Which pays more, Pharmacist or Physician?

The median advertised salary for each is in the table above, along with the 25th and 75th percentiles so you can see the spread rather than one number.

Which has more openings?

Both counts are live and computed at the same moment, so the comparison is like for like.

Postings are read from company career systems continuously; the age row shows how old the listings themselves are.

Side by side

Pharmacist vs Physician

Physician pays more: a median of $223,500 against $103,500. Demand is comparable on both sides. Listings for Physician move faster — median age 43 days against 71.

Comparison

Side by side

Measure	Pharmacist	Physician	Gap
Open postings	39,742	39,626	+116
Posted this week	1,286	1,356
Median salary	$103,500	$223,500	$-120k
25th percentile	$82k	$177k
75th percentile	$129k	$277k
Salary disclosed	4.3%	8.2%
Remote share	6.8%	11.0%	-4.2pp
Median age of posting	71d	43d
Open over 60 days	34.8%	36.4%
Visa sponsorship	18.5%	12.8%

Pay

Pay distribution

Pharmacist

$47k$179k

Physician

$101k$387k

Freshness

How old the listings are

Pharmacist

just posted71d median90d+

Physician

just posted43d median90d+

Demand

What each side asks for

Pharmacist — technologies

TypeScript

72.0%

JavaScript

65.8%

Java

59.6%

Python

53.4%

Tableau

47.2%

Azure

41.0%

GCP

34.8%

Physician — technologies

72.0%

Terraform

65.8%

TypeScript

59.6%

JavaScript

53.4%

Docker

47.2%

HubSpot

41.0%

Java

34.8%

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%

Physician — employers

Quarry Analytics

9.4%

Brightline Retail

8.7%

Solstice Biotech

8.0%

Halcyon Energy

7.2%

Northwind Systems

6.5%

Meridian Software

5.8%

Rivergate Media

5.1%

More comparisons

Other Healthcare comparisons

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%.