May 2022 data released from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) put pharmacist employment in the United States at over 325,400.  The five-state Rocky Mountain region accounted for about 11,300 pharmacist jobs or less than 3.5% of the national total.  The region was a mixed one for pharmacist pay.  About 70% of the pharmacists in the region lived in Colorado or Utah, two states that rated among the top ten states for pharmacists in terms of annual mean wage levels.   The picture was different elsewhere as the annual mean wage level for pharmacists in each of the region's three other states was below the profession's $129,410 national average.  More examination of BLS data from May 2022 produced the following details about pharmacist pay in the Rocky Mountain region:

Pharmacist Pay in the Rocky Mountain Region

State	# Employed	Annual Mean Wages	Wage Rank*
CO	4,990	$131,740	10th
ID	1,580	$126,120	28th
MT	1,300	$125,220	34th
UT	2,890	$132,260	9th
WY	510	$126,580	26th
U.S.	325,480	$129,410	-------

(*) annual mean wage ranking among the 50 states and the District of Columbia

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OES. Data extracted on January 14, 2024