The annual salary statistics of pharmacists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of pharmacists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $58,070 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $133,820 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $147,460 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $161,220 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $171,590 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for pharmacists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $171,590. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $147,460. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $58,070.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of pharmacists from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $147,460 | 0.88% | 8.33% |
| 2016 | $146,160 | 1.64% | - |
| 2015 | $143,760 | 3.24% | - |
| 2014 | $139,100 | 1.14% | - |
| 2013 | $137,520 | 1.71% | - |
| 2012 | $135,170 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $147,460 in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is in the middle of salary range for pharmacists in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of pharmacists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 18.0 percent (18.0%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 8.3 percent (8.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area.