Pay distribution $35,040 10th $36,050 25th $46,540 75th $49,850 90th
Half of Pharmacy Technicians in the Lancaster metro area earn more than $39,580 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $36,050 and $46,540.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $35,040 $36,050 $39,580 $46,540 $49,850 Hourly $16.85 $17.33 $19.03 $22.38 $23.97
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.
How this area compares Lancaster metro areathis metro area
$39,580 median for Lancaster metro area; middle half earns $36,050 to $46,540
$40,040 median for Pennsylvania; middle half earns $36,160 to $46,870
$45,750 median for United States; middle half earns $37,850 to $49,990
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −1% vs Pennsylvania overall and −13% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $26,350 $43,353 $60,357 $77,360 Aguadilla, PR — $26,350 Arecibo, PR — $26,810 Ponce, PR — $27,970 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $32,320 Guayama, PR — $35,700 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $35,910 Mayaguez, PR — $36,100 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $36,280 Jefferson City, MO — $36,410 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $36,610 Morristown, TN — $36,660 Cleveland, TN — $36,680 Gadsden, AL — $36,800 Altoona, PA — $36,810 Reading, PA — $36,860 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $36,930 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $37,040 Elizabethtown, KY — $37,150 Bowling Green, KY — $37,210 York-Hanover, PA — $37,220 Valdosta, GA — $37,250 Vineland, NJ — $37,260 Gettysburg, PA — $37,320 Erie, PA — $37,340 State College, PA — $37,400 Chambersburg, PA — $37,440 Hattiesburg, MS — $37,470 Johnstown, PA — $37,540 Columbia, MO — $37,750 Paducah, KY-IL — $37,750 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $37,760 Bay City, MI — $37,790 Utica-Rome, NY — $37,800 Joplin, MO-KS — $37,860 Lebanon, PA — $37,890 Charleston, WV — $37,930 Hot Springs, AR — $37,960 Tallahassee, FL — $37,960 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $37,970 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $38,080 Beckley, WV — $38,100 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $38,100 Texarkana, TX-AR — $38,190 Muncie, IN — $38,200 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $38,210 Jonesboro, AR — $38,240 Knoxville, TN — $38,270 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $38,280 Mansfield, OH — $38,310 Morgantown, WV — $38,320 Columbus, IN — $38,370 Monroe, MI — $38,400 Johnson City, TN — $38,480 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $38,490 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $38,490 Williamsport, PA — $38,500 Birmingham, AL — $38,700 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $38,700 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $38,730 Sandusky, OH — $38,750 Dalton, GA — $38,760 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $38,770 Sumter, SC — $38,820 Dothan, AL — $38,830 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $38,860 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $38,860 Homosassa Springs, FL — $39,070 Jackson, TN — $39,090 Monroe, LA — $39,160 Columbia, SC — $39,170 Kankakee, IL — $39,190 Bloomington, IN — $39,270 Mobile, AL — $39,280 Ames, IA — $39,310 Cleveland, OH — $39,310 Florence, SC — $39,350 Kenosha, WI — $39,360 Montgomery, AL — $39,370 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $39,380 Jackson, MS — $39,380 Kokomo, IN — $39,400 Tuscaloosa, AL — $39,450 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $39,460 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $39,460 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $39,490 Springfield, MO — $39,490 Lancaster, PA — $39,580 Lawrence, KS — $39,620 Elmira, NY — $39,630 Manhattan, KS — $39,640 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $39,640 Akron, OH — $39,780 Wichita, KS — $39,810 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $39,820 Terre Haute, IN — $39,820 Alexandria, LA — $39,830 Wheeling, WV-OH — $39,830 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $39,940 Rome, GA — $39,990 Owensboro, KY — $40,000 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $40,130 Lafayette, LA — $40,180 El Paso, TX — $40,200 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $40,290 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $40,350 Sebring, FL — $40,350 Columbus, GA-AL — $40,370 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $40,370 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $40,490 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $40,490 Ocala, FL — $40,500 Tulsa, OK — $40,500 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $40,510 Decatur, IL — $40,560 Savannah, GA — $40,620 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $40,700 Rocky Mount, NC — $40,700 Jacksonville, NC — $40,710 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $40,720 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $40,880 Salisbury, MD — $40,890 Canton-Massillon, OH — $40,900 Rochester, NY — $40,940 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $40,950 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $41,000 Longview, TX — $41,070 Roanoke, VA — $41,200 Albany, GA — $41,390 Syracuse, NY — $41,430 Burlington, NC — $41,490 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $41,490 Lake Charles, LA — $41,520 Wausau, WI — $41,710 Pittsburgh, PA — $41,780 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $41,820 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $41,820 