The annual salary statistics of pharmacy technicians in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of pharmacy technicians in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $44,570 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $45,900 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $57,710 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $79,630 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $82,820 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for pharmacy technicians in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $82,820. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $57,710. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $44,570.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of pharmacy technicians from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $57,710 | 3.08% | 24.47% |
| 2021 | $55,930 | 7.53% | - |
| 2020 | $51,720 | 7.39% | - |
| 2019 | $47,900 | -0.54% | - |
| 2018 | $48,160 | 5.44% | - |
| 2017 | $45,540 | -0.88% | - |
| 2016 | $45,940 | -1.87% | - |
| 2015 | $46,800 | 0.06% | - |
| 2014 | $46,770 | 1.22% | - |
| 2013 | $46,200 | 5.65% | - |
| 2012 | $43,590 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $57,710, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is the second highest paying city for pharmacy technicians in state of California, following the highest paying city San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (median annual salary of $58,640). Compared with San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, the median annual salary of pharmacy technicians in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 1.6 percent (1.6%) lower.