Side-by-side distribution
Bioinformatics
$154,750
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 54.3%
- Live roles
- 70
Pharmacy Technician
$24.16/hr
per hour · USD
- Disclosing
- 81.9%
- Live roles
- 6,939
Highest-paying jobs
Staff Computational Biologist
Staff Computational Biologist
Lead Scientist / Associate Director, Bioinformatics and Data Science
Senior Bioinformatician
Senior / Principal Computational Biologist
Senior / Principal Computational Biologist
Sr. Scientist, Therapeutics & Translational Bioinformatics
Associate Principal Bioinformatics Scientist
Staff Bioinformatics Scientist
Principal Scientist, Bioinformatics
Highest-paying jobs
Pharmacy Technician, StaffFlex contract
Pharmacy Technician, StaffFlex StaffFlex contract
Pharmacy Technician, StaffFlex contract, Evenings
Pharmacy Manager, Registered Pharmacy Technician (RPhT)
Pharmacy Manager, Registered Pharmacy Technician (RPhT)
Pharmacy Manager, Registered Pharmacy Technician (RPhT) (1 Year contract)
Ambulatory Pharmacy Technician, Lead
Sr Pharmacy Automation Technician
Inpatient Pharmacy Technician II
Inpatient Pharmacy Technician II, Bay Area Float Pool
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Natera
|
$148,250 | 6 |
|
Abbott
|
$153,000 | 4 |
| SJ St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | $145,080 | 4 |
| FR Freenome | $229,325 | 3 |
Recursion
|
$176,200 | 2 |
University of Chicago
|
$82,500 | 2 |
University of Pennsylvania
|
$79,602 | 2 |
|
Vivodyne
|
$229,700 | 1 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
CVS Health
|
$43,160 | 4,714 |
Option Care Health
|
$53,123 | 72 |
Advocate Health
|
$56,836 | 44 |
Cardinal Health
|
$41,288 | 44 |
| BI Beth Israel Lahey Health | $63,430 | 41 |
| AD AdventHealth | $53,971 | 40 |
| BU Brown University Health | $54,803 | 30 |
Guardian Pharmacy Services
|
$43,680 | 29 |
Bioinformatics salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $197,500 | 3 |
| New York | $174,100 | 4 |
Pharmacy Technician salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $99,965 | 7 |
| London | $56,555 | 31 |
| Denver | $52,988 | 17 |
| Seattle | $50,190 | 9 |
| Chicago | $50,024 | 26 |
| New York | $49,920 | 31 |
| Boston | $45,968 | 32 |
| Atlanta | $43,160 | 23 |
| Paris | $43,160 | 4 |
| Los Angeles | $41,746 | 17 |
Bioinformatics vs Pharmacy Technician: which pays more?
The median for Bioinformatics is $154,750 per year (typically $120,468–$178,050), versus $24.16/hr for Pharmacy Technician ($22.00/hr–$27.33/hr). That puts Bioinformatics about 208% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Bioinformatics and Pharmacy Technician are compared on equal terms regardless of the currency each role was originally posted in. Only roles that publish a salary range feed the medians; numbers refresh every few hours as new roles post and older ones close, so this comparison reflects the market right now rather than a fixed survey. Use it as a directional benchmark when weighing one path against the other.