The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) states that the median annually salary for a pharmacist was $118,470 for 2014. This average annual salary breaks down to $56.96 dollars per hour based on the average 2,080 hours a full-time person works in one year.or “other general merchandise stores,” the average annual salary was $127,350 ($61.22 per hour) in 2014. In department stores, the average annual pharmacist salary was $117,540 ($56.51 an hour).