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Pharmacy
The tables below present the occupations that are most commonly associated
with a degree in Pharmacy. We have separated the tables
depending on whether we examine graduates who stop their education with the
bachelors degree in Pharmacy, and those who get either a masters
in Pharmacy, a Ph.D. in Pharmacy.
While the list above describes the occupations of students with advanced degrees in
Pharmacy some students with a bachelors degree in Pharmacy will get advanced
degrees in other fields. The tables listed below descibe the types of advanced degrees
that were chosen by students with a bachelors in Pharmacy.
Since all of the above tables present information on the average salary,
it is possible to lose sight of the fact that some majors place students
in jobs with a narrow range of salaries near to the mean while others
place students in many different income categories. For this reason,
we have drawn two frequency distributions (histograms) of Pharmacy Salaries.
Histogram of Pharmacy Salaries: Bachelors Degree Only
The diagram below includes all students with a major in Pharmacy who received no degree beyond the bachelors.
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Histogram of Pharmacy Salaries: Bachelors and Beyond
The diagram below includes all students with a major in Pharmacy while an undergraduate.
The data includes students who subsequently earned degrees beyond the bachelors.
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Bachelors Degree
The information in the table below is based on data from people of all sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a bachelors degree majoring in Pharmacy.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Occupation
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$51,433 317 79.65 Registered nurses, pharmacists, dieticians, therapists, physician assistants
$57,421 15 3.77 Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
$45,689 9 2.26 OTHER management related occupations
$41,164 8 2.01 Health Technologists and Technicians (e.g., dental hygienists, health record technologists/technicians, licensed practical nurses, medical or laboratory technicians, radiologic technologists/technicians)
$37,240 6 1.51 Sales Occupations - Retail (e.g., furnishings, clothing, motor vehicles, cosmetics)
$46,738 4 1.01 OTHER OCCUPATIONS (Not Listed)
$36,280 4 1.01 OTHER health occupations
$75,708 3 .75 Sales Occupations - Commodities Except Retail (e.g., industrial machinery/equipment/supplies, medical and dental equiptment/supplies)
$19,353 3 .75 OTHER biological/life scientists
$33,582 3 .75 OTHER administrative (e.g., record clerks, telephone operators)
$60,000 2 .50 Insurance, securities, real estate, and business services
$55,033 2 .50 Information systems scientists or analysts
$49,240 2 .50 OTHER service occupations, except health
$35,500 2 .50 Technologists and technicians in the biological/life sciences
$35,000 2 .50 Artists, Broadcasters, Editors, Entertainers, Public Relations Specialists, Writers
$31,750 2 .50 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists
$25,220 2 .50 Precision/production occupations (e.g., workers, woodworkers, butchers, bakers, printing occupations, tailors, shoemakers, photographic process)
$25,000 2 .50 OTHER computer, information science Occupations
$29,120 1 .25 Accounting clerks, bookkeepers
$28,200 1 .25 Engineers: Electrical, electronic, industrial, mechanical
$27,000 1 .25 Biochemists and biophysicists
$46,908 1 .25 Protective services (e.g., fire fighters, police, guards)
$50,000 1 .25 Secretaries, receptionists, typists
$52,000 1 .25 Computer programmers (business, scientific, process control)
$25,000 1 .25 Biological scientists (e.g., botanists, ecologists, zoologists)
$24,960 1 .25 Engineers: Chemical
$20,800 1 .25 Technologists and technicians in the mathematical sciences
$17,680 1 .25 Operators and related occupations (e.g., machine set-up, machine operators and tenders, fabricators, assemblers)
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Masters
The information in the table below is based on data from people of all
sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a masters degree
in Pharmacy.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Occupation
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$49,119 11 28.21 Registered nurses, pharmacists, dieticians, therapists, physician assistants
$50,400 6 15.38 Medical scientists (excluding practitioners)
$75,425 4 10.26 Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
$63,740 4 10.26 Chemists, except biochemists
$30,787 3 7.69 OTHER management related occupations
$44,110 2 5.13 Biochemists and biophysicists
$75,690 1 2.56 Lawyers, Judges
$72,000 1 2.56 OTHER biological/life scientists
$54,000 1 2.56 Biological scientists (e.g., botanists, ecologists, zoologists)
$14,580 1 2.56 OTHER service occupations, except health
$50,000 1 2.56 OTHER marketing and sales occupations
$39,000 1 2.56 Technologists and technicians in the biological/life sciences
$34,000 1 2.56 Precision/production occupations (e.g., workers, woodworkers, butchers, bakers, printing occupations, tailors, shoemakers, photographic process)
$30,000 1 2.56 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists
$20,000 1 2.56 OTHER administrative (e.g., record clerks, telephone operators)
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Ph.D.
