Insights / Pharmacy pay versus the U.S. median / Oregon
Pharmacy pay in Oregon
Oregon pharmacy technicians moved above the country, and there are more of them to hire than pharmacists.
The technician req was still sitting on a national wage after the pharmacist offer had already been rewritten for Oregon.
Pharmacists in the state have a median of $165,960, against $140,910 nationally, and employment of 3,250. Their 75th percentile is $182,040. Finance has usually seen that row.
Pharmacy technicians are the larger group, 4,320 jobs, at $54,900 against $45,750 nationally, which is 1.20 times the country. Their 75th percentile is $62,560. A technician who can choose a pharmacy already knows the local median. Leaving the national figure in the posting tells them the req was written somewhere else.
Ranked table
| Rank | Occupation | State median | 75th percentile | U.S. median | State vs U.S. | State employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pharmacists | $165,960 | $182,040 | $140,910 | 1.18 | 3,250 |
| 2 | Pharmacy Technicians | $54,900 | $62,560 | $45,750 | 1.20 | 4,320 |
| 3 | Pharmacy Aides | $40,250 | $58,050 | $37,680 | 1.07 | 450 |
Takeaways
- Pharmacy aides are a small occupation here, 450 jobs, at $40,250 against $37,680 nationally.
- The aide 75th percentile is $58,050, a wide step above the aide median, so an aide range and a technician range are not interchangeable.
- Oregon is 1 of 48 on the pharmacist median. The sort puts pharmacists first even when the open req is technicians.
- Both licensed rows on this page pay above the country. The miss is using the country for the larger one.
For recruiters
- Read the technician row in the intake even when the meeting was called about pharmacists.
- If the posting still shows a national technician wage, change the number before you refresh the ad.
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 Oregon 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 A 75th percentile or an employment count that is unpublished stays blank in the table.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. Oregon is 1 of 48. A row links to the Oregon 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: $165,960 is stated as about $166.0K. $140,910 is stated as about $140.9K. a comparison of 1.18 is stated as 18 percent. $182,040 is stated as about $182.0K. $40,250 is stated as about $40.3K. a comparison of 1.07 is stated as 7 percent. $37,680 is stated as about $37.7K. Rounded figures in the prose: $54,900 is stated as about $54.9K. a comparison of 1.20 is stated as 20 percent.
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