Re: Re: about the salary of CPhT

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Dear Christian,

Your point is well taken.

a 2 bedroom apt in an average area of Long Beach or Lakewood is 1200 to 2000 per

month, most at 1500.

a 3 bedroom house in the same area would begin at 1/2 million dollars.

The $12 - $15 per hour would not buy a home.

I have always said that techs should make at least 1/3 what pharmacists make. So

if a RPh makes $60 per hour then the tech should make $20/hr.

Respectfully,

Jeanetta Mastron CPhT BS

Founder/Owner

" Christian B. Oliver " <christianboliver@...> wrote:

Hey Jeanetta,

How much does an 'average' 2 or 3 bedroom home cost in the Long

Beach/Orange County/LA Metro Area?

I bet it is easily more than triple the $75,000 range of my home here

in Corpus Christi, TX.

You have seen pictures of both my front and back yard. My home is

less than 2 miles from the Corpus Christi Bay waterfront in a 'good'

part of town.

If I were to continue as a CPhT at my salary in 2 to 3 years and add

that to my wife's salary as a school teacher, we would be considered

pretty much a little better off than 'normal middle class' for south

Texas.

BUT that is not how our 'economic status' would be if I got into my

car, drove two hours up I-37 and headed the 1 and 1/2 hours up I-35

from San to the Austin Metro area.

In Austin's economy with the same dollar amount that we earn now

(LET'S JUST SAY REALISTICALLY A COMBINED FAMILY INCOME OF AROUND

$67,500 BEFORE TAXES) we would not be able to afford to have the same

lifestyle that we enjoy here in Corpus Christi because it is

REALLLLLLLLLLYYYYYYY expensive to live in Austin.

(Anette, you will appreciate this: In 1995 I rented a three bedroom

house with 2 good buddies of mine at the corner of 51st and Ave. C

for $580.00/Month! At that time we actually payed less in that

extreme north part of Hyde Park because our house was in the 'flight-

path'. That house would sell now for at least $180,000... Probably

more!!!!)

Unless we wanted to buy a 'cookie-cutter' house up in Round Rock

(Sorry, Anette...) or live way up 183 in Leander, we most likely

would not be able to be 'home owners' because the cost of living is

so darn high in Austin.

I am trying to make the point that a salary for a good job such as a

CPhT 'should' provide a salary that is commensurate to the location,

but I doubt that this is the case in most major metro areas of the

U.S.

Best Wishes From Tropical Texas,

Christian B. Oliver CPhT

>

> Thanks for all informations about salary. It seems 10$/hour is

pretty

> resonable. But I seached on salary.com, that's the lowest salary of

my

> local area. So I felt a little upset.

>

> Anyway I still hope I can get that job.

>

> Good luck for everyone looking for jobs.

>

> >From: " mouselisug " <mouselisug@...>

> >Reply-

> >

> >Subject: about the salary of CPhT

> >Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:34:18 -0000

> >

> >I had an interview in walgreen in MN yesterday. But I was told the

> >start salary in walgreen is only 10$/hour. Actually I was

surprised to

> >hear that. It was amazing low.

> >

> >Does anyone have the experience of salary in walgreen or other

retail

> >drug store?

> >

> >Thanks for your information.

> >

>

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