The same forces that are pushing up wages for doctors are at work with pharmacists too -- aging population, increasing complexity of medications on offer, and a shortage of people that know the science.
The growth in pharmacist pay far exceeds the growth in median pay for all jobs since 1983. The median wage for all jobs grew 145% -- just over the rate of inflation -- from $16,276 in 1983 to $39,936 in 2012.
