The Pharmacy Workforce Center (PWC) recently released the 2024 National Pharmacist Workforce Study (NPWS). This study provides an update on the pharmacist workforce and examines changes since previous studies conducted in 2019 and 2014, as well as an interim study in 2022 evaluating the effect of COVID-19 on pharmacists’ work activities. In addition, the 2024 NPWS examines newer topics affecting pharmacists including organizational factors and worker well-being, expanding pharmacist roles and activities, employment status changes, unemployment, retirement, and pharmacists’ career perceptions and professional involvement.

The PWC is a coalition of nonprofit corporations whose mission is to serve the pharmacy profession and the public by actively researching, analyzing, and monitoring the size, demography, and activities of the pharmacy workforce. ACCP is one of 9 supporting pharmacy organizations in the PWC. In addition to sponsoring the NPWS, the PWC periodically releases the Pharmacy Demand Report (PDR), which measures the demand of the pharmacist workforce in the United States. The information in the PDR is intended to be used by the pharmacy profession and other stakeholders to assess and follow the trends for various career opportunities for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians on individual state, regional, and metropolitan-area levels.

A summary of the recent NPWS can be found here, and the full report can be accessed through this link.