Pharmacy Aides · SOC 31-9095

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Pharmacy Aidess

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for pharmacy aides. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 174 metro areas

Pharmacy Aides: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Vallejo, CA	$69,870	80	0.5
2	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$55,710	70	0.4
3	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$51,850	150	0.2
4	Salem, OR	$51,590	60	0.3
5	Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	$49,620	50	0.1
6	Jacksonville, FL	$47,830	50	0.1
7	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$47,450	380	0.3
8	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$46,830	690	0.3
9	Urban Honolulu, HI	$46,250	80	0.2
10	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$45,400	1,270	0.6
11	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$44,810	440	0.3
12	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$44,120	140	0.4
13	Bend, OR	$43,610	50	0.4
14	Toledo, OH	$43,480	40	0.1
15	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$43,360	700	0.3
16	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$43,260	50	0.4
17	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$42,850	40	0.5
18	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$42,640	610	0.2
19	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$42,590	430	0.4
20	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$42,510	70	0.5
21	Madison, WI	$42,350	50	0.1
22	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$42,140	250	0.2
23	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$41,910	100	0.5
24	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$41,600	590	0.3
25	Reno, NV	$41,400	70	0.2

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Pharmacy Aides overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.