Pharmacist is specialized job. The common belief is that pharmacist mixes deferent ingredients or compounds to make medicine are only the small part of their job. They must be well aware of side effect of each medical compound, using of the right dosage is essential part of their expertise. They should be well aware of patient medical history, interacting with patients to make sure of the proper use of medicine and most important they monitor the progress of the health of patients for change in further dosage.

Firstly a Pharmacist income will depend on the experience. One cannot expect a freshly graduate college pharmacist to receive the same as his twenty year experienced college.

The second most important aspect on how much they earn is their speciallity of their work. There are many specialize fields which gives them higher income. The general income for Nuclear Pharmacist (used for chemotherapy) in the United States is above $102,000. Another specialize field is psychiatry pharmacy which specialize in the drugs used for the treatment of patient with mental disorder. Oncologists are specialized for treatments of cancer.There are many other such specialized area of work for pharmacist.

In recent years new nontraditional pharmacy work have emerged which generate higher income for pharmacist like Working as consultant in developing new drug and giving report of its side effect. Pharmacist who can carry out cost benefit package for health insurance companies are also in demand and are highly paid.

Pharmacist income will also depend on where he works. For example recent survey report showed that pharmacist working in departmental store has higher income than one who is working as pharmacist in grocery stores. Though pharmacist working in general medical and hospital do get anything extra but because of their work environment they gets experienced much faster and it adds as plus point on their resume.

Last but not least is the locality where he works. Naturally a highly influential rich neighborhood will have more lucrative offer for pharmacist than some village drug store. There is more income available for pharmacist who are working in night shift or one who are ready to work in weekends. Contractual pharmacists are also paid more because their jobs are not permanent. An experienced pharmacist could earn anywhere from $50USD to $75 per hour as a full time employee. While a contractual pharmacist may get more than $85.