Which pays more, Pharmacist or Therapist / Counselor?

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 Therapist / Counselor

Pharmacist pays more: a median of $103,500 against $94,000. There is 2.7× more demand for Pharmacist. Listings for Pharmacist move faster — median age 71 days against 85.

Comparison

Side by side

Measure	Pharmacist	Therapist / Counselor	Gap
Open postings	39,742	14,899	+24,843
Posted this week	1,286	424
Median salary	$103,500	$94,000	+$9.5k
25th percentile	$82k	$74.5k
75th percentile	$129k	$117k
Salary disclosed	4.3%	4.1%
Remote share	6.8%	3.4%	+3.4pp
Median age of posting	71d	85d
Open over 60 days	34.8%	33.8%
Visa sponsorship	18.5%	7.8%

Pay

Pay distribution

Pharmacist

$47k$179k

Therapist / Counselor

$42k$163k

Freshness

How old the listings are

Pharmacist

just posted71d median90d+

Therapist / Counselor

just posted85d 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%

Therapist / Counselor — technologies

PostgreSQL

72.0%

TypeScript

65.8%

Terraform

59.6%

Kubernetes

53.4%

Spark

47.2%

Azure

41.0%

JavaScript

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%

Therapist / Counselor — employers

Aperture Labs

9.4%

Brightline Retail

8.7%

Meridian Software

8.0%

Fairmount Legal

7.2%

Beacon Robotics

6.5%

Ironbark Manufacturing

5.8%

Cobalt Financial

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%.