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Hire a Pharmacy Technician in Odessa, TX
Hospital pharmacies and retail counters here hire from the same group of technicians. An offer pasted from a national midpoint loses the person who can already handle the Saturday fill. In Odessa, the May 2025 median is about $44.6K, within 3 percent of the Texas median.
What to offer
A pharmacy that pastes a national midpoint into the posting will lose a reliable technician to the counter across the street. Use this metro's median for someone you will still check on every fill, and the 75th for someone who already keeps the queue moving. The table is this metro's May 2025 BLS wage data.
| Percentile | Metro | TX | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25th | $38,090 | $37,730 | $37,850 |
| Median | $44,620 | $45,900 | $45,750 |
| 75th | $52,000 | $48,960 | $49,990 |
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
How hard this is to fill
For one manager
You are staffing one counter or one hospital pharmacy, not a health system. The technician you want can walk to the pharmacy down the street, so the offer has to work on this block.
Ask whether they have filled under a pharmacist in a setting like yours, and whether this state requires registration. A PTCB or NHA certificate is not that registration.
License and training
Texas registers pharmacy technicians with the Texas State Board of Pharmacy. A registered technician needs a current PTCB or NHA ExCPT certification. Trainee registration is separate and one-time, and it is not the technician registration.
Sources: PTCB, state regulations Texas State Board of Pharmacy, technician and trainee registration
Nearby metros
- Midland, TX · 17 miles
- San Angelo, TX · 115 miles
- Lubbock, TX · 119 miles
- Abilene, TX · 158 miles
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Questions
What do pharmacy technicians earn in Odessa, TX?
In Odessa, the May 2025 median is about $44.6K, within 3 percent of the U.S. median. The U.S. median for pharmacy technicians is about $45.8K in the same May 2025 release. The Texas median is about $45.9K, and this metro is within 3 percent of that figure. The 25th percentile in Odessa is about $38.1K. The 75th percentile in Odessa is about $52.0K.
Who hires pharmacy technicians in Odessa?
Retail pharmacies and hospital pharmacies do most of the hiring for pharmacy technicians. Any names listed are campuses on file, not open postings. A technician in Odessa can change pharmacies without leaving this metro. A single pharmacy in Odessa is hiring against the other counters in this metro.
How hard is it to fill pharmacy technicians jobs in Odessa?
This page shows a score only when Odessa already has one on the hiring grid. National employment of pharmacy technicians is projected to change 6.4% from 2025 to 2035. That projection describes the country, not Odessa. Annual openings in the same national projection are about 44.7 thousand. A missing score does not take the wage table off this page.
Which other metros are near Odessa for this role?
The nearest listed metro is Midland, TX, and its page uses that metro's own May 2025 wage. A city other than Odessa needs the wage from its own page. Miles on the nearby list are the distance between the city points, not a drive time. Odessa has about a third fewer of these workers than a typical metro. The May 2025 employment count for pharmacy technicians in Odessa is 160. A blank employment count means BLS did not publish one for Odessa.
What license do pharmacy technicians need in Odessa, TX?
Pharmacy technicians in Odessa follow the Texas rule shown on this page. There is no separate city license. A PTCB CPhT or an NHA ExCPT is a national certificate, and it is not the Texas registration by itself. Confirm the current rule with the Texas board of pharmacy before you count the certificate as enough. Texas is the only state whose registration rule is written out on this page, so every other state still has to be checked. The pharmacist still checks the medication before it leaves, whether or not the state registers the technician.