Pharmacy Aides
SOC Code: 31-9095
Pharmacy Aidess greet customers and help them locate merchandise. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 74.0/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Active Listening, Service Orientation, Speaking.
AI-Proof Score: 74.0 — High
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Median Salary
$37,000
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Job Growth
-0.1%
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Training Time
Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)
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Job Zone
Zone 2 / 5
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Training Cost
~$5,000
Key Skills
- •Active Listening
- •Service Orientation
- •Speaking
- •Social Perceptiveness
- •Reading Comprehension
- •Critical Thinking
- •Coordination
Common Tasks
- ✓Greet customers and help them locate merchandise.
- ✓Accept prescriptions for filling, gathering and processing necessary information.
- ✓Operate cash register to process cash or credit sales.
- ✓Answer telephone inquiries, referring callers to pharmacist when necessary.
- ✓Receive, store, and inventory pharmaceutical supplies or medications, check for out-of-date medications, and notify pharmacist when inventory levels are low.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation