Highest-paying Cities for Pharmacy Aides

The top 100 highest paying cities for pharmacy aides (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of pharmacy aides in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $71,010, Vallejo-Fairfield, California is the highest paying city for pharmacy aides. It is followed by Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California (average annual salary $54,600). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of pharmacy aides in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Pharmacy Aides

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$71,010	$38,700	110
2	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$54,600	$35,850	90
3	Napa, California	$50,170	$30,230	50
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$47,130	$36,670	1,240
5	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$45,570	$27,540	190
6	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$45,240	$32,370	450
7	Stockton, California	$44,420	$30,720	200
8	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$44,410	$38,170	320
9	Tucson, Arizona	$41,340	$29,770	50
10	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$41,300	$29,310	430
11	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$40,530	$30,600	500
12	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$40,380	$32,150	50
13	Anchorage, Alaska	$40,320	$29,790	70
14	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$40,290	$31,090	640
15	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$40,150	$22,440	210
16	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$39,720	$25,970	480
17	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$39,510	$22,250	280
18	Columbia, South Carolina	$39,410	$22,120	70
19	Columbus, Ohio	$39,270	$29,670	200
20	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$38,760	$30,280	820
21	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$38,510	$32,010	80
22	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$38,430	$26,910	110
23	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$38,080	$30,950	4,330
24	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$37,970	$30,990	60
25	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$37,930	$31,300	580
26	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$37,930	$30,700	110
27	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$37,890	$21,380	150
28	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$37,750	$28,160	100
29	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$37,480	$29,990	130
30	Redding, California	$37,300	$29,880	40
31	Montgomery, Alabama	$37,220	$23,300	70
32	Salinas, California	$36,970	$32,060	70
33	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$36,960	$25,990	500
34	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$36,900	$31,100	150
35	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$36,830	$27,750	240
36	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$36,660	$33,940	760
37	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$36,460	$31,270	40
38	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$36,460	$24,140	60
39	Utica-Rome, New York	$36,440	$28,270	40
40	Bend, Oregon	$36,330	$25,320	60
41	Chico, California	$36,310	$29,700	40
42	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$36,250	$27,360	100
43	Yuba City, California	$36,220	$29,240	50
44	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$36,210	$31,140	150
45	Modesto, California	$36,150	$30,780	100
46	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$36,090	$31,090	80
47	Olympia, Washington	$35,890	$32,030	60
48	Fresno, California	$35,870	$29,840	220
49	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$35,770	$26,740	30
50	Worcester, Massachusetts	$35,620	$30,140	60
51	Merced, California	$35,550	$29,760	40
52	Visalia-Porterville, California	$35,550	$29,310	60
53	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$35,410	$28,030	400
54	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$35,390	$28,050	50
55	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$35,360	$26,050	90
56	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$35,290	$31,680	30
57	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$35,280	$31,330	30
58	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$35,210	$28,880	440
59	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$35,140	$28,600	160
60	Reading, Pennsylvania	$35,120	$23,230	70
61	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$34,930	$31,400	60
62	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$34,910	$29,280	60
63	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$34,690	$31,050	150
64	Spokane, Washington	$34,620	$31,010	120
65	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$34,600	$22,860	510
66	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$34,570	$34,170	730
67	Kansas City, Missouri	$34,560	$26,090	390
68	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$34,530	$30,950	50
69	Bellingham, Washington	$34,500	$31,530	50
70	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$34,470	$30,320	60
71	Bloomsburg-Berwick, Pennsylvania	$34,440	$28,250	40
72	Charlottesville, Virginia	$34,370	$26,300	n/a
73	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$34,250	$27,480	820
74	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$34,200	$28,530	310
75	Yakima, Washington	$34,040	$30,890	60
76	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$34,030	$28,370	160
77	Madison, Wisconsin	$33,920	$28,940	90
78	Salem, Oregon	$33,680	$26,970	50
79	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$33,510	$20,960	30
80	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$33,430	$24,070	40
81	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$33,260	$28,500	60
82	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$33,090	$30,740	30
83	Tyler, Texas	$32,900	$20,590	n/a
84	Richmond, Virginia	$32,890	$27,920	60
85	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$32,840	$24,520	550
86	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$32,740	$29,520	2,030
87	Akron, Ohio	$32,690	$21,810	110
88	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$32,550	$21,680	410
89	Billings, Montana	$32,480	$26,640	40
90	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$32,440	$23,130	70
91	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$32,180	$23,280	60
92	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$32,130	$29,120	240
93	Springfield, Massachusetts	$32,030	$29,640	60
94	Columbia, Missouri	$31,990	$28,850	90
95	Rochester, New York	$31,940	$30,580	440
96	Syracuse, New York	$31,930	$30,030	190
97	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$31,890	$22,200	610
98	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania	$31,870	$22,330	110
99	Toledo, Ohio	$31,750	$29,070	80
100	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$31,740	$26,930	50

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for pharmacy aides.