Side by side

Pharmacist vs Pharmacy Technician

Pay is effectively the same — the medians sit within 2.0% apart. There is 5.2× more demand for Pharmacist.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasurePharmacistPharmacy TechnicianGap
Open postings39,7427,669+32,073
Posted this week1,286210
Median salary$103,500$101,500+$2k
25th percentile$82k$80k
75th percentile$129k$126k
Salary disclosed4.3%4.8%
Remote share6.8%9.9%-3.1pp
Median age of posting71d74d
Open over 60 days34.8%50.2%
Visa sponsorship18.5%6.5%
Pay

Pay distribution

Pharmacist

$47k$179k

Pharmacy Technician

$46k$176k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Pharmacist

just posted71d median90d+

Pharmacy Technician

just posted74d median90d+
Demand

What each side asks for

Pharmacist — technologies

TypeScript
72.0%
JavaScript
65.8%
Java
59.6%
Python
53.4%
Tableau
47.2%
Azure
41.0%
GCP
34.8%

Pharmacy Technician — technologies

Swift
72.0%
AWS
65.8%
Kubernetes
59.6%
GCP
53.4%
TypeScript
47.2%
PostgreSQL
41.0%
React
34.8%

Pharmacist — employers

Ironbark Manufacturing
9.4%
Tidewater Insurance
8.7%
Quarry Analytics
8.0%
Northwind Systems
7.2%
Vantage Logistics
6.5%
Umbra Security
5.8%
Solstice Biotech
5.1%

Pharmacy Technician — employers

Tidewater Insurance
9.4%
Northwind Systems
8.7%
Aperture Labs
8.0%
Umbra Security
7.2%
Rivergate Media
6.5%
Cobalt Financial
5.8%
Kestrel Health
5.1%

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Both sides are counted the same way on the same day, so the gap is comparable even where the absolute numbers move. Salary figures use only postings that publish a range — the disclosure rate is in the table because a median over 20% of a cohort is a weaker number than one over 70%.