The annual salary statistics of pharmacy technicians in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of pharmacy technicians in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City 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 | $33,460 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $39,860 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $51,310 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $65,150 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $78,290 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for pharmacy technicians in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $78,290. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $51,310. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $33,460.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of pharmacy technicians from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $51,310 | 1.83% | 17.89% |
| 2016 | $50,370 | 4.80% | - |
| 2015 | $47,950 | 5.44% | - |
| 2014 | $45,340 | 2.45% | - |
| 2013 | $44,230 | 4.75% | - |
| 2012 | $42,130 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $51,310 in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is in the middle of salary range for pharmacy technicians in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of pharmacy technicians in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 12.5 percent (12.5%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 32.9 percent (32.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Valley Region of California nonmetropolitan area.