Los Angeles and Orange County Chain Pharmacies’ New Grad Salaries?

[steveysmith54]

I’ve heard anecdotal figures of
Rite Aid $ 60
CVS $55
Walgreens $46

Anyone can confirm or dispute these numbers?

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[hye345]

Odd that Rite Aid, the relative weakling of the trio, is paying the most...

 

[mentos]

You'll have to ask when they got their offers too. They decreased the new hire rate in 2019, that rite aid figure is probably from someone who signed in 2018.

 

[VA77]

You can get a job in soCal?

 

[WorthlessOxygen]

Odd that Rite Aid, the relative weakling of the trio, is paying the most...

I was told that Rite Aid consistently pays the highest in my area which I always thought was weird as well.

 

[steveysmith54]

I was told that Rite Aid consistently pays the highest in my area which I always thought was weird as well.

Maybe that’s why they are in over a billion debt and for rid of their CEO just yesterday.

 

[JustFillIt]

Maybe that’s why they are in over a billion debt and for rid of their CEO just yesterday.

Over a billion in debt? That’s nothing considering their assets

 

[Prepharm1214]

Maybe that’s why they are in over a billion debt and for rid of their CEO just yesterday.

There are thousands of major companies with over a billion dollars in debt, borrowing has been cheap for years if you werent aware. FYI CVS is 74B in debt and Wags is 16B last I saw.

 

[WVUPharm2007]

$46 an hour...in Los Angeles? I did one of those cost of living calculators. That's the equivalent of $30.53/hr in the town I work in. I have a lead tech that makes $24/hr.

I'd just move somewhere else. What do they pay in Central California?

 

[Momus]

I think sometime in Oct 2018 they did the pay cut $8-10 less in all major chains. I'm guessing it's probably closer to $55-60 max in CA for new grads.

There gotta be some new grads that hang around here to confirm. Probably ashamed they don't get full time hours and floating part time in horrible traffic in LA lol.

 

[hye345]

$46 an hour...in Los Angeles? I did one of those cost of living calculators. That's the equivalent of $30.53/hr in the town I work in. I have a lead tech that makes $24/hr.

I'd just move somewhere else. What do they pay in Central California?

That seems way too low, at least for a chain... even for lower COL areas in LA county, still wouldn’t be worth the traffic.

Central Ca is definitely higher, since fewer people wanna live there. Walmart pays mid-$60’s for staff in my area (up-down central coast, our past Bakersfield). CVS in the same area pays in high $60’s for new grad staff RPH, at least as of late last year. Both positions are still more or less 40/hours a week (for now). Finally, as a tiny ray of hope, I’ll mention that CVS actually matched my old rate of $70/hr when I transferred to that area briefly. Not that it was worth it though...

 

[Momus]

I'd just move somewhere else. What do they pay in Central California?

Central CA is one of the few BFE places that might just hire you full time because majority still wants to live in metro. Most will eventually transfer to metro leaving a spot open in central CA. Some people stay permanently once they pop a kid there.

 

[Corytrade]

46/hour?!?! **** that, I'd be switching careers. You should be ashamed signing that job offer.

 

[cj98]

I'm from the central valley in CA. From what I've heard from new grads, retail is starting in the mid 50s for 2018 onwards and part time hours :-(

 

[Lnsean]

46/hour?!?! **** that, I'd be switching careers. You should be ashamed signing that job offer.

If you ask these people, they'll tell you they never wanted FT anyways and how great it is to float and drive 2 hours to do a 6 hr shift.