Job Outlook
The demand for pharmacists far exceeds the anticipated supply. By 2020, studies project a shortage of 150,000 pharmacists will exist. The nation's accredited schools receive more than 73,000 applications each year, are filled to capacity, and cannot accommodate any more students.
New unfilled pharmacy positions vary from 7,000 – 10,000 per year, and the mean annual wage of pharmacists in 2006 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics was $93,500.
Career Options:
- Administrative Pharmacy
- Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Practice
- Clinical Pharmacokinetics Practice
- Emergency Media Care Centers
- Managed Care Services
- Nuclear Pharmacy Practice
- Pediatric Pharmacy Practice
- Pharmacoeconomic Services
- Intravenous and Home Infusion Therapy Practice
- Adult Clinical Pharmacy Practice
- Community Pharmacy
- Drug and Poison Information Services
- Geriatric Pharmacy Practice
- Mediocolegal Services
- Oncology Pharmacy Practice
- Psychopharmacy Practice
- Psychiatric Pharmacy Services