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Originally Posted by Hello  Pharout, I have the FPGEE and have emaied the big chains but unless you have a zip code they never seem to reply. It seems you must be a foreign pharmacist (FPGEE) living int the US before they are interested. (I still reside in the UK). Any idea what the average salary is for the intern year and for the first year after qualifying completely as a pharmacist? |
If you've taken the FPGEE and passed, the main issue is getting sponsored through visa here unless you have some other means of coming here (See Irpolo's previous questions). I think chains will respond, but maybe telephone is better. Your chances of a response may be slimmer if they think they have to sponsor you. As an intern assuming you have passed the FPGEE, you would most likely be paid as a "graduate intern", which is at a higher rate than an "intern". When my wife did it, it was in the neighborhood of $25 per hour, but that was 4-5 years ago. Probably higher now. After you qualify, or for you after you complete your 1500 intern hours, pass the Naplex and law exams, you would be paid the salary of a pharmacist which at the present time is roughly in the low $50 per hour range in most places. Some places with higher costs of living, like California, will probably be closer to $60 per hour.