Clinical Pharmacist Practitioners

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) predicts that employment for pharmacists will grow about as fast as the average for all careers from 2022 to 2032. It says that “demand is projected to increase for pharmacists in some health care settings, such as in hospitals and clinics. As the roles of pharmacists expand beyond traditional drug-dispensing duties, these workers increasingly will be integrated into healthcare teams to provide medication management and other patient care services in these facilities.” The DOL reports that there will be strong employment growth for pharmacists in the following health care–related fields. The average expected grow rate for all careers is 3 percent.

• services for the elderly and persons with disabilities: +29.3 percent
• outpatient care centers: +22.9 percent
• home health care services: +20.2 percent
• general medical and surgical hospitals-private: +17.5 percent
• ambulatory health care services: +16.1 percent
• hospitals (state, local, and private): +15.8 percent
• private psychiatric and substance abuse hospitals: +12.1 percent