Changing
Health
Pharmacist
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Key facts
+5.2%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United StatesEmployment in this job is holding up or growing in the United States, but it is highly exposed to AI. AI exposure: low according to the ILO, high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +5.2% (BLS). Working well with AI is becoming an asset.
The job
Dispenses medicines, checks prescriptions and advises patients on their treatment.
40 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- advanced pharmacist
- clinical pharmacist
- clinical pharmacologist
- dispensing chemist
- expert in pharmacy
- expert pharmacist
- head of hospital pharmacy
- hospital locum pharmacist
- hospital pharmacist
- hospital pharmacy specialist
- industrial pharmacist
- industrial pharmacy consultant
- industrial pharmacy specialist
- pharmaceutical industry pharmacist
- pharmaceutical product quality manager
- pharmaceutical quality compliance specialist
- pharmaceutical quality control specialist
- pharmaceutical quality control technician
- pharmaceutical quality inspector
- pharmaceutical quality manager
- pharmaceutical quality specialist
- pharmaceutical quality technician
- pharmaceutical quality verifier
- pharmacist
- pharmacist in hospital
- pharmacologist
- pharmacology practitioner
- pharmacy expert
- pharmacy practitioner
- pharmacy specialist
- practitioner of pharmacology
- practitioner of pharmacy
- relief pharmacist
- retail pharmacist
- site lead pharmacist
- specialist in pharmacy
- specialist of pharmaceutical quality
- specialist of pharmaceutical quality compliance
- specialist of pharmaceutical quality control
- specialist pharmacist
Training
Regulated profession: diplôme d'État de docteur en pharmacie.
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Gauges
Risk 3/5 · Moderate
AI exposureHighBLS AI exposure category "high" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (low)
Employment outlookGrowthBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Pharmacists)
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayVery highBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $140,910
EntryLong and selectiveBLS, typical education needed for entry
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.