Goldsboro, NC — $42,030 Lynchburg, VA — $42,030 Saginaw, MI — $42,130 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $42,140 Springfield, IL — $42,160 Clarksville, TN-KY — $42,240 Winchester, VA-WV — $42,390 Sherman-Denison, TX — $42,510 Abilene, TX — $42,560 Lubbock, TX — $42,570 Springfield, OH — $42,570 Hammond, LA — $42,790 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $42,830 Waco, TX — $42,850 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $42,880 Bloomington, IL — $42,990 Gainesville, GA — $43,040 Victoria, TX — $43,050 Fort Wayne, IN — $43,070 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $43,080 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $43,150 Warner Robins, GA — $43,150 Wichita Falls, TX — $43,160 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $43,330 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $43,340 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $43,370 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $43,410 Decatur, AL — $43,420 Iowa City, IA — $43,500 Oklahoma City, OK — $43,530 Tyler, TX — $43,690 Lawton, OK — $43,730 Harrisonburg, VA — $43,780 Laredo, TX — $43,800 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $43,800 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $43,820 Spartanburg, SC — $43,840 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $43,890 Huntsville, AL — $43,910 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $43,920 Cedar Rapids, IA — $43,930 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $43,930 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $43,930 Punta Gorda, FL — $43,950 Amarillo, TX — $43,960 College Station-Bryan, TX — $43,980 Lexington Park, MD — $43,980 Richmond, VA — $44,030 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $44,070 Lima, OH — $44,150 Midland, MI — $44,150 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $44,200 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $44,270 Wilmington, NC — $44,300 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $44,320 Kingston, NY — $44,340 Flint, MI — $44,460 Glens Falls, NY — $44,480 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $44,490 Enid, OK — $44,520 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $44,550 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $44,610 Odessa, TX — $44,620 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $44,640 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $44,650 San Angelo, TX — $44,720 Springfield, MA — $44,740 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $44,760 Binghamton, NY — $44,770 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $44,820 Evansville, IN — $44,830 Green Bay, WI — $44,830 Las Cruces, NM — $44,860 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $44,860 Toledo, OH — $44,870 Bangor, ME — $44,880 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $44,880 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $44,880 Pocatello, ID — $44,890 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $44,890 Dover, DE — $44,910 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $44,930 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $45,000 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $45,020 Twin Falls, ID — $45,030 Yuma, AZ — $45,050 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $45,080 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $45,080 Ithaca, NY — $45,090 Dubuque, IA — $45,100 Appleton, WI — $45,160 Asheville, NC — $45,160 Rockford, IL — $45,170 Jacksonville, FL — $45,180 St. Louis, MO-IL — $45,220 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $45,230 Columbus, OH — $45,240 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $45,240 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $45,260 Minot, ND — $45,260 Niles, MI — $45,260 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $45,290 Greenville, NC — $45,310 Jackson, MI — $45,340 Kansas City, MO-KS — $45,360 Traverse City, MI — $45,360 Fargo, ND-MN — $45,390 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $45,430 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $45,530 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $45,540 Baton Rouge, LA — $45,550 Port St. Lucie, FL — $45,560 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $45,590 Corpus Christi, TX — $45,610 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $45,610 Idaho Falls, ID — $45,620 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $45,690 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $45,700 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $45,750 Fond du Lac, WI — $45,760 Winston-Salem, NC — $45,770 Midland, TX — $45,790 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $45,880 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $45,890 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $45,950 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $45,970 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $45,990 Worcester, MA — $46,010 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $46,020 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $46,100 Peoria, IL — $46,110 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $46,130 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $46,130 Lincoln, NE — $46,140 Battle Creek, MI — $46,170 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $46,220 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $46,260 St. Cloud, MN — $46,270 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $46,380 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $46,400 