***might*** be what an experienced
certified technician, would make at a hospital, working also
weekends/nights and special shifts.