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I recently stumbled upon the Bureau of Labor statistics for different occupations - huge, interesting resource for different occupation salaries. However, I don't think it deals with starting salaries, which i'd love to find information about if there is anything out there like that.
Here are the annual wage estimates by percentile for Pharmacists:
Percentile: 10% 25% 50% 75% 90%
Annual Wage: $64,350 $78,620 $89,820 $103,300 $113,310
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That is about right. However, I would like to point out exactly what these statistics mean. It states that the 50th percentile of pharmacists make about $89,000. However, it is important to note that the statistic itself does not state the median income of those with PharmD degrees, which could be different and would probably have a greater spread upwards.
Personally, I enrolled in the Pharmacy program at my school because it offers the highest starting salary of any discipline at my school. However, I also plan to obtain a MS ChemE and MBA in the future. I have no doubt that if I only had a PharmD I would not break $120,000/year. Thus, the additional graduate degrees expands my opportunities to fields that do compensate higher than being a pharmacist.