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Pharmacist salary in New Jersey

Open pharmacist jobs in New Jersey post a median of $70.75 an hour, the middle half $68–$74 (about $147,200 a year full time), $3.25 below the national posted median. From 44 jobs at 17 employers that state their pay.

$70.75
Median posted /hr
$68–$74
Middle half /hr
$147,200
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$66.16
BLS median in NJ
May 2025

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What pharmacists are paid in New Jersey

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Posted hourly rates of 44 open jobs in New Jersey. Lowest posted $44, highest $107.69.

Posted on open jobs in New Jersey

$68–$74/hr

Middle half of 28 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $70.75. 54% of the 81 open pharmacist jobs in New Jersey state an hourly rate.

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Pharmacist pay by town in New Jersey

Towns where at least three open jobs state an hourly rate, the towns with the most such jobs first.

TownMedian postedPosted rangeJobs (employers)
Hackensack$74$71.28–$75.034 (1)
Vineland$71.50$59.40–$82.304 (2)
Summit$78$61.18–$107.693 (1)
Mullica Hill$73.25$59.40–$81.523 (1)
Paramus$72$64.05–$80.063 (1)
Newark$70$50–$81.753 (3)

Median of employers' rates in the town, the lowest and highest rate posted, and the jobs and employers behind them. A town opens its own job page.

Pharmacist pay by employer in New Jersey

What each employer posts for pharmacists here, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Inspira Health$73.25$59.40–$81.528
Hackensack Meridian Health$75$71.28–$75.034
RWJBarnabas Health$74$65.41–$81.784
AtlantiCare$68.75$55.02–$82.534
CVS Health$68$60–$814
Jefferson Health$64.75$53.49–$80.844
Valley Health System (New Jersey)$72$64.05–$80.063
Atlantic Health$71.75$61.18–$107.693
Capital Health$69.50$54.09–$76.502
Summit Health and CityMD$79.75$70.87–$88.651
Walgreens$71.50$60.90–$82.301
BrightSpring Health Services$71$67–$751
University Hospital (Newark)$70$701
Select Medical$63.25$63–$63.501
ScionHealth$62.50$50.44–$74.661
UnitedHealth Group$61.50$44–$791
Silver Lake Hospital$52.50$50–$551

Median of each employer's jobs in New Jersey (a range at its midpoint), and its lowest and highest rate here. An employer's name opens its pay for pharmacists nationwide when it has such a page.

Night shift pharmacist pay in New Jersey

Where one employer posts both night and other pharmacist jobs in the same state (11 such employers and states), the night jobs post a median $1.25 an hour less 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
Inspira Health, NJ$70.50 (1)$76.25 (7)
AtlantiCare, NJ$68.75 (1)$68.75 (3)
CVS Health, NJ$68 (1)$68 (3)
Atlantic Health, NJ$71.75 (1)$78 (2)
CVS Health, VA$68 (1)$69.25 (2)
CVS Health, FL$68 (1)$69.25 (2)
CVS Health, GA$68 (1)$69.25 (2)
CVS Health, NC$68 (1)$69.25 (2)

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

Jobs that state a yearly salary

Measured on their own, never converted to hourly.

13 open jobs in New Jersey state a yearly salary: a median of $142,400, the middle half $136,600 to $162,000.

Best-paid open pharmacist jobs in New Jersey

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

What BLS measures in New Jersey

What people employed in the occupation earned in the state, at every level of experience, from the BLS survey. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, New Jersey. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Pharmacists (29-1051)$54.11 (source: BLS OEWS, Pharmacists, opens in a new tab)$63.14 (source: BLS OEWS, Pharmacists, opens in a new tab)$66.16 (source: BLS OEWS, Pharmacists, opens in a new tab)$77.52 (source: BLS OEWS, Pharmacists, opens in a new tab)$82.74 (source: BLS OEWS, Pharmacists, opens in a new tab)9,420 (source: BLS OEWS, Pharmacists, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Pharmacist salary in New Jersey: common questions

How much does a pharmacist make in New Jersey?

Open pharmacist jobs in New Jersey that state an hourly rate post a median of $70.75, the middle half $68–$74 (44 jobs from 17 employers). Full time that is about $147,200 a year. BLS measured a median of $66.16/hr ($137,620 a year) for people employed in the occupation in New Jersey (May 2025).

Where in New Jersey do pharmacists earn the most?

By the median rate open jobs post, in the towns with the most jobs stating pay: Hackensack ($74), Vineland ($71.50), Summit ($78) and Mullica Hill ($73.25). The town table lists 6.

Which employers in New Jersey pay pharmacists the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least three open jobs here: Hackensack Meridian Health ($75), RWJBarnabas Health ($74) and Inspira Health ($73.25).

How does New Jersey compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in New Jersey ($70.75) is $3.25 below the national posted median of $74. In the BLS survey New Jersey ranks 37 of 52 by median wage.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 44 of 81 open pharmacist jobs in New Jersey (54%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Pharmacist pay in other states

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Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint. In the state's median and middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; a town's median follows the same rule. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. A state has a page while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate there. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours. 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 OEWS May 2025: Pharmacists (SOC 29-1051), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Pharmacists, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Pharmacists by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Pharmacist salary in New Jersey. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/pharmacist/new-jersey

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