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Side by side

Care Assistant vs Pharmacist

Pharmacist pays more: a median of $103,500 against $97,000. There is 1.6× more demand for Pharmacist.

Comparison

Side by side

Measure	Care Assistant	Pharmacist	Gap
Open postings	24,960	39,742	-14,782
Posted this week	573	1,286
Median salary	$97,000	$103,500	$-6.5k
25th percentile	$76.5k	$82k
75th percentile	$121k	$129k
Salary disclosed	6.9%	4.3%
Remote share	11.4%	6.8%	+4.6pp
Median age of posting	69d	71d
Open over 60 days	45.1%	34.8%
Visa sponsorship	4.8%	18.5%

Pay

Pay distribution

Care Assistant

$44k$168k

Pharmacist

$47k$179k

Freshness

How old the listings are

Care Assistant

just posted69d median90d+

Pharmacist

just posted71d median90d+

Demand

What each side asks for

Care Assistant — technologies

Python

72.0%

Java

65.8%

Docker

59.6%

SQL

53.4%

Azure

47.2%

Tableau

41.0%

JavaScript

34.8%

Pharmacist — technologies

TypeScript

72.0%

JavaScript

65.8%

Java

59.6%

Python

53.4%

Tableau

47.2%

Azure

41.0%

GCP

34.8%

Care Assistant — employers

Vantage Logistics

9.4%

Cobalt Financial

8.7%

Umbra Security

8.0%

Ironbark Manufacturing

7.2%

Solstice Biotech

6.5%

Rivergate Media

5.8%

Meridian Software

5.1%

Pharmacist — employers

Ironbark Manufacturing

9.4%

Tidewater Insurance

8.7%

Quarry Analytics

8.0%

Northwind Systems

7.2%

Vantage Logistics

6.5%

Umbra Security

5.8%

Solstice Biotech

5.1%

More comparisons

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Both sides are counted the same way on the same day, so the gap is comparable even where the absolute numbers move. Salary figures use only postings that publish a range — the disclosure rate is in the table because a median over 20% of a cohort is a weaker number than one over 70%.