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Pharmacy Technician Jobs in Portland, OR: Pay and Who's Hiring
In Portland, the May 2025 median is about $58.6K, 28% over the U.S. median. The U.S. median for pharmacy technicians is about $45.8K in the same May 2025 release. The Oregon median is about $54.9K, and this metro is 7% over that figure. The 25th percentile in Portland is about $48.7K. The 75th percentile in Portland is about $63.7K.
Pay
The median is the middle of pharmacy technicians already employed, not the wage a certificate school put on a brochure. The 25th is the lower quarter of that group. The 75th is the upper quarter. If you already keep a retail queue or a hospital cart fill moving, put the offer next to the 75th before you treat the middle as the job.
| Percentile | Metro | OR | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25th | $48,680 | $48,190 | $37,850 |
| Median | $58,590 | $54,900 | $45,750 |
| 75th | $63,720 | $62,560 | $49,990 |
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
Hiring difficulty and demand
Who's hiring
Portland is outside the provider extract, so employer names are not listed.
License and training
A PTCB CPhT or an NHA ExCPT is a national certificate, and it is not a state license. Some states require registration, some require the certificate, and some require neither. Confirm the current rule with that state's board of pharmacy before you treat the certificate as enough.
Sources: PTCB, state regulations Texas State Board of Pharmacy, technician and trainee registration
The work
The retail shift is the queue. Data entry, counting, labeling, inventory, and the insurance reject that will not clear fill the hours. At pickup the technician can give a status. The pharmacist still owns the counseling.
Hospital work moves to unit-dose carts and the missing dose a nurse is waiting on. The pharmacy does not close when the lobby does. The check before a dose leaves is still the pharmacist's.
Either setting asks for a clean label and a count that matches the order. Speed that scrambles those two is not speed a pharmacist can sign.
Nearby metros
- Longview, WA · 45 miles
- Salem, OR · 46 miles
- Albany, OR · 67 miles
- Corvallis, OR · 74 miles
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Questions
What do pharmacy technicians earn in Portland, OR?
In Portland, the May 2025 median is about $58.6K, 28% over the U.S. median. The U.S. median for pharmacy technicians is about $45.8K in the same May 2025 release. The Oregon median is about $54.9K, and this metro is 7% over that figure. The 25th percentile in Portland is about $48.7K. The 75th percentile in Portland is about $63.7K.
Who hires pharmacy technicians in Portland?
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 Portland can change pharmacies without leaving this metro. A single pharmacy in Portland is hiring against the other counters in this metro.
How hard is it to fill pharmacy technicians jobs in Portland?
The published hiring-difficulty score for pharmacy technicians in Portland is 8.0. This page shows a score only when Portland 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 Portland. 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 Portland for this role?
The nearest listed metro is Longview, WA, and its page uses that metro's own May 2025 wage. A city other than Portland needs the wage from its own page. Miles on the nearby list are the distance between the city points, not a drive time. Portland has about a third fewer of these workers than a typical metro. The May 2025 employment count for pharmacy technicians in Portland is 2,460. A blank employment count means BLS did not publish one for Portland.
What license do pharmacy technicians need in Portland, OR?
Pharmacy technicians in Portland follow the Oregon 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 Oregon registration by itself. Confirm the current rule with the Oregon 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.