Pharmacist Salary
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) states that the median annually salary for a pharmacist was $116,500 for 2013. This average annual salary breaks down to $56.09 dollars per hour based on the average 2,080 hours a full-time person works in one year. For the lower 10% wage or employed pharmacists, the earnings were less than $89,280 ($42.92 per hour), and the upper 10% earned more than $147,350 ($70.84 per hour). Of course the average pharmacist salary will fluctuate based on the type of healthcare industry. For “other general merchandise stores,” the average annual salary was $128,910 ($61.98 per hour) in 2012. In department stores, the average annual pharmacist salary was $120,540 ($57.95 an hour). Pharmacies and drugs store pharmacists reported an average annual salary of $117,850 ($56.67 per hour). For common grocery stores, pharmacists earned an average salary of $116,000 annually or around $55.77 per hour. Finally, in local, private, and state hospitals, the median average annual salary was $114,100 ($54.86 per hour).In 2013, the highest paying state for a pharmacist was Alaska with an average annual salary of $133,030 ($65.96 per hour). For the highest number of employed pharmacists by state, California comes on top with an estimated 26,810 pharmacists making an average annual salary of $129,560 ($62.29 an hour).









