Pharmacist salary in New York

Official occupation: 29-1051 Pharmacists · Reference period May 2025 · Data updated · Confidence 95/100

The median pharmacist in New York earns $142,090 a year, within 3% of the United States figure of $140,910.

It ranks 19th of 51 states with a published figure.

Pay is relatively compressed, with the 10th percentile at $92,910 and the 90th at $174,550 (a ratio of 1.9).

About 19,760 people work in this occupation here, roughly in line with its national share (location quotient 0.98).

For context, the median across all occupations in New York is $59,670, so this role pays 2.4 times the local typical wage.

Published figures

Published and derived pay figures
MeasureNew YorkNational
Median annual pay Observed$142,090United States: $140,910
Mean annual pay Observed$140,260United States: $140,920
10th percentile Observed$92,910United States: $99,290
25th percentile Observed$129,240United States: $129,380
75th percentile Observed$163,510United States: $161,840
90th percentile Observed$174,550United States: $174,230
Median hourly pay Observed$68.31United States: $67.75
Employment (jobs) Observed19,760
Jobs per 1,000 employees Observed2.039
Location quotient Observed0.98
Difference from United States median ($140,910) Derived+1%
Rank among 51 states Derived19
Ratio to New York all-occupation median ($59,670) Derived2.38×
90th / 10th percentile ratio Derived1.88

Nearby in the ranking

  1. 17. Virginia$144,060
  2. 18. New Hampshire$143,020
  3. 19. New York$142,090
  4. 20. Montana$142,080
  5. 21. North Dakota$142,040

Largest cities in New York: New York City, Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, The Bronx (GeoNames). Figures are for the whole state, not individual cities.

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Source, method and data quality

  • Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 (Public domain (U.S. Government work)). Reference period: May 2025. Updates: Yearly (spring release).
  • Observed figures are copied from the published table without adjustment. Derived figures (rankings, ratios and differences) are calculated by us from those observed figures. No figure on this page is modeled or estimated.
  • Relative standard error (PRSE) published per estimate.
  • Confidence score: 95/100. Based on the published sampling error and job count. We only publish region pages scoring 60 or more that have at least 6 observed figures.
  • Place hierarchy from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Data last updated: .
  • Full method: methodology.