The awkward question...how much do you make?

[PharmBoy90]

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For all of you pharmacists out there, would you mind giving us potential future pharmacists an idea of how much we can expect to make?

 

[Momus]

Full time (40 hours):
http://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/pharmacist-salary-SRCH_KO0,10.htm
http://www1.salary.com/Pharmacist-Salary.html
http://www.salaryexplorer.net/pharmacist-salary/
http://healthcareers.about.com/od/healthcareerprofiles/p/PharmacistJobs.htm

Give or take $10k-20k depending on how valuable/indispensable you are and how many hours you work extra... this is very accurate representatives of pharmacist income. However, this might just go downhill from now at ~32 hours average work week for the coming years; retail i.e: WAG already does not guarantee 40 hours, expect -$20-$30k salary reduction for new graduate and miniscule/no salary increase for old peeps.

 

[Aznfarmerboi]

The amount that a pharmacist makes actually depends more on the hours worked than on the hourly rate. For example, I can get paid 60 dollars an hour and make 120k working 40 hours. If I work 50 hours, I can easily bump my pay by 25 percent (150k).

My base salary is 140k... but I have been averaging 160-165k with a little bit of overtime, holiday, and bonus pay.

 

[xiphoid2010]

For all of you pharmacists out there, would you mind giving us potential future pharmacists an idea of how much we can expect to make?

Too many variables. Job title, location, company, work schedule, shift differential, hourly vs. salaried...

Use salary.com and punch in the job title and location. Also click over on the work & life tab and adjust for the cost of living. Make $120K in the Dallas is like making $190K in San Francisco.

 

[thiskidhasit]

I graduated in 2010 and live in the Midwest. My base salary is $122,500.

 

[awval999]

Hospital ~$100K
Retail ~$120K (hazard pay imo)

 

[geekgolightly]

Bear in mind that, with the upcoming glut of pharmacists, these numbers are likely to go down. Pharmacists salaries skyrocketed when there was a shortage of pharmacists caused by chains opening a lot of new stores, and the switch from the BS to the longer Pharm.D degree starved the market of a year's worth of new pharmacists. That can work the other way with the massive overbuilding of pharmacy schools.

 

[pinipig523]

Good numbers, but the market is significantly tighter nowadays.

 

[PumpkinSmasher]

Hospital 115k/yr