BLS OEWS May 2025 · SOC 29-2052 · 14,680 GA workers · Georgia Board of Pharmacy licensed
Pharmacy Technician Salary in Georgia 2026, $41,910 Median | BLS Data by City
Georgia registers every pharmacy technician who works in the state, which means the credential exists but the pay ladder attached to it is short. Getting past the retail rate here depends far more on which building you work in than on which registration you hold.
Updated July 2026 · BLS OEWS May 2025
Compiled by GlobalCybers Labor Market Research · Reviewed by Karen Osei, RN, BSN, Clinical Recruitment Lead · See methodology & sources →
GA Median
$41,910
$20.15/hr
vs National
−$3,840
8.4% below US median
GA P90
$56,820
$27.32/hr · top earners
GA Job Growth
+6.4%
2024–2034 · national BLS EP 2024–34
🤑Georgia's flat 5.39% state income tax in 2026 applies to a pharmacy technician at the state median of $41,910 exactly as it does to a pharmacist, and no Georgia city levies a municipal income tax — so unlike technicians in Ohio or Pennsylvania, a Georgia technician working across several pharmacies in different cities faces a single withholding regime. At this wage level the flat rate is less favourable than a progressive schedule with a low first bracket would be, but the absence of local tax and Georgia's living costs generally offset it.
Direct Answer
How much do pharmacy technicians make in Georgia in 2026?
Georgia pharmacy technicians earn a median $41,910 a year, or $20.15 an hour, per BLS OEWS May 2025, 8.4% below the $45,750 national median. The range runs $35,160 at the 10th percentile to $56,820 at the 90th, with a 25th percentile of $37,130 that sits close to the floor. Hinesville leads the metro table at $46,450, then Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell at $45,020, Augusta-Richmond County at $44,550, Warner Robins at $43,150 and Gainesville at $43,040 — all above the statewide figure. → Full pharmacy technician career guide, career path, credentials & placement →
Note: $41,910 blends every experience level, apprentice through master. For pay by license level alone, see pay by level below.
Key takeaways
Georgia pharmacy technicians earn a median $41,910/yr ($20.15/hr) per BLS OEWS May 2025 (SOC 29-2052), 8.4% below the $45,750 national median; the state P10–P90 range is $35,160 to $56,820.
Every metro on Georgia's table pays above the statewide median of $41,910, which means the state's below-national figure is set by small-town and rural retail pharmacy rather than by its cities.
Hinesville at $46,450 and Warner Robins at $43,150 both reflect military installation pharmacy work at Fort Stewart and Robins Air Force Base, where federal pay scales sit above Georgia's retail market rate.
The Georgia State Board of Pharmacy requires every pharmacy technician to be registered, but registration is a permission to work rather than a pay tier — the gap from the 75th percentile at $48,490 to the 90th at $56,820 is hospital and sterile compounding work, not a registration upgrade.
Georgia at a glance
Median salary$41,910
Median hourly$20.15
Range (P10–P90)$35,160–$56,820
Top-paying metroHinesville · $46,450
vs national8.4% below
State income tax5.49%
GA employment (BLS)14,680
Location quotient0.99× US concentration
Wage basisBLS OEWS May 2025, Georgia
Georgia Pharmacy Technician Pay Distribution · BLS OEWS May 2025
$35,160
P10
$37,130
P25
$41,910
Median
$48,490
P75
$56,820
P90
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025
Methodology & Sources
How the Georgia pharmacy technician pay figures on this page are built
Published (BLS): BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 29-2052, Georgia statewide estimate. Public, methodologically rigorous, but sampled on a rolling 3-year basis and published ~10 months after collection — so it reflects wages that are already 1–2 years old by the time you read them. OEWS publishes one blended wage for the whole occupation in Georgia; it does not break pay out by credential or licence level.
Pay by level: the level and career-stage tables on this page distribute Georgia's own published BLS pay range across the tiers employers actually hire at. They are GlobalCybers estimates aligned to published percentiles, not separate BLS publications.
Placement sample: GlobalCybers holds no Georgia placement sample for this occupation, so this page shows published and percentile-aligned figures only — no placement-based median is claimed anywhere on it.
BLS OEWS MSA estimates, May 2025. Hinesville leads the state at $46,450.
Getting Licensed
How to become a licensed pharmacy technician in Georgia, step by step
1
Register with the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy
Apply for pharmacy technician registration, complete the background check, and keep the registration current — it is a legal condition of working in a Georgia pharmacy.
2
Earn a national certification
Pass a recognised national pharmacy technician certification examination, which is what Georgia hospitals and health systems screen on even though the state does not require it.
3
Move from retail to a hospital, federal or health-system pharmacy
Hospital pharmacy, and military installation pharmacy near Hinesville and Warner Robins, both pay above Georgia's retail rate and reach the state 75th percentile of $48,490.
