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Do you guys know what do Intern get paid these days ? AT CVS, walgrens, target, wal-mart etc.
 
Do you guys know what do Intern get paid these days ? AT CVS, walgrens, target, wal-mart etc.

This really belongs in the pharmacy forum. Let me move it for you.

13ish per hour seems pretty normal round here.
 
Most of the people I know made between $11 and $14/hour. Even when I worked in a large hospital, I didn't make more than that.
 
Really?? My friend, P2, is getting $21/hr. I guess it depends on where.

That's nothing.

I have a friend that makes $50/hour as a P1 and he gets all the free Vicodin he wants.

I kid. Yes it is highly variable based on where you live and what kind of work you find. $21 is extremely high, your friend is doing very well for himself.
 
Kroger starts at $14 an hour and pays an additional dollar per hour for what year you're in. So p1 is $14, p2 is $15 ect.
 
Unscientific survey:

Retail in CA: $18-22/hr depending on year
Hospitals on the east coast: $16-18/hr (i'm somewhere in the middle there)
 
I'm pulling down 13/hr as a P2. Was offered 16.50 an hour at a hospital but turned it down (night shifts and not enough hours).
 
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Highly variable depending on region, practice setting, experience, and school year.

Personally ive gotten $15 at my hospital and nuke jobs.

As far as what I've heard , so to speak, from friends and contacts, id think you could expect $12-20 for retail and $14-25 for hospital depending on the previously listed factors.

Yes I know a couple hospital guys making in the mid 20s but they are expected to work 15-20 hrs / week including nights. Average # for retail I hear thrown around is about $13 ish , but usually with a much more easy and flexible schedule

Hth . And BTW , don't expect to negotiate intern salaries, they are fixed for the most part unless you are bringing something really special to the table
 
Was making 11 at cvs as a p1 with a dollar raise a year. Then jumped to 18 when I started working in nuclear. Hope that helps. And 11 is a joke but there super flexible...
 
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Currently, I am a P4 in Chicago making: 19.50 with Dominick's. As a P3 I made: 17.50 - A P2: 16.50 and P1: 14.50.
 
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Other thing you have to remember is students can be interns and have different amounts of responsibility which will greatly affect what they make.
 
21/hr - hospital

places are hiring starting at 25/hr in retail if you can commute to an underserved area. For us Arizonans, underserved areas are not really that far away - maybe 45min to an hour drive. For 25 an hour and an 8-10 hour shift (plus the experience), I think it is worth it. That's an extra ~800 bucks a month.
 
Im srsly getting raped. $12/hr PRN tech work, basically I make IVs, TPNs, batch meds and fill the machines. Just pleaded my case for a pay raise and more responsibility so well see.
 
Im srsly getting raped. $12/hr PRN tech work, basically I make IVs, TPNs, batch meds and fill the machines. Just pleaded my case for a pay raise and more responsibility so well see.

😆

Me too buddy. Can't help but wonder how we might go about getting one of those 20+ jobs. :laugh:

Well, 12 at the hospital, 14.50 at CVS. Hardly anything to brag about.
 
Back in the day when I was in pharmacy school (graduated in '94), I made minimum wage as a pharmacy intern and $11 /hr as a graduate intern at a chain pharmacy. I don't think the interns at the hospital I work at make much more than $12/hr. This is in the middle of nowhere midwest.
 
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