Compared with the local labor market
Certified Pharmacy Technician pay vs. Tennessee
Across all employers in Tennessee, the median wage for Pharmacy Technicians — about 11,870 people — is $41,920. Mental Health pays a median base salary of $43,404 for this role, 4% above that figure — about the 56th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Mental Health sits in the local pay range
$35,550
$37,060
$41,920
$48,270
$55,430
Mental Health median · $43,404
The bar is the range of annual wages for Pharmacy Technicians across every employer in Tennessee, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Mental Health’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Pharmacy Technicians — about 471,680 people — is $45,750. Mental Health’s median base salary is 5% below that national figure, about the 43rd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$36,020
$37,850
$45,750
$49,990
$61,040
Mental Health median · $43,404
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Tennessee range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Mental Health is $44,259, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
This role across Tennessee
Certified Pharmacy Technician is held in 2 Tennessee departments. In Mental Health, the median of $44,259 ranks #2 of 2.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Certified Pharmacy Technician role in other Tennesseedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.