Insights / Pharmacy pay versus the U.S. median / New York
Pharmacy pay in New York
Log York Pharmacists as $142,090 and nobody swaps in a national midpoint.
Cite York Pharmacists at $163,510 rather than hiding the cell.
List York Pharmacists at $140,910 before someone copies a midpoint.
Mark York Pharmacy Technicians at $43,930 so the comparison stays on the table.
Each occupation
1Pharmacists
- State median
- $142,090
- 75th percentile
- $163,510
- U.S. median
- $140,910
- State vs U.S.
- 1.01
- State employment
- 19,760
2Pharmacy Technicians
- State median
- $43,930
- 75th percentile
- $49,980
- U.S. median
- $45,750
- State vs U.S.
- 0.96
- State employment
- 24,400
3Pharmacy Aides
- State median
- $38,040
- 75th percentile
- $40,390
- U.S. median
- $37,680
- State vs U.S.
- 1.01
- State employment
- 2,360
Ranked table
Swipe the table sideways. The same figures are in the blocks above.
| Rank | Occupation | State median | 75th percentile | U.S. median | State vs U.S. | State employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pharmacists | $142,090 | $163,510 | $140,910 | 1.01 | 19,760 |
| 2 | Pharmacy Technicians | $43,930 | $49,980 | $45,750 | 0.96 | 24,400 |
| 3 | Pharmacy Aides | $38,040 | $40,390 | $37,680 | 1.01 | 2,360 |
Takeaways
- Flag York Pharmacy Technicians at $49,980 rather than a round number from memory.
- File York Pharmacy Technicians under $45,750 before a national midpoint replaces it.
- Enter York Pharmacy Aides as $38,040 ahead of the posting you want.
- Write York Pharmacy Aides as $40,390 so local pay stays visible.
For recruiters
- Save York Pharmacy Aides as $37,680 and the figure stays beside the title.
- File York Pharmacists under $142,090 inside the Hiring Pack with the figure.
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
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Methodology
Occupations are the fixed set named in the series, kept only when both the New York median and the U.S. median are published. A 75th percentile or an employment count that is unpublished stays blank in the table. The article is omitted when fewer than 3 occupations qualify. OEWS May 2025. A comparison of 1.00 matches the U.S. median. Sorted by the Pharmacists state median when that occupation qualifies, otherwise by the highest median in the table. New York is 18 of 48. A row links to the New York metro page with the highest public market difficulty score for that occupation when one is published, and otherwise to the occupation page on the hiring grid. An unpublished percentile or employment count is shown as unpublished rather than replaced with a zero. The wages are annual OEWS figures. They are not job listings and they are not an employer's current offer. Read the comparison beside the dollar figures: a high state wage can still sit under the national median for that occupation, and a lower state wage can still sit above it. Rounded figures in the prose: $142,090 is stated as about $142.1K. $140,910 is stated as about $140.9K. a comparison of 1.01 is stated as 1 percent. $163,510 is stated as about $163.5K. $38,040 is stated as about $38.0K. $37,680 is stated as about $37.7K.
Sources
A Hiring Pack starts from the role and the city on the req.
First Hiring Pack free.
Then Was $24Now $0.99 per req report.
Or Was $149Now $19.99/month unlimited.