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Pharmacists
Dispense drugs prescribed by physicians and other health practitioners and provide information to patients about medications and their use. May advise physicians and other health practitioners on the selection, dosage, interactions, and side effects of medications.
- US jobs
- 321,970
- Median wage
- $140,910 a year
- Job family
- Healthcare
Can agents do the work of pharmacists?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Healthcare: Some tasks (no change in 12 months)
Agents complete 20% or more of the tasks (or projects) on a direct benchmark.
Evidence: MedAgentBench, 69.7% of tasks completed.
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 10%Prepare mixtures or solutionsNot measured
- 8%Maintain health or medical recordsNot measured
- 6%Verify personal informationNot measured
- 6%Prescribe medical treatments or devicesNot measured
- 5%Analyze scientific or applied data using mathematical principlesNot measured
- 5%Treat injuries, illnesses, or diseasesNot measured
- 5%Determine operational methods or proceduresNot measured
- 5%Train others on health or medical topicsNot measured
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in healthcare, not always this occupation's tasks.
Direct evidence
Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.
Also relevant
These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.
Context only
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- 1846 EloClaude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Default Fallback) · 23 Sep 2026Unrated
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Review prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability.
- Collaborate with other health care professionals to plan, monitor, review, or evaluate the quality or effectiveness of drugs or drug regimens, providing advice on drug applications or characteristics.
- Work in hospitals or clinics or for Health Management Organizations (HMOs), dispensing prescriptions, serving as a medical team consultant, or specializing in specific drug therapy areas, such as oncology or nuclear pharmacotherapy.
- Provide information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and proper medication storage.
- Provide specialized services to help patients manage conditions, such as diabetes, asthma, smoking cessation, or high blood pressure.
- Analyze prescribing trends to monitor patient compliance and to prevent excessive usage or harmful interactions.
- Maintain records, such as pharmacy files, patient profiles, charge system files, inventories, control records for radioactive nuclei, or registries of poisons, narcotics, or controlled drugs.
- Prepare sterile solutions or infusions for use in surgical procedures, emergency rooms, or patients' homes.
- Compound and dispense medications as prescribed by doctors and dentists, by calculating, weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients, or oversee these activities.
- Assess the identity, strength, or purity of medications.
- Plan, implement, or maintain procedures for mixing, packaging, or labeling pharmaceuticals, according to policy and legal requirements, to ensure quality, security, and proper disposal.
- Teach pharmacy students serving as interns in preparation for their graduation or licensure.
Other job titles for this occupation (19)
Clinical Pharmacist · Clinical Pharmacy Specialist (CPS) · Community Pharmacist · Hospital Pharmacist · Inpatient Pharmacist · Pharm D (Pharmacy Doctor) · Pharmacy Informaticist · Pharmacy Services Clinical Coordinator · Registered Pharmacist · Retail Pharmacist · Apothecary · Druggist · Floater Pharmacist · Industrial Pharmacist · Outpatient Pharmacist · Pharmacy Resident · Prescriptionist · Radiopharmacist · Travel Pharmacist