Georgia / Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department Of / Pharmacist 3

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Pharmacist 3

Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.

15 employees hold this title in Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department Of. Median total compensation for the role is $136,862, above the department median of $43,959.

Employees: 15
Total payroll: $1.9M
Role median: $136,862
Agency median: $43,959
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$5,619$139,494+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 15 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

Pharmacist 3 pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Pharmacists — about 10,530 people — is $137,120. Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department Of pays a median base salary of $136,862 for this role, in line with that figure — about the 49th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department Of sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$100,950

$126,520

$137,120

$158,880

$170,110

Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department Of median · $136,862

The bar is the range of annual wages for Pharmacists across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department Of’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Pharmacists — about 321,970 people — is $140,910. Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department Of’s median base salary is 3% below that national figure, about the 41st percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

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25th

Median

75th

90th

$99,290

$129,380

$140,910

$161,840

$174,230

Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department Of median · $136,862

Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Georgia range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 14 of 15 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department Of is $136,862, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Compare departments

This role across Georgia

Pharmacist 3 is held in 3 Georgia departments. In Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department Of, the median of $136,862 ranks #1 of 3.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Community Health, Department Of

$99,858 · 3

Public Health, Department Of

$96,153 · 3

Median total compensation for the Pharmacist 3 role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Pharmacist beyond Georgia

This role is reported in 16 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $121,668 ranks #12 of 16. See Pharmacist across all of Georgia →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

City and County of San Francisco

$275,769 · 67

Los Angeles County

$261,285 · 243

Tennessee

$169,956 · 31

Texas

$164,825 · 125

U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)

$164,725 · 13,255

California

$162,947 · 423

District of Columbia

$158,522 · 11

Minnesota

$149,978 · 47

Median total compensation for comparable Pharmacistroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.

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