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Pharmacy technician
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Key facts
+6.4%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United StatesEmployment in this job is holding up or growing in the United States, but it is highly exposed to AI. AI exposure: low according to the ILO, high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +6.4% (BLS). Working well with AI is becoming an asset.
The job
Prepares and dispenses medicines under a pharmacist's supervision and manages pharmacy stock.
15 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- assistant in pharmacy
- dispensing assistant
- pharmaceutical technician
- pharmaceutical technologist
- pharmacy assistant
- pharmacy dispensing assistant
- pharmacy service assistant
- pharmacy technical assistant
- pharmacy technician
- pharmacy technologist
- technical assistant in pharmacy
- technician in pharmaceuticals
- technician in pharmacy
- technologist in pharmaceuticals
- technologist in pharmacy
Training
Regulated profession: diplôme d'État de préparateur en pharmacie.
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Gauges
Risk 3/5 · Moderate
AI exposureHighBLS AI exposure category "high" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (low)
Employment outlookStrong growthBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Pharmacy technicians)
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayModestBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $45,750
EntryQuickBLS, typical education needed for entry
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.