Though money wasn't a deciding factor in my decision to go into pharmacy, money did play a role. If pharmacy only paid $40-45,000 a year, then that would reflect a lower demand for pharmacists. I fear that job security wouldn't be as high, and job security was one of my main concerns about any career choice.
Like everyone else has said, $45,000 seems too low after putting in another $50,000 to $100,000 for pharmacy school while staying in school for another four years.
Like Farmercyst alluded to in the previous post, this society revolves around money where we need it to provide for our families. I would gladly do pharmacy for free if there was no such thing as money where everyone in the world could get anything they wanted without the need for monetary compensation. However, the reality is that we need money to support ourselves and $45,000 isn't all that great even in a state that has a lower cost of living like Nebraska.
I suppose that the lowest salary I would accept as a pharmacy school graduate would be around $60,000 to $70,000 today. That number would be higher if I was living in California any other place with a higher cost of living.
