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Pharmacy technician salary in Illinois

Open pharmacy technician jobs in Illinois post a median of $25.75 an hour, the middle half $23.25–$28 (about $53,600 a year full time), $0.50 below the national posted median. From 93 jobs at 25 employers that state their pay.

$25.75
Median posted /hr
$23–$28
Middle half /hr
$53,600
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$22.43
BLS median in IL
May 2025

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What pharmacy technicians are paid in Illinois

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Posted hourly rates of 93 open jobs in Illinois. Lowest posted $15, highest $41.49.

Posted on open jobs in Illinois

$23.25–$28/hr

Middle half of 54 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $25.75. 85% of the 110 open pharmacy technician jobs in Illinois state an hourly rate.

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Pharmacy technician pay by town in Illinois

Towns where at least three open jobs state an hourly rate, the towns with the most such jobs first.

TownMedian postedPosted rangeJobs (employers)
Chicago$27.50$15–$39.2432 (10)
Arlington Heights$26.75$20.29–$33.335 (1)
Rockford$24$16–$31.685 (4)
Bolingbrook$25.25$15–$35.624 (2)
Peoria$22.50$16–$294 (2)
Elmhurst$29.25$21.50–$38.083 (1)
Itasca$28$16.61–$41.493 (1)
Glenview$27.50$20.29–$35.673 (1)
Lake Forest$27$22.58–$31.613 (1)
Urbana$22.75$18.89–$30.603 (2)

Median of employers' rates in the town, the lowest and highest rate posted, and the jobs and employers behind them. A town opens its own job page.

Pharmacy technician pay by employer in Illinois

What each employer posts for pharmacy technicians here, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Endeavor Health$27.50$20.29–$38.0815
UChicago Medicine$30.75$23.50–$37.0712
Northwestern Medicine$27$22.58–$37.3712
Advocate Health$28.75$21.85–$36.156
UnitedHealth Group$22.50$16–$366
Carle Health$24.75$18.26–$30.605
Walgreens$23.50$15–$31.254
OSF HealthCare$22$18.98–$27.754
AdventHealth$29$21.01–$35.623
Option Care Health$28$16.61–$41.493
CVS Health$24.25$16.50–$31.303
Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago$29.25$21–$39.242
UW Health$25.50$19.97–$30.902
Hospital Sisters Health System$24.25$19.50–$292
Trinity Health$23.25$18.16–$28.142
Medication Management Partners$21.25$18–$252
Sinai Chicago$19$18.74–$192
Rush-Copley Medical Center$27.75$21.60–$341
Associated Urological Specialist$25$24–$261
Mercyhealth$24.25$16.89–$31.681
Ascension$23.25$18.67–$27.661
Shriners Children's$23.25$18.65–$27.981
BJC HealthCare$22.75$20–$25.561
Sarah Bush Lincoln$22.75$17.79–$27.571
Blessing Hospital$21$17.80–$24.041

Median of each employer's jobs in Illinois (a range at its midpoint), and its lowest and highest rate here. An employer's name opens its pay for pharmacy technicians nationwide when it has such a page.

Night shift pharmacy technician pay in Illinois

Where one employer posts both night and other pharmacy technician jobs in the same state (3 such employers and states), the night jobs post a median $0.25 an hour more than the rest. Many employers state a night differential apart from the base pay, which this does not count.

Employer, stateNight jobs, medianOther jobs, median
Endeavor Health, IL$29.25 (2)$27.50 (13)
Northwestern Medicine, IL$27 (1)$27 (11)
UChicago Medicine, IL$31 (1)$30.75 (11)

A job counts as a night job when its title names nights ("Nights", "NOC", "7p-7a"). Jobs in brackets.

Best-paid open pharmacy technician jobs in Illinois

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

What BLS measures in Illinois

What people employed in the occupation earned in the state, at every level of experience, from the BLS survey. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Illinois. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Pharmacy Technicians (29-2052)$17.57 (source: BLS OEWS, Pharmacy Technicians, opens in a new tab)$18.36 (source: BLS OEWS, Pharmacy Technicians, opens in a new tab)$22.43 (source: BLS OEWS, Pharmacy Technicians, opens in a new tab)$23.63 (source: BLS OEWS, Pharmacy Technicians, opens in a new tab)$28.01 (source: BLS OEWS, Pharmacy Technicians, opens in a new tab)21,340 (source: BLS OEWS, Pharmacy Technicians, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Pharmacy technician salary in Illinois: common questions

How much does a pharmacy technician make in Illinois?

Open pharmacy technician jobs in Illinois that state an hourly rate post a median of $25.75, the middle half $23.25–$28 (93 jobs from 25 employers). Full time that is about $53,600 a year. BLS measured a median of $22.43/hr ($46,650 a year) for people employed in the occupation in Illinois (May 2025).

Where in Illinois do pharmacy technicians earn the most?

By the median rate open jobs post, in the towns with the most jobs stating pay: Chicago ($27.50), Arlington Heights ($26.75), Rockford ($24) and Bolingbrook ($25.25). The town table lists 10.

Which employers in Illinois pay pharmacy technicians the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least three open jobs here: UChicago Medicine ($30.75), AdventHealth ($29) and Advocate Health ($28.75).

How does Illinois compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in Illinois ($25.75) is $0.50 below the national posted median of $26.25. In the BLS survey Illinois ranks 18 of 52 by median wage.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 93 of 110 open pharmacy technician jobs in Illinois (85%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

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Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint. In the state's median and middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; a town's median follows the same rule. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. A state has a page while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate there. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Pharmacy Technicians (SOC 29-2052), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Pharmacy Technicians, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Pharmacy Technicians by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Pharmacy technician salary in Illinois. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/pharmacy-technician/illinois

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