The highest paying states for pharmacists (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of pharmacists in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $142,780, California is the highest paying state for pharmacists. It is followed by Alaska (average annual salary $142,730). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2017 [1]. For more salary information of pharmacists in a specific state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | $142,780 |
$103,390 | 28,670 |
| 2 | Alaska | $142,730 |
$108,460 | 470 |
| 3 | Vermont | $133,720 |
$101,230 | 490 |
| 4 | Minnesota | $127,730 |
$83,150 | 6,050 |
| 5 | New Hampshire | $127,550 |
$106,300 | 1,110 |
| 6 | Nevada | $126,670 |
$97,610 | 2,340 |
| 7 | Wisconsin | $126,300 |
$91,780 | 5,560 |
| 8 | Maine | $125,780 |
$89,280 | 1,420 |
| 9 | Oregon | $125,690 |
$103,710 | 3,990 |
| 10 | Texas | $124,360 |
$97,290 | 21,560 |
| 11 | Washington | $124,350 |
$103,580 | 5,900 |
| 12 | Kentucky | $123,720 |
$95,110 | 4,450 |
| 13 | North Carolina | $123,470 |
$96,700 | 9,550 |
| 14 | South Carolina | $123,450 |
$87,900 | 4,800 |
| 15 | West Virginia | $123,130 |
$57,000 | 2,290 |
| 16 | Virginia | $122,950 |
$76,790 | 7,000 |
| 17 | Colorado | $122,810 |
$78,080 | 5,510 |
| 18 | Missouri | $122,520 |
$102,920 | 6,570 |
| 19 | Arizona | $122,460 |
$84,130 | 5,760 |
| 20 | Maryland | $122,350 |
$93,440 | 6,490 |
| 21 | Connecticut | $122,220 |
$86,460 | 2,730 |
| 22 | District of Columbia | $122,050 |
$104,980 | 800 |
| 23 | New Mexico | $121,590 |
$89,800 | 1,800 |
| 24 | Tennessee | $121,540 |
$93,100 | 7,980 |
| 25 | Kansas | $121,520 |
$64,550 | 3,010 |
| 26 | Mississippi | $121,510 |
$93,650 | 2,740 |
| 27 | Illinois | $121,120 |
$75,380 | 12,010 |
| 28 | Alabama | $120,880 |
$85,170 | 5,430 |
| 29 | Indiana | $120,680 |
$96,530 | 6,360 |
| 30 | Ohio | $120,380 |
$68,490 | 12,590 |
| 31 | Florida | $120,260 |
$91,670 | 21,490 |
| 32 | Arkansas | $119,950 |
$82,120 | 3,520 |
| 33 | Utah | $119,840 |
$46,550 | 2,560 |
| 34 | Delaware | $119,350 |
$96,390 | 1,110 |
| 35 | New York | $119,350 |
$84,380 | 20,440 |
| 36 | Hawaii | $119,250 |
$93,440 | 1,560 |
| 37 | Georgia | $118,900 |
$81,280 | 9,630 |
| 38 | Michigan | $118,790 |
$91,950 | 9,050 |
| 39 | Idaho | $118,250 |
$87,580 | 1,440 |
| 40 | Massachusetts | $118,180 |
$86,500 | 7,920 |
| 41 | Wyoming | $118,000 |
$72,200 | 540 |
| 42 | Oklahoma | $117,930 |
$90,220 | 3,760 |
| 43 | Guam | $117,830 |
$73,450 | 70 |
| 44 | Pennsylvania | $117,650 |
$82,860 | 13,460 |
| 45 | New Jersey | $117,400 |
$89,060 | 8,700 |
| 46 | Rhode Island | $117,220 |
$70,710 | 1,440 |
| 47 | Montana | $116,400 |
$86,110 | 1,080 |
| 48 | Iowa | $116,310 |
$79,630 | 3,480 |
| 49 | North Dakota | $116,000 |
$86,910 | 760 |
| 50 | South Dakota | $115,670 |
$85,720 | 1,240 |
| 51 | Louisiana | $115,370 |
$72,260 | 4,550 |
| 52 | Nebraska | $114,650 |
$83,650 | 2,360 |
| 53 | Virgin Islands | $114,590 |
$37,240 | 70 |
| 54 | Puerto Rico | $90,990 |
$41,280 | 2,130 |
