Fact Based List:

Highest Average Pharmacist Compensation by City

  1. Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta; California ($140,670 annual / $67.64 hourly)
  2. Modesto; California ($135,550 annual / $65.17 hourly)
  3. Farmington; New Mexico ($134,990 annual / $64.90 hourly)
  4. Santa Cruz-Watsonville; California ($134,450 annual / $64.64 hourly)

Source: Managed Care Magazine - January 2011
Source URL: http://www.managedcaremag.com/archives/1101/1101.compmon.html
Notes: Data source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2009 National, State, Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates