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Clinical pharmacist salary

Open clinical pharmacist jobs post a median of $78 an hour, with the middle half paying $67.75–$89: about $162,200 a year full time. Measured from 284 jobs at 80 employers that state their pay, read from each employer's own job board.

$78
Median posted /hr
$68–$89
Middle half /hr
$162,200
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$67.75
BLS median /hr
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Clinical pharmacist jobs · A specialty of pharmacist pay

What clinical pharmacists are paid

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint). The middle half of employers' rates is in the darker color.

Posted hourly rates of 284 open jobs. The chart spans the 2nd to the 98th percentile; the lowest rate posted is $43.03, the highest $148.12.

Posted on open jobs

$67.75–$89/hr

Middle half of 163 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $78. 24% of the 1,189 open clinical pharmacist jobs state an hourly rate.

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Clinical pharmacist pay by employer

What each employer posts for clinical pharmacists, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first. An employer with at least 5 such jobs has a page of its own with every range it posts.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Emory Healthcare$67.25$64.04–$8019
Northwestern Medicine$71$58–$84.1015
Stanford Health Care$120.50$116.33–$124.4014
Providence$88.50$55.23–$134.1714
Beth Israel Lahey Health$70$49.27–$84.9614
Sutter Health$104.75$82.78–$128.2512
Kaiser Permanente$110.75$81.85–$127.1411
Baptist Health South Florida$65.25$53.11–$74.7211
CommonSpirit Health$79.75$49.54–$119.6810
Advocate Health$68.75$54.90–$82.3510
ChristianaCare$76.50$58.26–$106.508
AdventHealth$73$48.73–$94.848
Shields Health Solutions$76.25$61.06–$91.357
Renown Health$75.25$66.01–$88.836
UPMC$71$52.26–$100.746
UMass Memorial Health$66.50$46.26–$85.555
Boston Medical Center$57.75$43.03–$78.135
MultiCare Health System$87.50$68.30–$105.044
St. Charles Health System$82$69.98–$92.814
Endeavor Health$75.75$59.50–$95.294
Jefferson Health$64.75$53.49–$80.844
Kaweah Health$91.25$72.90–$124.183
Fairview Health Services$81$67.11–$94.743
UChicago Medicine$79.25$79.253
Denver Health$74.50$57.21–$91.543
Sanford Health$74.25$57–$87.503
MU Health Care$72$723
Trinity Health$63$48.45–$77.503
University Health System - San Antonio$61.50$50–$823
Mass General Brigham$57.25$46.58–$67.743
Stanford Medicine Children's Health$98.75$87.93–$110.162
Scripps Health$91.25$77.50–$105.602
Loma Linda University Health$89.25$70.79–$109.442
Inova$83$83.062
MemorialCare$81.50$79–$842
Option Care Health$78.50$55.28–$105.992
Sharp HealthCare$77.50$59.16–$100.532
Valley Health (Virginia)$71$58.26–$83.972
Children's National Hospital$70.50$52.91–$88.182
AtlantiCare$68.50$55.03–$82.532

Median of each employer's own jobs (a range at its midpoint), and the lowest and highest rate it posts. Jobs stating pay link to the employer's open jobs.

Clinical pharmacist pay by state

States where at least 8 open jobs from 3 employers state an hourly rate, highest median first. Each opens the state's own page, with its towns and employers.

StateMedian postedMiddle halfBLS medianJobs
California$97$84.25–$105.50$79.14 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)60
Washington$86.25$81.75–$95.75$77.22 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)23
Colorado$82.25$77.25–$87$75.01 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)9
Oregon$81.25$78–$85.25$79.79 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)10
Virginia$74.75$71.50–$83.25$69.26 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)9
Illinois$72.75$70.75–$77.75$66.86 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)33
New Jersey$68.75$68.50–$78.25$66.16 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)9
Texas$66.50$62.75–$80.75$66.47 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)12
Massachusetts$66$61.50–$69.50$66.43 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)30

Median and middle half of employers' rates in the state. BLS medians are for the occupation's main SOC code in the state (May 2025).

