The Pharmacy Manpower Project has finally created a map that displays state-specific PDI info so you can gauge the most recently-assessed level of pharmacist demand in your state:
PDI
Interestingly, GA is now almost just as saturated as FL. Also, AL, which had a PDI value of ~4.0 less than a year ago, now has a PDI of only 3.33. At this rate, AL will see its PDI drop to a sub-3.0 value like GA, FL, and NC within 6-12 months.
I also noticed that SC and TN have PDI values of only 3.0, which indicates they are teetering on the brink of saturation. Most likely, those states, too, will be saturated (I.e., have sub-3.0 values) when the next PDI study is done this summer.
Surprisingly enough, even a few of the "fall-back" states (e.g., ND, WY, MT) now have PDIs that are also dangerously close to falling into saturation/sub-3.0 territory. By the time the pharmacy school classes of 2018 enter the job market, there will be very few (maybe no?) states that won't be saturated, at least according to this metric.
PDI
Interestingly, GA is now almost just as saturated as FL. Also, AL, which had a PDI value of ~4.0 less than a year ago, now has a PDI of only 3.33. At this rate, AL will see its PDI drop to a sub-3.0 value like GA, FL, and NC within 6-12 months.
I also noticed that SC and TN have PDI values of only 3.0, which indicates they are teetering on the brink of saturation. Most likely, those states, too, will be saturated (I.e., have sub-3.0 values) when the next PDI study is done this summer.
Surprisingly enough, even a few of the "fall-back" states (e.g., ND, WY, MT) now have PDIs that are also dangerously close to falling into saturation/sub-3.0 territory. By the time the pharmacy school classes of 2018 enter the job market, there will be very few (maybe no?) states that won't be saturated, at least according to this metric.