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What pharmacy technicians make
Typical
$55,000
Retail, new
$42,000
Hospital, senior
$68,000
Job Bank's national median is about $25 an hour, roughly $52,000 a year full time. The gap between retail and hospital is the big story. Big chain drugstores pay the least. Hospitals are unionized and pay $5 to $10 an hour more for the same credential.