Insights / Pharmacy pay versus the U.S. median / District of Columbia
Pharmacy pay in the District of Columbia
District pharmacy aides are paid far above the country, and there are 120 of them. Technicians are the flat, larger bench.
The technician offer picked up the aide premium because both jobs sound like pharmacy support.
Pharmacy aides earn $59,960 against $37,680 nationally, 1.59 times the country, with 120 employed.
Their upper quarter is $60,660, almost the same dollar as the median.
A tiny bench, a high tight band.
Pharmacy technicians number 1,130 at $47,410 against $45,750, 1.04 times the country.
Pharmacists number 850 at $153,400 against $140,910, 1.09 times the country, upper quarter $165,710.
The aide multiple does not belong on either of those letters.
Each occupation
1Pharmacists
- State median
- $153,400
- 75th percentile
- $165,710
- U.S. median
- $140,910
- State vs U.S.
- 1.09
- State employment
- 850
2Pharmacy Aides
- State median
- $59,960
- 75th percentile
- $60,660
- U.S. median
- $37,680
- State vs U.S.
- 1.59
- State employment
- 120
3Pharmacy Technicians
- State median
- $47,410
- 75th percentile
- $59,470
- U.S. median
- $45,750
- State vs U.S.
- 1.04
- State employment
- 1,130
Ranked table
Swipe the table sideways. The same figures are in the blocks above.
| Rank | Occupation | State median | 75th percentile | U.S. median | State vs U.S. | State employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pharmacists | $153,400 | $165,710 | $140,910 | 1.09 | 850 |
| 2 | Pharmacy Aides | $59,960 | $60,660 | $37,680 | 1.59 | 120 |
| 3 | Pharmacy Technicians | $47,410 | $59,470 | $45,750 | 1.04 | 1,130 |
Takeaways
- The technician upper quarter is $59,470, which happens to land near the aide median and is still a technician wage.
- The District of Columbia is 7 of 48 on the pharmacist median. Aides are not the sort.
- One hundred twenty aides cannot be cited as the technician market.
- A national technician wage is only a small miss. An aide-based technician wage is a large one.
For recruiters
- Write the technician range from $47,410. Leave 1.59 on the aide row.
- If the req is aides, say the bench is 120 people before you celebrate the premium.
FAQ
- Are these posted wages or open jobs?
- No. The table is a government survey or a designation file.
- What should a recruiter do first?
- Follow the recruiter note on this page.
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
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Methodology
Occupations are the fixed set named in the series, kept only when both the District of Columbia median and the U.S. median are published. A 75th percentile or an employment count that is unpublished stays blank in the table. The article is omitted when fewer than 3 occupations qualify. OEWS May 2025. A comparison of 1.00 matches the U.S. median. Sorted by the Pharmacists state median when that occupation qualifies, otherwise by the highest median in the table. District of Columbia is 7 of 48. A row links to the District of Columbia metro page with the highest public market difficulty score for that occupation when one is published, and otherwise to the occupation page on the hiring grid. An unpublished percentile or employment count is shown as unpublished rather than replaced with a zero. The wages are annual OEWS figures. They are not job listings and they are not an employer's current offer. Read the comparison beside the dollar figures: a high state wage can still sit under the national median for that occupation, and a lower state wage can still sit above it. Rounded figures in the prose: $153,400 is stated as about $153.4K. $140,910 is stated as about $140.9K. a comparison of 1.09 is stated as 9 percent. $165,710 is stated as about $165.7K. $47,410 is stated as about $47.4K. a comparison of 1.04 is stated as 4 percent. $45,750 is stated as about $45.8K. Rounded figures in the prose: $59,960 is stated as about $60.0K. a comparison of 1.59 is stated as 59 percent.
Sources
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