Pharmacy Technician Job Today And Coming Years

By Subodh Maheshwari

Job, Jobs, Career

What are job prospects for Pharmacy Technicians? Is a career in this field a viable option? In order to answer these questions, it is necessary to understand the present and future job scenarios of Pharmacy Technician aides.

If you follow the writing of IMS Health, the prescription writing by doctors in US has reached mind boggling numbers of 3.5 billion every year. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has forecasted that, the demand of well trained pharmacy professionals will grow by 32%, within 2006 to 2016 in Retail Sectors. Writing of prescriptions by physicians and projected job growth clearly shows the heavy demand of pharmacy aides in different types of Pharmacy settings.

These working professionals can find easy jobs in numerous pharmacy settings in different places, such as hospitals, pharmacy chains, retail pharmacies and so on. Such entities always offer ample job opportunities for technicians. Their requirements for the working professional can be best understood by information provided by USA Today. According to them, Walgreens, the nation's largest drugstore chain in US employs around 39,000 technicians in their chain stores. Similarly, CVS, largest drug store chain provides job to nearly 41,000 technicians. Other than these, hospital and other health care facilities also tender plenty work opportunities to these Pharmacy personnel.

But, it is also necessary to understand that, there is difference between trained and untrained technicians. The advancement in the field of medical science has led to the discoveries of numerous life saving drugs. Today, people are more conscious about their health than before. These reasons have also prompted mushrooming of professionalized Pharmacies all over the country. They also require well trained personnel for safe service of the customers and patients. The greater demand of these professionals has also started competition and the salaries of these working technicians have also risen dramatically. From basic per hour salary of $9 to $17, the projection is $18 to $23 per hour in coming years.

Therefore, entering Pharmacy field offers very lucrative option to working professionals. If you are also indecisive about your career prospects then, the advise is to get various degrees and certification and avail the job opportunities offered by this sector.