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Pharmacy Technicians pay in Napa, CA and Rocky Mount, NC
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Pharmacy Technicians is $77,360 per year in Napa, CA. It is $40,700 per year in Rocky Mount, NC. Napa, CA is 90.1% above Rocky Mount, NC on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-2052 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 200 wage and salary jobs in Napa, CA and 220 in Rocky Mount, NC. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings