By NextBestFitPharmacy & drugstore payroll
Amount
$61.2B
per year
Per resident, per year
$179
÷ 341.1M people
Per household, per year
$463
÷ 132.2M households
How it is built
1,076,240 employees × $56,830
Part of: Retail drug spending (dispensing margins)
Problems this cost relates to
Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026)