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Walgreens Bay Area pay rate?
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For C.PhT? or what?
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Yes sir for CPhT! Thanks!
Well, I can't help you for Wag's specifically, but I know that in Oakland, a Rite-Aid pays a fairly experienced (2 years) tech $14.25/hr. She is full time, though, and not on a pharmacy track. You can expect anywhere b/n 12 and 15 bucks. Things in, say, San Francisco proper or Berkeley will pay more, places in San Mateo, Hercules etc will pay considerably less.
Thanks. I wonder what Walgreen's is though, relative to Rite-Aid. I heard from other people it starts at 16$ entry level.
You gotta be kidding me. That sounds insanely high. 4th year pharmacy students only get ~$19.00 In Clayton, CA CPhT's pick up around ~$11.00
What's the point of getting a CPhT to make such a low salary when you can get plently of other jobs with no education that pay way better than a tech? My cousin is in a couple grand of debt to be a medical assistant from some scam school and she just got her first job making 9 an hour (took a year after graduating) while my friend works at walmart making 10.50 (applied and hired within same month).
to be honest, it's my first time hearing Clayton lol. I know where Walnut Creek is but Clayton is quite a small town with ~10,000 people.
EDIT: Actually it kinda makes sense. A dollar increase for every year added to your PharmD degree, starting at 16$
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yea, Clayton is a hick town. Even if you make more money in high population areas, I can't imagine it getting that high. If it does, lemme know, b/c I'd love to get my friends to be my techs.
Thanks! Can you tell me which city/ town exactly? Could you pm it to me if preferred?
The problem with the CPhT pay rate v. Pharmacy Intern pay rate, I believe, is when it comes down to high COL areas. For example... the company I work for has a set pay scale for each year of pharmacy school (and the company happens to be located only in the southeast which in general has a low COL)... but a former store I used to work at is in an area with a very high COL.... so the techs are making more than I am as a pharmacy student. If I transfered back to that store to work there on breaks, I would still probably be making the same pay rate as I do in Georgia, although the area cost 3 times more to live there.
I think that may be why techs in CA start at an hourly pay which seems high compared with the set pay rate for pharmacy students?
I think that may be why techs in CA start at an hourly pay which seems high compared with the set pay rate for pharmacy students?
