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Pharmacy Aides · SOC 31-9095

Pharmacy Aides Salary in the Seattle Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area

Figures describe the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Seattle city limits.

Median annual wage$45,400
Median hourly wage$21.83

Pharmacy Aides in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area earned a median of $45,400 per year ($21.83 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $35,900 at the 10th percentile to $60,970 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,270 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Pharmacy Aides in the Seattle metro area earn more than $45,400 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $37,760 and $48,930.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$35,900$37,760$45,400$48,930$60,970
Hourly$17.26$18.15$21.83$23.52$29.31

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Seattle metro areathis metro area
    $45,400
  • Washingtonstate (WA)
    $45,110
  • United Statesnational
    $37,680

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +1% vs Washington overall and +20% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$26,220$40,770$55,320$69,870Mayaguez, PR — $26,220Aguadilla, PR — $26,310Arecibo, PR — $26,820Albany, GA — $27,860Baton Rouge, LA — $27,920Jackson, MS — $27,970Ponce, PR — $28,030Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $28,520Macon-Bibb County, GA — $28,790San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $29,180Columbus, GA-AL — $29,300Knoxville, TN — $29,700Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $29,720Chattanooga, TN-GA — $30,020Wichita, KS — $30,070Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $30,910Cedar Rapids, IA — $31,140Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $31,220Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $31,390Monroe, LA — $31,420Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $31,520Athens-Clarke County, GA — $31,540Topeka, KS — $31,730Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $31,850Savannah, GA — $32,200Tulsa, OK — $32,250Lincoln, NE — $32,610Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $33,140Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $33,570Richmond, VA — $33,840Lexington-Fayette, KY — $33,880Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $34,230Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $34,310Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $34,510Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $34,640Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $34,640Springfield, MO — $34,660Evansville, IN — $34,670Lafayette, LA — $34,690Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $34,730Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $34,750Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $34,820El Paso, TX — $35,060Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $35,070Fort Wayne, IN — $35,110Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $35,120Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $35,220Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $35,370New Haven, CT — $35,420Dubuque, IA — $35,440Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $35,540Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $35,550Columbia, SC — $35,570Syracuse, NY — $35,600Eugene-Springfield, OR — $35,710Rochester, NY — $35,710Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $35,740Green Bay, WI — $35,750Greensboro-High Point, NC — $35,760Omaha, NE-IA — $35,760Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $35,810Utica-Rome, NY — $35,830Colorado Springs, CO — $35,880Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $35,900Lubbock, TX — $35,940Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $36,060Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $36,070Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $36,130Billings, MT — $36,190Mobile, AL — $36,260Fresno, CA — $36,270Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $36,290Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $36,340Boise City, ID — $36,370Iowa City, IA — $36,370Birmingham, AL — $36,460Tuscaloosa, AL — $36,550Amarillo, TX — $36,560Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $36,580New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $36,580Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $36,670Huntsville, AL — $36,710Modesto, CA — $36,730Cleveland, OH — $36,750Missoula, MT — $36,780Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $36,790Worcester, MA — $36,840Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $36,990McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $36,990Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $37,000Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $37,010Duluth, MN-WI — $37,010Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $37,020Wilmington, NC — $37,040Kansas City, MO-KS — $37,100Corpus Christi, TX — $37,280Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $37,280Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $37,310Winston-Salem, NC — $37,320Stockton-Lodi, CA — $37,350Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $37,400Visalia, CA — $37,400Bangor, ME — $37,530Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $37,530Oklahoma City, OK — $37,700Killeen-Temple, TX — $37,730Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $37,840North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $37,850Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $37,850Merced, CA — $37,900Yakima, WA — $37,900Bellingham, WA — $37,960Salinas, CA — $38,050Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $38,140Yuba City, CA — $38,160Springfield, MA — $38,180St. Louis, MO-IL — $38,430Columbus, OH — $38,470New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $38,550Albuquerque, NM — $38,630Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $38,690Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $39,100Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $39,140Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $39,160Raleigh-Cary, NC — $39,390Pittsburgh, PA — $39,400Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $39,520Tucson, AZ — $39,570Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $39,620Lancaster, PA — $39,650Redding, CA — $39,690Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $39,770Akron, OH — $39,800Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $39,860Chico, CA — $39,980Portland-South Portland, ME — $39,990Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $40,160Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $40,280Kennewick-Richland, WA — $40,370Binghamton, NY — $40,390Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $40,460Medford, OR — $40,550Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $40,740San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $40,810Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $41,000Columbia, MO — $41,020Laredo, TX — $41,200Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $41,360Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $41,390Reno, NV — $41,400Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $41,600Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $41,910Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $42,140Madison, WI — $42,350Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $42,510Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $42,590Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $42,640Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $42,850San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $43,260Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $43,360Toledo, OH — $43,480Bend, OR — $43,610Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $44,120San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $44,810Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $45,400Urban Honolulu, HI — $46,250San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $46,830San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $47,450Jacksonville, FL — $47,830Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $49,620Salem, OR — $51,590Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $51,850Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $55,710Vallejo, CA — $69,870

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Seattle metro area has the 10th-highest published median for this occupation among the 174 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Washington

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for pharmacy aides, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Seattle metro areathis page
    $45,400
  • Bremerton metro area
    $42,850
  • Olympia metro area
    $42,510
  • Spokane metro area
    $41,360
  • Kennewick metro area
    $40,370
  • Bellingham metro area
    $37,960
  • Yakima metro area
    $37,900

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Home Health and Personal Care Aides$48,210Nursing Assistants$51,990Medical Assistants$61,500Dental Assistants$62,040Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$45,640Massage Therapists$94,220

Highest-paying metro areas for pharmacy aidess · Highest-paying occupations in Seattle Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.