Which is more respectable job? Pharmacist or medical research scientist? Who makes more money?

Which is harder to become? I know it is really hard to get into a pharmacy school in California(only 1 out of 10 applicants get accepted). How about becoming medical research scientist who tries to find cures for diseases and viruses? Is it hard to become one? Is it hard as becoming a pharmacist?

Which is more respectable job? Pharmacist or medical research scientist? Who makes more money?
Usually researchers go to more school to get their p.h.d. Pharmacists get paid pretty well and it's less school but I don't think they have as much prestige. Researchers' pay varies depending on who they work for.
Reply:Respect? You don't do either job for respect....or money. You do it because you are devoted to finding medications/working with medications that will help people.





You need to find a profession that you are passionate about or you won't make it. You won't make a ton of money doing either job. Trust me. It depends on what company you work for, too.
Reply:Both jobs, in and of themselves, are respectable.





What is reprehensible is the way the big drug companies exploit the research scientists work to squeeze every penny out of average Americans, including Seniors, that they can.





Unfortunately, it's hard to see the research scientist behind the drug company facade.
Reply:medical research scientist! i do not know how much they make but it sounds better!
Reply:since I'm not a medical research scientist I cannot say who makes the most money. As for the most respected.....you tell me which?
Reply:I am told that Pharmacist are being heavily paid in USA, even higher than Software Engineers.
Reply:Which is more respectable? That's an opinion, and opinions are varied among individuals. Most people don't know any medical research scientists, so I don't think this is a question we can ask of the general public.





Who makes more money? Medical research scientists salaries are going to vary widely. Pharmacists will have more similar salaries.





I'm in Indiana... but from what I've read, California is pretty much the hardest state to get into pharmacy school and pass the California boards. From what I understand... California has their own test NAPLEX test and doesn't use the NABPLEX that most other states use. Also when one wants to become licensed in CA, CA makes you take their test. Most states have you past their law test and grandfather you in on the pharmacology because you've already done that for another state. Picky!





The pharmacy degree earned now is a PharmD degree that takes 6 or more years to obtain. At least two years of pre-pharmacy (but many are getting bachelor's now to help them get into competitive pharmacy schools) and then 4 years of pharmacy school.