Side-by-side distribution
Bioinformatics
$157,963
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 52.9%
- Live roles
- 68
Pharmacist
$68.00/hr
per hour · USD
- Disclosing
- 73.7%
- Live roles
- 4,562
Highest-paying jobs
Staff Computational Biologist
Staff Computational Biologist
Lead Scientist / Associate Director, Bioinformatics and Data Science
Senior Bioinformatician
Senior / Principal Computational Biologist
Senior / Principal Computational Biologist
Sr. Scientist, Therapeutics & Translational Bioinformatics
Staff Bioinformatics Scientist
Associate Principal Bioinformatics Scientist
Principal Scientist, Bioinformatics
Highest-paying jobs
Pharmacotherapy Pharmacist - Rheumatology/GI - Pharmacotherapy Clinic - Full Time - 8 Hour - Days
Inpatient Clinical Pharmacist, Oncology
Ambulatory Clinical Pharmacist IV
Clinical Pharmacist, (MIST)
Pharmacist - Outpatient Specialty Center - Pharmacy - Per Diem - 8 Hour - Days
Pharmacist - WCMC Pharmacy - Full Time - 10 Hour - Variable
Pharmacist - CMC Pharmacy - Full Time - 10 Hour - Variable Night Shift
Pharmacist - CMC Specialty Pharmacotherapy Services - WC Behring Pavilion - Per Diem - 8 Hour - Days
Pharmacist - PD - Days - Pharmacy @ MV
Inpatient Clinical Pharmacist, Oncology
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Natera
|
$169,550 | 4 |
|
Abbott
|
$153,000 | 4 |
| SJ St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | $145,080 | 4 |
| FR Freenome | $229,325 | 3 |
Recursion
|
$176,200 | 2 |
University of Chicago
|
$82,500 | 2 |
University of Pennsylvania
|
$79,602 | 2 |
|
Vivodyne
|
$229,700 | 1 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
CVS Health
|
$141,440 | 2,371 |
Loblaw
|
$120,640 | 91 |
Advocate Health
|
$142,740 | 55 |
Cardinal Health
|
$104,208 | 41 |
Save-On-Foods
|
$130,000 | 40 |
| BI Beth Israel Lahey Health | $136,822 | 39 |
Sanford Health
|
$154,440 | 36 |
Option Care Health
|
$153,338 | 35 |
Bioinformatics salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $197,500 | 3 |
| New York | $174,100 | 4 |
Bioinformatics vs Pharmacist: which pays more?
The median for Bioinformatics is $157,963 per year (typically $136,350–$181,750), versus $68.00/hr for Pharmacist ($62.50/hr–$73.00/hr). That puts Bioinformatics about 12% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Bioinformatics and Pharmacist are compared on equal terms regardless of the currency each role was originally posted in. Only roles that publish a salary range feed the medians; numbers refresh every few hours as new roles post and older ones close, so this comparison reflects the market right now rather than a fixed survey. Use it as a directional benchmark when weighing one path against the other.