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Hire a Pharmacy Technician in San Antonio, TX
One counter is the whole req. Copying a national midpoint is how that counter stays empty. The median fits a technician you will still be checking, and the 75th fits someone who already keeps the queue moving. The nearest metro with its own page for this role is Austin, TX.
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 | $39,300 | $37,730 | $37,850 |
| Median | $47,050 | $45,900 | $45,750 |
| 75th | $49,680 | $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
- Austin, TX · 74 miles
- Victoria, TX · 103 miles
- Killeen, TX · 121 miles
- Eagle Pass, TX · 129 miles
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Questions
What do pharmacy technicians earn in San Antonio, TX?
In San Antonio, the May 2025 median is about $47.1K, 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 San Antonio is about $39.3K. The 75th percentile in San Antonio is about $49.7K.
Who hires pharmacy technicians in San Antonio?
Retail pharmacies and hospital pharmacies do most of the hiring for pharmacy technicians. In San Antonio, the provider extract names H-E-B, Walgreens, CVS Pharmacy. Any names listed are campuses on file, not open postings. A technician in San Antonio can change pharmacies without leaving this metro. A single pharmacy in San Antonio is hiring against the other counters in this metro.
How hard is it to fill pharmacy technicians jobs in San Antonio?
The published hiring-difficulty score for pharmacy technicians in San Antonio is 6.6. This page shows a score only when San Antonio 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 San Antonio. 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 San Antonio for this role?
The nearest listed metro is Austin, TX, and its page uses that metro's own May 2025 wage. A city other than San Antonio needs the wage from its own page. Miles on the nearby list are the distance between the city points, not a drive time. San Antonio has about as many of these workers as a typical metro. The May 2025 employment count for pharmacy technicians in San Antonio is 3,600. A blank employment count means BLS did not publish one for San Antonio.
What license do pharmacy technicians need in San Antonio, TX?
Pharmacy technicians in San Antonio 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.