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Experience: Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job. |
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Education: Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree). |
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Training: Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training. |
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Pharmacists |
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Pharmacists dispense prescription medications to patients and offer expertise in the safe use of prescriptions. They also may conduct health and wellness screenings, provide immunizations, oversee the medications given to patients, and provide advice on healthy lifestyles.
Pharmacists work in pharmacies, including those in grocery and drug stores. They also work in hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
Pharmacists must have a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.), a 4-year professional degree. They must also be licensed, which requires passing two exams.
The median annual wage for pharmacists was $121,500 in May 2015.
Employment of pharmacists is projected to grow 3 percent from 2014 to 2024, slower than the average for all occupations. Increased demand for prescription medications will lead to more demand for pharmaceutical services. Employment of pharmacists in traditional pharmacies is projected to decline slightly.
Explore resources for employment and wages by state and area for pharmacists.
Compare the job duties, education, job growth, and pay of pharmacists with similar occupations.
Learn more about pharmacists by visiting additional resources, including O*NET, a source on key characteristics of workers and occupations. |
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U.S. National Figures. |
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| Pharmacists |
| Health and Personal Care Stores |
135,300 |
| General Medical and Surgical Hospitals |
75,270 |
| Food and Beverage Stores (4451 and 4452 only) |
23,970 |
| General Merchandise Stores |
19,630 |
| Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4242 and 4246 only) |
8,240 |
| Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation) |
6,400 |
| Offices of Physicians |
5,350 |
| Outpatient Care Centers |
5,100 |
| Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses |
5,040 |
| Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals |
3,630 |
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| Related Majors & Degrees |
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Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration |
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Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS / BPharm [Canada]) |
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Pharmacy Administration and Pharmacy Policy and Regulatory Affairs (MS, PhD) |
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Pharmaceutics and Drug Design (MS, PhD) |
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Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (MS, PhD) |
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Natural Products Chemistry and Pharmacognosy (MS, PhD) |
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Pharmacoeconomics / Pharmaceutical Economics (MS, PhD) |
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Clinical, Hospital, and Managed Care Pharmacy (MS, PhD) |
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Industrial and Physical Pharmacy and Cosmetic Sciences (MS, PhD) |
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Clinical and Industrial Drug Development (MS, PhD) |
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