State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Alabama vs Alaska
Pharmacists in Alaska earn a median of $167,310. In Alabama, $134,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.2% — not 19.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.5%
Alabama vs Alaska
COL-adjusted gap
-7.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Pharmacists
- Median
- $134,630
- p25
- $127,250
- p75
- $151,700
- p10
- $90,010
- p90
- $161,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Alaska
Pharmacists
- Median
- $167,310
- p25
- $158,000
- p75
- $173,600
- p10
- $133,830
- p90
- $196,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.