Pharmacy Aides
Health ScienceO*NET 31-9095.00United States
Record drugs delivered to the pharmacy, store incoming merchandise, and inform the supervisor of stock needs. May operate cash register and accept prescriptions for filling.
- Median annual earnings
- $37,685
- Projected change
- +0.6%
- Typical education
- High school diploma or less
- Employment
- 39.55K jobs
50th percentile, United States
2025 to 2035
76.2% of the workforce
Growing to 39.78K by 2035
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The work
What pharmacy aides do
Tasks reported for this occupation, ordered by how often they come up in the role.
- Greet customers and help them locate merchandise.
- Operate cash register to process cash or credit sales.
- Accept prescriptions for filling, gathering and processing necessary information.
- Answer telephone inquiries, referring callers to pharmacist when necessary.
- Receive, store, and inventory pharmaceutical supplies or medications, check for out-of-date medications, and notify pharmacist when inventory levels are low.
- Unpack, sort, count, and label incoming merchandise, including items requiring special handling or refrigeration.
- Restock storage areas, replenishing items on shelves.
- Maintain and clean equipment, work areas, or shelves.
Pay and outlook
What the job pays and where it is heading
Annual earnings range
Reported earnings by percentile, United States
- 10th percentile
- $29,822
- 25th percentile
- $34,981
- 50th percentile
- $37,685
- 75th percentile
- $43,639
- 90th percentile
- $56,014
The gold marker shows the median. Half earn more than $37,685 and half earn less.
Employment outlook
2025 to 2035 projection
+0.6%average or slower
202539,548 jobs
2035 projected39,779 jobs
231 more positions over the decade, before replacement hiring.
Preparation
Education levels
What people currently working in the career hold. These are not entry requirements.
- High school diploma or less
- 76.2%
- Certificate
- 18.2%
- Some college
- 5.6%
Skills
Skills employers ask for
Technical skills appearing most often in job postings for this occupation.
How the work gets done
Core competencies
Broad capabilities associated with strong performance in this occupation.
- Active Listening
- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Service Orientation
- Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Speaking
- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Reading Comprehension
- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Social Perceptiveness
- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Critical Thinking
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Coordination
- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Active Learning
- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Monitoring
- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Writing
- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Complex Problem Solving
- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Time Management
- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Mathematics
- Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Learning Strategies
- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Persuasion
- Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Systems Analysis
- Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Instructing
- Teaching others how to do something.
- Quality Control Analysis
- Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
- Management of Material Resources
- Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.
In the market
Job titles and employers
Recent job postings in United StatesCommon job titles
- 01Pharmacy Assistants792 postings
- 02Assistant Directors273 postings
- 03Pharmacy Clerks127 postings
- 04Assistant Professors of Pharmacy Practice65 postings
- 05Assistant Managers55 postings
- 06Pharmacy Managers43 postings
- 07Pharmacy Administrators42 postings
- 08Pharmacy Managers/Pharmacists24 postings
- 09Clinical Assistant Professors of Pharmacy Practice21 postings
- 10Hospital Pharmacy Technicians19 postings
- 11Pharmacy Support Specialists17 postings
- 12Laboratory Assistants14 postings
- 13Nutrition Services Assistants14 postings
- 14Pharmaceutical Assistants14 postings
- 15Specialty Pharmacy Technicians14 postings
- 16First Assistant Directors13 postings
- 17Pharmacy Aides13 postings
- 18Pharmacy Operations Managers12 postings
- 19Youth Apprentices12 postings
- 20Assistant Professors of Clinical Pharmacy11 postings
Top employers
- 01Learning Care Group153 postings
- 02Childtime Learning Centers75 postings
- 03Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic63 postings
- 04Agencia De Empleo Colsubsidio44 postings
- 05Actalent43 postings
- 06Farmacias Pasteur43 postings
- 07Kaiser Permanente39 postings
- 08Domino's Pizza31 postings
- 09Harris Teeter29 postings
- 10Spectraforce Technologies28 postings
- 11Adecco27 postings
- 12Giant Food25 postings
- 13University of Pittsburgh Medical Center23 postings
- 14Aya Healthcare22 postings
- 15MultiCare Health System20 postings
- 16Elevance Health17 postings
- 17La Petite Academy17 postings
- 18University of Missouri-Kansas City17 postings
- 19Guardian Pharmacy Services15 postings
- 20Aurora Public Schools14 postings
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