The information in the table below is based on data from people of all
sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a Ph.D. degree in
Pharmacy.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Occupation
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$65,620 33 27.73 Medical scientists (excluding practitioners)
$53,021 25 21.01 Registered nurses, pharmacists, dieticians, therapists, physician assistants
$89,595 15 12.61 Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
$60,826 10 8.40 OTHER biological/life scientists
$53,833 6 5.04 Professors: Medical Science
$58,796 6 5.04 Biochemists and biophysicists
$63,167 6 5.04 Professors: OTHER health specialties
$68,000 4 3.36 Diagnosing Treating Practitioners (e.g., dentists, optometrists, physicians, psychiatrists, podiatrists, surgeons, veterinarians)
$37,875 4 3.36 Professors: Biological Sciences
$78,000 2 1.68 Biological scientists (e.g., botanists, ecologists, zoologists)
$80,000 2 1.68 OTHER management related occupations
$70,000 1 .84 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists
$73,619 1 .84 Agricultural and food scientists
$86,700 1 .84 Chemists, except biochemists
$55,000 1 .84 Technologists and technicians in the biological/life sciences
$125,000 1 .84 Insurance, securities, real estate, and business services
$150,000 1 .84 Accountants, auditors, and other financial specialists
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Masters Degrees earned by students with a Bachelors
degree in Pharmacy
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Field of Study
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$52,188 16 25.40 Pharmacy
$59,833 12 19.05 Business administration and management
$44,267 6 9.52 Pharmacology, human and animal
$67,090 4 6.35 Health services administration
$84,640 2 3.17 Public health (including environmental health and epidemiology)
$43,800 2 3.17 Chemistry
$58,500 2 3.17 Accounting
$101,000 2 3.17 OTHER business management/administrative services
$55,120 1 1.59 OTHER health/medical sciences
$12,000 1 1.59 Health/medical assistants
$80,000 1 1.59 Financial management
$64,000 1 1.59 Fine arts, all fields
$63,960 1 1.59 Plant sciences
$61,200 1 1.59 OTHER physical sciences
$57,500 1 1.59 Business marketing/marketing management
$50,336 1 1.59 Linguistics
$52,000 1 1.59 Physiology, human and animal
$50,000 1 1.59 Computer programming
$46,800 1 1.59 Health/medical technologies
$44,800 1 1.59 OTHER FIELDS (Not Listed)
$36,192 1 1.59 Mathematics: Applied
$30,000 1 1.59 Public administration
$28,600 1 1.59 Computer/information sciences, general
$27,040 1 1.59 Operations research
$14,400 1 1.59 Biochemistry and biophysics
$14,400 1 1.59 Biochemistry
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PhD's earned by students with a Bachelors
degree in Pharmacy
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Field of Study
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$60,576 23 42.59 Pharmacy
$71,419 21 38.89 Pharmacology, human and animal
$36,500 4 7.41 Biochemistry
$36,500 4 7.41 Biochemistry and biophysics
$110,000 2 3.70 Chemistry
$50,000 1 1.85 Microbiology
$60,000 1 1.85 OTHER biological sciences
$69,550 1 1.85 Physiology, human and animal
$75,000 1 1.85 OTHER health/medical sciences
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Other Professional Degrees earned by students with a Bachelors
degree in Pharmacy
Other advanced degrees include: JD, LLB, ThD, MD, and the DDS.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Field of Study
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$89,523 39 68.42 Medicine (e.g., dentistry, optometry, osteopathic, podiatry, veterinary)
$69,409 14 24.56 Pharmacy
$54,000 2 3.51 Law/Prelaw/Legal Studies
$60,000 1 1.75 Pharmacology, human and animal
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Prepared by Prof. Ken Chapman: 73122.1717@compuserve.com