Pharmacists dispense prescription medications and advise patients on safe and effective use. Based on 3,436 certified H-1B and PERM filings from U.S. Department of Labor disclosure data, the median sponsored salary for a Pharmacist is $112,278 per year.
| Percentile | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| 10th (entry) | $91,000 |
| 25th | $101,941 |
| 50th (median) | $112,278 |
| 75th | $122,720 |
| 90th (senior) | $135,200 |
Every other salary site shows the LCA-posted wage — the wage for the position. Using USCIS I-129 petition data, we can compare that against the actual pay the sponsored worker received, and the prevailing-wage floor, across 207 matched Pharmacists petitions.
The median worker is paid -2.0% below the posted LCA wage, but the mean actual pay runs 1039.1% above the mean posted wage — so the upside is concentrated in the top earners. 4.8% are paid above their posted wage, 81.6% at it, and 13.5% below.
Actual-pay data covers FY2021–FY2024 cap-subject H-1B lottery petitions matched to certified LCAs (aggregates only). Base wage excludes equity and bonuses, so it is not total compensation. Source: I-129 petition data sourced from USCIS, obtained by Bloomberg.
Of 3,436 filings, 51 are H-1B (temporary work visa) and 3,385 are PERM (green-card labor certification, 99% of the total).
| # | Employer | Filings | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RITE AID CORPORATION | 656 | $119,803 |
| 2 | CVS RX Services, Inc. | 518 | $117,429 |
| 3 | WALGREEN CO. | 120 | $116,117 |
| 4 | WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC. | 116 | $123,835 |
| 5 | Safeway Inc. | 75 | $140,032 |
| 6 | Rite Aid Hdqtrs. Corp. | 24 | $145,073 |
| 7 | KROGER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP I | 22 | $99,956 |
| 8 | ALBERTSONS, LLC | 21 | $122,023 |
| 9 | NEW ALBERTSON'S INC. | 21 | $106,630 |
| 10 | FRED MEYER STORES INC | 16 | $116,927 |
| 11 | WINN-DIXIE STORES, INC. | 14 | $104,438 |
| 12 | WAL-MART STORES INC. | 13 | $117,182 |
| 13 | Cleveland Clinic | 11 | $107,153 |
| 14 | ELITE PHARMACY MANAGMENT LTD | 11 | $101,525 |
| 15 | ADVENTIST HEALTH SYSTEM/SUNBELT INC D/B/A FLORIDA | 11 | $105,310 |
| 16 | APPALACHIAN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE, INC | 11 | $93,622 |
| 17 | SEARS HOLDINGS CORPORATION | 10 | $104,840 |
| 18 | AMERICAN SPECIALTY PHARMACY INC. | 9 | $105,667 |
| 19 | THE MEDICINE SHOPPE | 9 | $111,531 |
| 20 | BRIDGEPORT CHEMISTS INC | 8 | $99,115 |
| State | Filings | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 665 | $116,985 |
| Rhode Island | 441 | $114,847 |
| California | 355 | $122,593 |
| Florida | 228 | $103,603 |
| Texas | 206 | $111,699 |
| Michigan | 170 | $105,390 |
| New York | 170 | $99,985 |
| New Jersey | 135 | $96,391 |
| Illinois | 126 | $113,356 |
| Arkansas | 109 | $121,762 |
| Maryland | 79 | $99,941 |
| Connecticut | 71 | $104,922 |
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Salaries are the certified offered annual wage on public U.S. Department of Labor H-1B (LCA) and PERM disclosure filings, not a guarantee of pay. Occupation is the DOL-assigned Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code.