State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Alabama vs California
Pharmacists in California earn a median of $164,610. In Alabama, $134,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2% — not 18.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.2%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
+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
California
Pharmacists
- Median
- $164,610
- p25
- $138,360
- p75
- $197,860
- p10
- $90,560
- p90
- $213,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -70%
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.