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Pharmacist job postings increased 38% nationwide from January through September 2025, according to data released Oct. 9 from the Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Demand rose in 47 states, with 16 states seeing spikes of 50% or more. California recorded the highest number of postings at 7,943, followed by Texas with 6,223 and Florida with 5,733.

Highlights for pharmacist job postings for third quarter of 2025 include:

– – 27,219 job postings were reported for the third quarter (compared to 19,350 postings for the third quarter 2024);
– – The highest number of postings were for Retail Pharmacist positions (12,645), followed by Clinical Pharmacist positions (5,968), Hospital Pharmacist positions (5,109), the Other Pharmacist Occupations category (2,207), and Pharmacy Director positions (1,290);
– – The highest number of job postings were in the southern part of the country, followed by the midwest, west, and northeast;
– – California had the highest number of job postings (2,641), followed by Texas (2,080), Florida (1,500), New York (1,083), and Ohio (1,052);
– – Puerto Rico (23), Hawaii (58), Wyoming (72), District of Columbia (88), and Vermont (108), had the lowest number of job postings; and
– – The metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) with the highest number of job postings this quarter were New York-Newark, Los Angeles, and Boston.

There were 129,944 job postings for pharmacy technicians through the third quarter of 2025. Highlights for pharmacy technicians job postings include:

– – 48,553 job postings were reported for the third quarter (compared to 45,309 job postings for the third quarter 2024);
– – The highest number of job postings were in the southern part of the country, followed by the midwest, west, and northeast;
– – Texas had the highest number of job postings (3,544), followed by California (3,301), Florida (2,723), Ohio (2,353), and Illinois (2,269);
– – Alaska (101) and Wyoming (107) had the lowest number of job postings; and
– – New York-Newark, Chicago, and Dallas had the highest number of MSA job postings for the third quarter.