The annual salary statistics of pharmacists in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of pharmacists in Watertown-Fort Drum 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 | $78,470 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $109,030 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $125,690 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $134,690 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $162,810 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for pharmacists in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $162,810. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $125,690. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $78,470.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of pharmacists from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $125,690 | -1.99% | -2.53% |
| 2021 | $128,190 | -5.29% | - |
| 2020 | $134,970 | 8.88% | - |
| 2019 | $122,980 | 1.72% | - |
| 2018 | $120,860 | -1.51% | - |
| 2017 | $122,680 | -5.05% | - |
| 2016 | $128,870 | 2.81% | - |
| 2015 | $125,250 | -2.89% | - |
| 2012 | $128,870 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $125,690 in Watertown-Fort Drum is in the middle of salary range for pharmacists in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of pharmacists in Watertown-Fort Drum is 9.2 percent (9.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Central New York nonmetropolitan area and 9.2 percent (9.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying New York-White Plains-Wayne.