The annual salary statistics of pharmacy technicians in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of pharmacy technicians in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $36,170 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $37,190 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $48,070 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $54,280 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $65,330 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for pharmacy technicians in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $65,330. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $48,070. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $36,170.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of pharmacy technicians from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $48,070 | 2.45% | 14.08% |
| 2021 | $46,890 | 3.75% | - |
| 2020 | $45,130 | 4.52% | - |
| 2019 | $43,090 | 3.55% | - |
| 2018 | $41,560 | -2.48% | - |
| 2017 | $42,590 | 1.71% | - |
| 2016 | $41,860 | 3.73% | - |
| 2015 | $40,300 | 9.26% | - |
| 2014 | $36,570 | -10.75% | - |
| 2013 | $40,500 | -1.98% | - |
| 2012 | $41,300 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $48,070 in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles is in the middle of salary range for pharmacy technicians in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of pharmacy technicians in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles is 18.0 percent (18.0%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 28.3 percent (28.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Valley Region of California nonmetropolitan area.