Pharmaci
Listed compensation
$65-$75/hr
The week, per this posting
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time · on-site
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Includes weekends
Job Description
Pharmacist, Full-Time or Part-Time, Salinas, CA
$65 - $75/hr
- Benefits Available
Most Pharmacy Jobs Give You Two Choices
Choice A: Work for a chain. Decent pay, but you’re a number. Drive-thru timers. Corporate metrics. Regional VPs who’ve never worked a Saturday in their lives.
Choice B: Work for a tiny independent. Great culture, but the pay is lower and the equipment is held together with tape.
This job in Salinas is Choice C.
Independent community retail pharmacy. Warm, friendly environment. But with real pay $65 - $75/hr and a real schedule that respects your life.
Schedule: Full-Time or Part-Time
- 5 days/week
- Mon, Fri 9, 6
- Sat 9, 1
- No nights, no Sundays
Bonus: Bilingual English/Spanish is a plus. Retail exp a plus, not required.
License: Active CA license
Requirements
Must hold current CA State license/registration to practice, Previous Retail experience is preferred but not required
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Must be able to exercise sound judgment and discretion
- Ability to maintain highly confidential information.
Benefits
Benefit Package
Key Responsibilities
Provide pharmaceutical care in an independent community retail pharmacy setting. Maintain high standards of judgment, discretion, and confidentiality while serving patients.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Pharmacist Career Context
Nirvana Health & Wellness holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 70/100, 5 active listings.
In California, the Pharmacy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$165k (156 salary observations; 551 listings), vs ~$140k nationally (1,369 salary observations; 7,224 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 40 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 57% have no call, 65% require no weekends.
Pharmacy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$146k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $132k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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- No nights
- On-site
- Includes weekends
Living in Salinas
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $732k
- Typical market rent
- $2,501/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 27 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 109.0
- State income tax
- Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Salinas, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.