Missouri Pharmacy Technician Salaries – MO

By an allied health world contributing writer
Published: February, 24 2010

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Missouri Pharmacy Technician Salary

You will love being a pharmacy technician in Missouri. The mean travel time to work is 23.8 v. 24.4 minutes in the USA. Missouri is the 18th most populous state with a population of 5,911,605 and there are 81.2 persons per square mile compared to 79.6 in the USA. Homeownership rate is 70.3% v. 66.2% in the USA. Retail sales per capita is $10,891 v. $10.615 in the USA. The Missouri bellwether is a wonderful combination of rural and urban culture, which typifies the demographic, economic, and political makeup of the USA. October 2009 Missouri unemployment rate was 9.3% v. 10.2% US. In 2009, Missouri unemployment rate was lower than the national unemployment rate for eight consecutive months. Moody’s Economy.com said Missouri was one of 11 US states showing signs of emerging from the recession.

Median income is $45,114 for everyone in the state. A pharmacy technician earns what they are worth based upon their education, pharmacy technician training, pharmacy technician experience, and the needs of the pharmacy who hires them. A beginner with no experience and no training may earn $20,000 per year, but the current job market in Missouri pays:

Missouri pharmacy technician salary: $47,000
Columbia, Missouri pharmacy technician salary: $41,000
Kansas City, Missouri pharmacy technician salary: $36,000
St. Louis, Missouri pharmacy technician salary: $44,000
Springfield, Missouri pharmacy technician salary: $39,000

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Continuing Education (CE) Requirements for a Pharmacy Technician in Missouri

The Missouri Board of Pharmacy does not require Pharmacy Technicians to obtain continuing education units (CE).

Although not required by law in Missouri, some pharmacies require their pharmacy technicians to be a Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) and obtain 20-hours of continuing education every two years, with one-hour in pharmacy law.

http://pr.mo.gov/