Hospital Pharmacist Salary in San Francisco Bay Area

[kwakster928]

I hate to start a new salary thread, but I would like to know if anyone can share hospital pharmacist salary range in San Fran and Bay Area.

I am in the midst of salary negoatiation for a new job, but I would like to get some basis on what the fair market salary is.

Thank you. Please feel forward to PM me.

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[confettiflyer]

I hate to start a new salary thread, but I would like to know if anyone can share hospital pharmacist salary range in San Fran and Bay Area.

I am in the midst of salary negoatiation for a new job, but I would like to get some basis on what the fair market salary is.

Thank you. Please feel forward to PM me.

Depends on experience and the fringe benefit package. I would say no less than $71-$73/hr starting. UCSF starts at $69.98/hr on the first step (as of January 2016), but their rates are lower due to extremely generous state benefits (pension, cheap healthcare, etc...). I'm outside the city and we start new residents off at around the $71/hr mark.

I had a job 2-3 yrs ago that was a ways away from the city paying $67/hr with a generous match and really good/cheap PPO insurance. That was as a new grad, so you figure $71 is about right for 2016.


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[KatleyS]

Just out of curiosity, are all of those places unionized? I've always wondered how other California pharmacists are doing in other working environments. I am an East US transplant so I've only ever applied to one hospital system so I am only aware of how things work where I am. Since I didn't grow up around here like most Californians seem to do, my knowledge of various CA hospital systems is pretty non-existent.

 

[confettiflyer]

Just out of curiosity, are all of those places unionized? I've always wondered how other California pharmacists are doing in other working environments. I am an East US transplant so I've only ever applied to one hospital system so I am only aware of how things work where I am. Since I didn't grow up around here like most Californians seem to do, my knowledge of various CA hospital systems is pretty non-existent.

Not all, but many larger/city and state institutions (UC, City of SF, CA Dept of Corr, Kaiser) have collective bargaining agreements. I'm not 100% sure on Sutter (but I think it's listed on job listings). I know some one-offs that have it (the medical center in Salinas, can't remember its name). Not sure about CHW (or whatever it is they're called now), Adventist Health is a no.


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[kwakster928]

Depends on experience and the fringe benefit package. I would say no less than $71-$73/hr starting. UCSF starts at $69.98/hr on the first step (as of January 2016), but their rates are lower due to extremely generous state benefits (pension, cheap healthcare, etc...). I'm outside the city and we start new residents off at around the $71/hr mark.

I had a job 2-3 yrs ago that was a ways away from the city paying $67/hr with a generous match and really good/cheap PPO insurance. That was as a new grad, so you figure $71 is about right for 2016.


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Thanks for this. This is very helpful.

 

[monkieez]

Are you a recent graduate? Or how many years of experience do you roughly have? As a new resident, I didn't feel like I had room for negotiations as a pgy1 is standard for new hires. But from my experience, the numbers that confettiflyer quotes are really the minimum. VA salaries are also easy to look up but are below market value, but of course those jobs have stability and benefits.

 

[confettiflyer]

Are you a recent graduate? Or how many years of experience do you roughly have? As a new resident, I didn't feel like I had room for negotiations as a pgy1 is standard for new hires. But from my experience, the numbers that confettiflyer quotes are really the minimum. VA salaries are also easy to look up but are below market value, but of course those jobs have stability and benefits.

Yeah, I was referring to new resident grad rates and step 1 types of salaries. More experienced (2-3 years) would do well to negotiate up close to $75-$80/hr depending on setting, job description, etc...


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[bacillus1]

Are you a recent graduate? Or how many years of experience do you roughly have? As a new resident, I didn't feel like I had room for negotiations as a pgy1 is standard for new hires. But from my experience, the numbers that confettiflyer quotes are really the minimum. VA salaries are also easy to look up but are below market value, but of course those jobs have stability and benefits.

Yeah, VA basse salaries are way lower than that. VA SF/Palo Alto/Northern CA all start at about 117k a year. You'll likely get a bit more if you have residency and/or BCPS, but not that much more. Some of the VAs have loan repayment benefits though. I know Palo Alto does but SF does not. The loan repayment is about 10-20k per year tax free up to 5 years, so that's a big salary boost.