Pharmacy or Law
Right now I’m stuck between two career paths. I’m very very good with English and like to write hence the law route. Science I’m okay at, I’m above average but not amazing, but I feel like I may earn better with pharmacy. Roughly who has the better salary? Also would it be possible to do take on a career in pharmacy and in law in the future, if it is what route would I need to take because I’m interested in both.
Tbh pharmacy is super promising and is a really lucrative department if you enjoy studying chemistry and how it affects the human body, that is if you own a pharmacy. A pharmacist working for a pharmacy who graduates with a degree in pharmacy (yes pretty confusing but stay with me) has the understanding of mixing up and creating medications but they do not, however, possess the right to sell it without a doctor's approval. Law also has its downsides, like having no clients for several months when you really need to pay off your law firm rent (this also affects you even if you're working for someone as fewer clients means fewer amount of noughts in your paycheck). But hey, you said that you're really good at English, and that reminds me of that 'every jobs described in a sentence video' where on Law the narrator says "I justify my six - figure salary by understanding the English language slightly better than anyone else" so you have to understand that Law is also as lucrative as Pharmacy. If you're planning on doing both I suggest you choose pharmacy first cuz there's a saying that if you graduate from a STEM subject it's easier to go to a non - STEM subject rather than vice versa. That's all from me, cheers mate, wyatb!
In terms of salary, Law far surpasses Pharmacy in every comparison - even if you're comparing a lawyer to a pharmacy owner.
The average Pharmacist salary today is around 35k/year for a community pharmacy which is where 70% of Pharmacy grads end up - requiring 5 years minimum of intense education with many stressful hoop to jump through. After 3-5 years you will find yourself on around the 40-50k range, but that is basically your ceiling for Pharmacy earnings - unless you're willing to relocate to NE England and work 55+ hours a week, which is basically suicide.
The average Lawyer post-grad earns 54k/year within the first 5 years, 76k/year thereafter, increasing to well over 100k/year after 10 years experience - quoted from the telegraph. Also, if you become a Lawyer for a city firm, you're looking at 150-200k/year salary and if you become a partner of a firm (co-owner) you could earn up to 500k/year.
So the ceiling and scope for earnings in Law is so much higher than Pharmacy. However I would also mention that both Law and Pharmacy are very saturated in general. I have extensive knowledge on both careers as I am an ex pre-registration Pharmacist and many of my friends took the law route during university.
I personally wouldn't advise Pharmacy if you want a financially rewarding career unless you have a deep passion for it, which it sounds like you don't as you're considering it on a whim as you're above average at science.
note: don't trust your teacher's opinion on Pharmacy as often times their knowledge is 20 years outdated.
My advice would be to look at finance/economics/IT degrees. Once you graduate with this type of degree you have many more doors open and don't limit yourself to just one specific career. I hope this insight helped and good luck!
The average Pharmacist salary today is around 35k/year for a community pharmacy which is where 70% of Pharmacy grads end up - requiring 5 years minimum of intense education with many stressful hoop to jump through. After 3-5 years you will find yourself on around the 40-50k range, but that is basically your ceiling for Pharmacy earnings - unless you're willing to relocate to NE England and work 55+ hours a week, which is basically suicide.
The average Lawyer post-grad earns 54k/year within the first 5 years, 76k/year thereafter, increasing to well over 100k/year after 10 years experience - quoted from the telegraph. Also, if you become a Lawyer for a city firm, you're looking at 150-200k/year salary and if you become a partner of a firm (co-owner) you could earn up to 500k/year.
So the ceiling and scope for earnings in Law is so much higher than Pharmacy. However I would also mention that both Law and Pharmacy are very saturated in general. I have extensive knowledge on both careers as I am an ex pre-registration Pharmacist and many of my friends took the law route during university.
I personally wouldn't advise Pharmacy if you want a financially rewarding career unless you have a deep passion for it, which it sounds like you don't as you're considering it on a whim as you're above average at science.
note: don't trust your teacher's opinion on Pharmacy as often times their knowledge is 20 years outdated.
