WAGES FOR PHARMACY ASSISTANTS
1996





Metropolitan Areas (Counties)
for which Data are Available
  Average     Median *   Midrange **




Fresno (Fresno) $9.78 $10.12 $9.00-10.84
Los Angeles-Long Beach
(Los Angeles)
$10.88 $11.36 $10.11-12.39
Oakland (Alameda & Contra Costa) $13.58 $14.09 $10.33-16.35
Riverside-San Bernardino
(Riverside & San Bernardino)
$10.53 $10.67 $10.00-11.54
Sacramento (El Dorado, Placer &
Sacramento)
$10.31 $10.59 $10.12-11.06
Salinas (Monterey) $11.38 $10.83 $9.64-14.16
San Francisco
(Marin, San Francisco & San Mateo)
$14.44 $14.57 $13.39-15.74
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc
(Santa Barbara)
$10.76 $10.54 $9.01-12.68




  * Median is the middle value - at least half the workers earn the same amount or more, half earn the same amount or less.
** Midrange is what the middle 50 percent make - 25 percent earn the top end or more, and 25 percent earn the bottom end or less.

Source: Occupational Employment Statistics Labor Market Information Division, Employment Development Department


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