Night shift clinical pharmacist pay

Where one employer posts both night and other clinical pharmacist jobs in the same state (3 such employers and states), the night jobs post a median $2 an hour more than the rest. Many employers state a night differential apart from the base pay, which this does not count.

Employer, stateNight jobs, medianOther jobs, median
Stanford Health Care, CA$124.50 (1)$120.50 (13)
Beth Israel Lahey Health, MA$72 (1)$70 (12)
AtlantiCare, NJ$68.75 (1)$68 (1)

A job counts as a night job when its title names nights ("Nights", "NOC", "7p-7a"). Jobs in brackets.

Clinical pharmacist jobs that state a yearly salary

Some jobs state a salary for the year instead of an hourly rate. They are measured on their own here, never converted.

176 open jobs from 54 employers state a yearly salary: a median of $149,900, the middle half $140,100 to $164,300, from $96,221 to $267,904 posted.

Best-paid open clinical pharmacist jobs

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

Every open job: Clinical pharmacist jobs

What BLS measures

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics surveys what people employed in the occupation earn, at every level of experience. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered, so the two measure different things.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Pharmacists (29-1051)$47.73 (source: BLS OEWS, Pharmacists, opens in a new tab)$62.20 (source: BLS OEWS, Pharmacists, opens in a new tab)$67.75 (source: BLS OEWS, Pharmacists, opens in a new tab)$77.81 (source: BLS OEWS, Pharmacists, opens in a new tab)$83.77 (source: BLS OEWS, Pharmacists, opens in a new tab)321,970 (source: BLS OEWS, Pharmacists, opens in a new tab)

The posted median ($78) is $10.25 above the BLS median ($67.75 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Pharmacists, opens in a new tab)). Posted ranges run from a new hire's rate to an experienced one's, and their midpoint is counted here.

Clinical pharmacist salary: common questions

How much does a clinical pharmacist make an hour?

Open clinical pharmacist jobs on CareJobs.Now that state an hourly rate post a median of $78, with the middle half between $67.75–$89 (284 jobs from 80 employers, each employer's advertised range counted once). Postings advertise a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics measured a median of $67.75/hr ($140,910 a year) for pharmacists in May 2025.

How much does a clinical pharmacist make a year?

At the posted median of $78 an hour, full time (2,080 hours a year) comes to about $162,200, and the middle half to $140,900 to $185,100. That is arithmetic on the hourly rate, not a salary any job states. 176 open jobs state a yearly salary instead, a median of $149,900.

Which states pay clinical pharmacists the most?

By the median hourly rate open jobs post: California ($97), Washington ($86.25) and Colorado ($82.25). The lowest: Massachusetts ($66), Texas ($66.50) and New Jersey ($68.75). Each state's page breaks its pay down by town and employer.

Which employers pay clinical pharmacists the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least 5 open jobs: Stanford Health Care ($120.50), Kaiser Permanente ($110.75) and Sutter Health ($104.75). The employer table lists the 40 employers with the most jobs stating pay.

Do night shift clinical pharmacists earn more?

Where one employer posts both night and other clinical pharmacist jobs in the same state (3 such employers and states), night jobs post a median $2 an hour more. Many state a night differential on top of that.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay CareJobs.Now's open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 284 of 1,189 open clinical pharmacist jobs (24%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none, "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out, and each employer's advertised range counts once in the median, so no single employer sets it.

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Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used: a plain hourly or yearly figure or range in US dollars, read from the job's own posting. A range counts at its midpoint. In the median and the middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; an employer's own figures count its jobs one by one. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates under a third or over three times the occupation's median are left out. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours (40 a week). A job counts under its occupation and every occupation above it, and under every state it is open in. A page exists while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
  2. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: Pharmacists (SOC 29-1051), published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Pharmacists by state, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: Pharmacists (Occupational Outlook Handbook), published August 27, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Clinical pharmacist salary. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/clinical-pharmacist

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