My advice would be to look at finance/economics/IT degrees. Once you graduate with this type of degree you have many more doors open and don't limit yourself to just one specific career. I hope this insight helped and good luck!
Original post by TheChosenWon
In terms of salary, Law far surpasses Pharmacy in every comparison - even if you're comparing a lawyer to a pharmacy owner.
The average Pharmacist salary today is around 35k/year for a community pharmacy which is where 70% of Pharmacy grads end up - requiring 5 years minimum of intense education with many stressful hoop to jump through. After 3-5 years you will find yourself on around the 40-50k range, but that is basically your ceiling for Pharmacy earnings - unless you're willing to relocate to NE England and work 55+ hours a week, which is basically suicide.
The average Lawyer post-grad earns 54k/year within the first 5 years, 76k/year thereafter, increasing to well over 100k/year after 10 years experience - quoted from the telegraph. Also, if you become a Lawyer for a city firm, you're looking at 150-200k/year salary and if you become a partner of a firm (co-owner) you could earn up to 500k/year.
So the ceiling and scope for earnings in Law is so much higher than Pharmacy. However I would also mention that both Law and Pharmacy are very saturated in general. I have extensive knowledge on both careers as I am an ex pre-registration Pharmacist and many of my friends took the law route during university.
I personally wouldn't advise Pharmacy if you want a financially rewarding career unless you have a deep passion for it, which it sounds like you don't as you're considering it on a whim as you're above average at science.
note: don't trust your teacher's opinion on Pharmacy as often times their knowledge is 20 years outdated.
My advice would be to look at finance/economics/IT degrees. Once you graduate with this type of degree you have many more doors open and don't limit yourself to just one specific career. I hope this insight helped and good luck!
The average Pharmacist salary today is around 35k/year for a community pharmacy which is where 70% of Pharmacy grads end up - requiring 5 years minimum of intense education with many stressful hoop to jump through. After 3-5 years you will find yourself on around the 40-50k range, but that is basically your ceiling for Pharmacy earnings - unless you're willing to relocate to NE England and work 55+ hours a week, which is basically suicide.
The average Lawyer post-grad earns 54k/year within the first 5 years, 76k/year thereafter, increasing to well over 100k/year after 10 years experience - quoted from the telegraph. Also, if you become a Lawyer for a city firm, you're looking at 150-200k/year salary and if you become a partner of a firm (co-owner) you could earn up to 500k/year.
So the ceiling and scope for earnings in Law is so much higher than Pharmacy. However I would also mention that both Law and Pharmacy are very saturated in general. I have extensive knowledge on both careers as I am an ex pre-registration Pharmacist and many of my friends took the law route during university.
I personally wouldn't advise Pharmacy if you want a financially rewarding career unless you have a deep passion for it, which it sounds like you don't as you're considering it on a whim as you're above average at science.
note: don't trust your teacher's opinion on Pharmacy as often times their knowledge is 20 years outdated.
My advice would be to look at finance/economics/IT degrees. Once you graduate with this type of degree you have many more doors open and don't limit yourself to just one specific career. I hope this insight helped and good luck!
Wow the cherry picking here 😂😂, Pharmacy far suppasses law where anyone can do a law degree with basic alevels but for pharmacy you need certain alevels. Pharmacist salary are always increasing where now the average is around £50k and locum pharmacist make £76k and where you said the average was £35k was because you need to take 1 year of training and that’s how much you get paid, plus THE 2 MOST IMPORTANT THING JOB SECURITY AND VALUE, as a lawyer your job isn’t secured as it is way too saturated with idiots doing the degree with no necessary alevel,Btec requirement ofc you need alevels and Btec but there isn’t really a specific one you need and for pharmacy there is, THE SECOND BIT IS VALUE, LAW IS HEAVY ON WHICH UNI U HAVE ATTENDED there’s even a show about it called suits which ik most of you have watched pharmacy isn’t uni based which in general finding a degree where attending certain uni is a requirement is very rare
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