Pharmacist Salary in Louisiana (2026)

Worth knowing: Xavier University of Louisiana College of Pharmacy NOLA is one of the country's most distinctive US pharmacy schools and a feature most national pharmacist surveys understate for LA. Xavier University of Louisiana (founded 1925 in NOLA by St. Katharine Drexel + the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, the country's only OR US Catholic HBCU + the country's #1 US producer of African-American pharmacists + the country's #1 US producer of African-American MDs by some measures + the country's #1 US placement rate of African-American applicants into US medical school) operates Xavier College of Pharmacy (the country's earliest HBCU pharmacy school + producing ~100 PharmDs annually + the country's #1 US producer of African-American PharmDs accounting for ~25% of all African-American US PharmDs). LSU School of Pharmacy Monroe (founded 1947 + UL Monroe campus location + ~150 PharmDs annually + LA's flagship public pharmacy school) operates substantial in-house clinical + research + experiential pharmacy education. Senior LA clinical pharmacists at Ochsner + LCMC + Tulane + UMC NOLA + LSU Health clear $132-158K. Senior LA PIC pharmacy managers at Walgreens + CVS + Walmart + Albertsons + Rouses clear $135-165K with substantial LA hurricane-season pharmacy continuity + emergency response premiums. LA's flat 3% (post-2024 Act 11) + LA RTW since 1976 + no state estate tax (repealed 2008) + LA Citizens hurricane premium offset + NOLA + BR + Monroe + Shreveport + Lafayette cost of living advantage anchor the LA pharmacist proposition. The 2024 LA tax reform package also repealed the federal income tax deduction for individuals = relevant context for higher-tier LA pharmacist comp modeling.