Urban Honolulu, HI — $46,400 Eau Claire, WI — $46,430 Hinesville, GA — $46,450 Fayetteville, NC — $46,490 Gainesville, FL — $46,530 Topeka, KS — $46,590 Boise City, ID — $46,600 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $46,600 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $46,620 Albuquerque, NM — $46,630 Portland-South Portland, ME — $46,630 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $46,660 Logan, UT-ID — $46,680 Madison, WI — $46,680 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $46,820 Grand Island, NE — $46,820 St. George, UT — $46,870 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $46,880 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $46,890 Sheboygan, WI — $46,910 Pittsfield, MA — $46,920 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $47,000 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $47,010 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $47,050 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $47,050 Farmington, NM — $47,070 Eagle Pass, TX — $47,100 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $47,110 Barnstable Town, MA — $47,280 Omaha, NE-IA — $47,290 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $47,300 Tucson, AZ — $47,310 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $47,350 Ogden, UT — $47,380 Killeen-Temple, TX — $47,400 Ann Arbor, MI — $47,420 Duluth, MN-WI — $47,510 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $47,570 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $47,590 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $47,600 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $47,760 Rapid City, SD — $47,840 Santa Fe, NM — $47,890 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $47,940 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $48,110 Charlottesville, VA — $48,110 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $48,170 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $48,180 Pueblo, CO — $48,270 Mankato, MN — $48,400 Casper, WY — $48,460 Grand Junction, CO — $48,470 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $48,520 Missoula, MT — $48,570 Merced, CA — $48,680 Flagstaff, AZ — $48,800 Billings, MT — $48,820 New Haven, CT — $48,830 Visalia, CA — $48,870 Great Falls, MT — $49,110 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $49,250 Bismarck, ND — $49,490 Carson City, NV — $49,620 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $49,650 Helena, MT — $49,910 Colorado Springs, CO — $49,930 Greeley, CO — $49,950 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $50,060 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $50,100 Corvallis, OR — $50,270 Lewiston, ID-WA — $50,270 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $50,270 Reno, NV — $50,290 Modesto, CA — $50,540 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $50,720 Rochester, MN — $50,730 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $50,760 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $50,820 Cheyenne, WY — $50,940 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $50,970 El Centro, CA — $51,130 Boulder, CO — $51,210 Yakima, WA — $51,330 Grants Pass, OR — $51,700 Albany, OR — $51,730 Anchorage, AK — $51,870 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $52,160 Fresno, CA — $52,210 Salem, OR — $52,210 Redding, CA — $52,860 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $54,070 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $54,500 Bozeman, MT — $54,750 Medford, OR — $54,900 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $55,790 Fairbanks-College, AK — $55,850 Bellingham, WA — $56,010 Yuba City, CA — $56,160 Chico, CA — $56,320 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $56,530 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $56,580 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $56,600 Bend, OR — $56,950 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $57,090 Salinas, CA — $57,180 Walla Walla, WA — $57,190 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $57,830 Longview-Kelso, WA — $58,250 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $58,470 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $58,590 Vallejo, CA — $58,670 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $59,380 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $60,550 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $61,320 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $61,800 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $75,490 Napa, CA — $77,360 Lancaster metro area 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 Lancaster metro area has the 307th-highest published median for this occupation among the 393 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 Pennsylvania Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for pharmacy technicians, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Lancaster metro areathis page
$39,580 median for Lancaster metro area; middle half earns $36,050 to $46,540
$44,880 median for Philadelphia metro area; middle half earns $36,300 to $48,170
$41,780 median for Pittsburgh metro area; middle half earns $36,610 to $47,130
$39,940 median for Harrisburg metro area; middle half earns $35,770 to $46,350
$38,500 median for Williamsport metro area; middle half earns $35,940 to $43,810
$38,490 median for Allentown metro area; middle half earns $36,350 to $46,760
$37,890 median for Lebanon metro area; middle half earns $35,280 to $49,290
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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 .