Headline risk
0%
Very Low RiskPharmacists
United States AI Work Index tracks this occupation on the shared structural baseline and then layers on local demand resilience, wages, and confidence.
Why This Score
Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities
Median annual wage
Projected employment change over 10 years
Typical preparation needed for this occupation
Occupation profile
Dispense drugs prescribed by physicians and other health practitioners and provide information to patients about medications and their use. May advise physicians and other health practitioners on the selection, dosage, interactions, and side effects of medications.
Task evidence
100% weighted task match · 8% effective coverage
Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works
United States Now
Median Wage
USD 137,480
Employment 2024
335.1K
Projected Change (2024–34)
4.6%
Openings (2024–34)
14.2K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Employment of pharmacists is projected to grow 5 percent from 2024 to 2034, faster than the average for all occupations.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Review prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability. AI use: 0%
- 2. Provide information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and proper medication storage. AI use: 84%
- 3. Maintain records, such as pharmacy files, patient profiles, charge system files, inventories, control records for radioactive nuclei, or registries of poisons, narcotics, or controlled drugs. AI use: 0%
- 4. Assess the identity, strength, or purity of medications. AI use: 0%
- 5. Analyze prescribing trends to monitor patient compliance and to prevent excessive usage or harmful interactions. AI use: 0%
- 6. Order and purchase pharmaceutical supplies, medical supplies, or drugs, maintaining stock and storing and handling it properly. AI use: 0%
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Worker profile
Median age 41.4 · 365K employed
Under 25: 4% · 25–54: 80% · 55+: 16%
Related
No direct US role match is available yet for this occupation.
Source coverage
11/11 source families · O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Mapping quality
crosswalk_exact · employment series present
Narrative & sources
Pharmacists dispense prescription medications and provide information to patients about the drugs and their use.
Pharmacists work in pharmacies, including those in drug, general merchandise, and grocery stores. They also work in hospitals and other healthcare facilities that are open 24 hours. Most pharmacists work full time, and some work nights, weekends, and holidays.
Pharmacists typically need a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree. Every state requires pharmacists to be licensed.
The median annual wage for pharmacists was $137,480 in May 2024.
Employment of pharmacists is projected to grow 5 percent from 2024 to 2034, faster than the average for all occupations.
Published limitations
This page shows the local country layer, not realised individual job outcomes. The global structural baseline is shared across countries; only the local demand and wage layer changes here.
Built from O*NET occupation descriptions, task statements, technology skills, work context, Job Zones, Anthropic task penetration, BLS OEWS wages, BLS projection tables, BLS ORS requirements, BLS OOH narrative content, BLS skills data, and BLS CPS occupation age tables.