SOC 31-9095 · Healthcare Support Occupations · May 2025
How much do Pharmacy Aides make in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Pharmacy Aides in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is $29,180. The 10th percentile is $22,030 and the 90th percentile is $35,810. Employment is 700.
Median annual wage
$29,180
- 10th percentile
- $22,030
- 25th percentile
- $26,090
- Median
- $29,180
- 75th percentile
- $34,450
- 90th percentile
- $35,810
- Mean
- $30,480
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.
Percentile spread
For Pharmacy Aides, the published 10th percentile is $22,030 and the 90th percentile is $35,810. The difference is $13,780, which is 47.2% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.
The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $26,090 to the 75th at $34,450, covers $8,360.
The mean annual wage is $30,480, which sits above the median of $29,180. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR median is 22.6% lower than the national median of $37,680 for Pharmacy Aides.
It is 3.8% higher than the Puerto Rico median of $28,100.
Price-adjusted pay
The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.
Nearby metros
4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Pharmacy Aides. San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR ranks 1st of 5 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).
- Ponce, PR is 44 miles away, with a median of $28,030 and employment of 60. That median is 3.9% lower than the median here.
- Arecibo, PR is 48 miles away, with a median of $26,820 and employment of 70. That median is 8.1% lower than the median here.
- Aguadilla, PR is 70 miles away, with a median of $26,310 and employment of 90. That median is 9.8% lower than the median here.
Employment share
Pharmacy Aides accounts for 0.10% of wage-and-salary employment in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR (700 of 690,810). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (39,530 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.99 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.
Highest-paying jobs in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR · Pharmacy Aides by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Pharmacy Aides make in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Pharmacy Aides in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is $29,180. The 10th percentile is $22,030 and the 90th percentile is $35,810. Employment is 700.
How does that compare with the national median for Pharmacy Aides?
The local median is 22.6% lower than the national median of $37,680.
How does San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR compare with nearby metros for Pharmacy Aides?
Ponce, PR is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 44 miles away, at $28,030. San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR ranks 1st of 5 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.