4
Train in sterile compounding or specialty pharmacy
Cleanroom and sterile compounding competency, chemotherapy preparation, or a lead technician and buyer role reaches the state 90th percentile of $56,820.
GSBP License Levels
What do Georgia pharmacy technicians earn by registration and setting?
Georgia licenses issued by Georgia State Board of Pharmacy registration — every pharmacy technician working in Georgia must hold a Board registration, obtained by application and background check; national certification is separate and employer-driven.. Each level's median pay in Georgia markets.
GSBP License
GA Pay Range
GA Median
Key Note
Newly registered technician
$32K–$37K
$35,160
Around the state 10th percentile. Registered with the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy and working in retail or outpatient pharmacy while learning the role. The 25th percentile sits close by, because this tier is crowded.
Registered technician, retail or outpatient
$37K–$48K
$41,910
The Georgia median. A full schedule in community pharmacy, handling dispensing preparation, inventory, insurance processing and patient intake.
Certified technician in a hospital or clinic
$46K–$57K
$48,490
Around the state 75th percentile. National certification plus a hospital or health-system post, where inpatient dispensing, automation and inventory control all carry more responsibility than retail.
Sterile compounding, specialty or lead technician
$55K–$69K
$56,820
The state 90th percentile. Cleanroom and sterile compounding, chemotherapy preparation, specialty and infusion pharmacy, or lead technician and buyer roles in a Georgia health system.
Beyond Base Pay
What's a Georgia pharmacy technician's total compensation, not just base wage?
BLS and verified-placement medians above are base wage only. Total comp for a GA pharmacy technician typically adds the following on top.
Georgia pharmacy technicians earn a median $41,910 a year, $20.15 an hour, per BLS OEWS May 2025, with the middle half between $37,130 and $48,490 and a full range of $35,160 to $56,820. The tight bottom of the range reflects a retail sector that sets a near-uniform entry rate across the state.
Which Georgia city pays pharmacy technicians the most?
Hinesville pays the most at $46,450, then Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell at $45,020, Augusta-Richmond County at $44,550, Warner Robins at $43,150 and Gainesville at $43,040. The Hinesville and Warner Robins figures come from military installation pharmacy at Fort Stewart and Robins Air Force Base, where federal pay scales exceed Georgia's retail market.
Does Georgia require pharmacy technicians to be registered?
Yes. The Georgia State Board of Pharmacy, under the Office of the Secretary of State, requires every pharmacy technician working in the state to hold a technician registration. The registration involves an application, background check and renewal cycle, and it is a condition of employment rather than an optional credential. National certification is separate and is not required by the state, though many employers prefer it.
Is national certification worth it in Georgia?
It is worth it for access to hospital and health-system work rather than for a premium in retail. Georgia's registration lets you work; certification is what hospital pharmacies and infusion centres screen on, and those are the employers paying toward the state 75th percentile of $48,490. In community pharmacy the rate is set by the chain's structure and certification adds relatively little.
What is the ceiling for a pharmacy technician in Georgia?
Around the state 90th percentile of $56,820, which is reached through sterile compounding, chemotherapy preparation, specialty and infusion pharmacy, or a lead technician and buyer role. Beyond that the realistic move is out of the technician role entirely — into pharmacy school, or into health-system supply chain and informatics positions that recruit from experienced technicians.
Why is Georgia below the national median when its metros are not?
Because a large share of Georgia's technician workforce is in small-town and rural community pharmacies, where the rate is benchmarked against local wage levels rather than against health-system scales. The statewide median of $41,910 counts all of them; the metro figures of $45,020 in Atlanta and $46,450 in Hinesville reflect the mix of hospital, federal and higher-volume retail employers that concentrated markets support.
How does the warehouse labour market affect Georgia technicians?
Directly, and more than in most states. Metro Atlanta and the Savannah port corridor have enormous distribution and logistics employment paying entry wages close to retail pharmacy's, and with fewer credential requirements. Pharmacy chains in Georgia compete for the same workers, which anchors the bottom of this range and explains why the 10th and 25th percentiles sit only about two thousand dollars apart.
Does the federal installation premium generalise?
Only to the places that have one. Hinesville and Warner Robins pay above the Georgia market because installation and military treatment facility pharmacy runs on federal pay schedules, not local rates. It is a genuine option for technicians near Fort Stewart, Robins Air Force Base or Fort Benning, but it is not a strategy available statewide, and it comes with federal hiring processes that are slower than a retail chain's.
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Outlook & openings: BLS projects 6.4% national growth for pharmacy technicians through 2034, and Georgia's 3.1% share of national employment works out to roughly 1,530 openings a year, pro-rated from the national average annual openings figure. Georgia's turnover runs well above that, because retail chains across the state have struggled to retain technicians against warehouse and logistics employers offering similar entry pay — a competition Atlanta's distribution sector makes especially direct.
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