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Pharmacist Salary in New Hampshire (2026)

The average Pharmacist in New Hampshire earns around $138,000/year. After taxes, your estimated take-home is $105,589/year ($8,799/month).

Take-Home Pay Breakdown

CategoryAmount
Annual Take-Home Pay
$105,589
Monthly Take-Home Pay
$8,799
Biweekly Take-Home Pay
$4,061
Hourly Take-Home Pay

based on 2,080 hrs/year

$51/hr
Federal Tax
$21,854
State Tax
$0
FICA Taxes
$10,557
Effective Tax Rate

total taxes ÷ gross salary

23.49%
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Pharmacist Salary Ranges in New Hampshire

Entry Level (0–3 yrs)

$118,000

/year

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Mid Level (3–7 yrs)

$138,000

/year

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Senior Level (7+ yrs)

$168,000

/year

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Not all Pharmacists earn the same — not even close

New Hampshire's pharmacy market is anchored by MCPHS Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences NH affiliations + the substantial NH PharmD pipeline drawing from MCPHS Boston + Worcester + Manchester (NH has NO in-state PharmD-granting institution, drawing from MCPHS + Northeastern Boston + Western New England Springfield + URI Kingston), Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon Pharmacy (the only NH AMC pharmacy + the substantial DH Norris Cotton Cancer NCI oncology pharmacy + DH Children Pharmacy), Catholic Medical Center Manchester + Elliot Health System Manchester + Wentworth-Douglass Dover MGB Pharmacy + Concord Hospital + Southern NH Health Nashua Pharmacy, Lonza Portsmouth (post-2017 Swiss pharma biologics manufacturing), the substantial NH retail pharmacy (Hannaford + Market Basket + Shaw's + Walmart + Walgreens + CVS NH), VA Manchester + Portsmouth Naval Hospital Pharmacy, plus the substantial Boston pharma commute corridor leveraging NH 0% income tax.

Senior Clinical Pharmacist (Norris Cotton Cancer)

$135,000–$185,000+ bonus

Norris Cotton Cancer Center · the only NH NCI oncology pharmacy

Senior Clinical Pharmacist (DH / CMC / Elliot)

$118,000–$165,000+ bonus

DH Lebanon + CMC + Elliot + Wentworth-Douglass · acute clinical pharmacy

Senior Pharmacy Owner / Independent

$155,000–$285,000+ profit

Independent retail pharmacy owner · the substantial NH independent pharmacy

Senior Pharmacist (Walgreens / CVS / Hannaford)

$118,000–$152,000+ bonus

Retail pharmacy at NH chain · Walgreens + CVS + Hannaford + Market Basket + Walmart

Senior Pharmaceutical Industry (Lonza Portsmouth)

$125,000–$185,000+ TC

Lonza Portsmouth · post-2017 Swiss pharma biologics manufacturing + cell + gene therapy

Senior Hospital Pharmacist (DH Children)

$115,000–$158,000+ bonus

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Children Hospital · pediatric clinical pharmacy

Senior Specialty Pharmacist (DH / MGB)

$125,000–$172,000+ bonus

DH + Mass General Brigham NH Specialty Pharmacy · oncology + biologics + high-cost

Senior Federal Civilian (VA Manchester / Portsmouth Naval)

$115,000–$158,000

VA Manchester + Portsmouth Naval Hospital · GS-13/14 federal civilian pharmacy

Senior Boston Pharma Commute / Remote

$135,000–$215,000+ TC

Boston pharma + biotech remote-anchored in NH · tax-haven arbitrage

New Pharmacist (PGY-1 / Staff)

$98,000–$125,000

New PharmD at DH + CMC + MCPHS NH residency + retail · entry band

Worth knowing: Lonza Portsmouth post-2017 Swiss pharma biologics manufacturing + the substantial NH Boston pharma commute corridor is one of the country's distinctive concentrated US single-state biologics + Boston pharma tax-haven anchor and a feature most national pharmacy surveys understate for NH. Lonza Portsmouth (the substantial post-2017 Lonza Swiss pharma biologics manufacturing Portsmouth + the substantial Lonza Portsmouth ~700+ employees + the substantial Lonza Portsmouth cell + gene therapy biologics + the substantial Lonza-Moderna mRNA partnership during COVID-19 + the substantial Lonza Portsmouth post-2024 substantial biologics manufacturing scale-up + the substantial Lonza Portsmouth Pease International Tradeport campus + the substantial Lonza Portsmouth dedicated biologics manufacturing facility) supports substantial NH pharma industry pharmacy. Senior Lonza Portsmouth pharmaceutical industry pharmacists clear $125-185K+ TC. The substantial Boston pharma commute corridor (substantial NH-resident MA-Boston pharma + biotech workforce at Moderna + Vertex Pharmaceuticals + Sanofi-Genzyme + Takeda + Biogen + Pfizer Boston leveraging NH 0% wage income tax + post-2025 NH I&D tax repeal + NH 0% sales tax tax-haven). Dartmouth-Hitchcock Lebanon Pharmacy + Norris Cotton Cancer + DH Children + CMC + Elliot + Wentworth-Douglass MGB + Concord + Southern NH Health hospital pharmacy + the substantial NH retail pharmacy + VA Manchester federal civilian. NH 0% wage income tax + post-2025 NH I&D tax repeal + NH 0% sales tax + NH is NOT a RTW state anchor the NH pharmacy proposition.

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