State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Alabama vs Oregon
Pharmacists in Oregon earn a median of $165,960. In Alabama, $134,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.5% — not 18.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.9%
Alabama vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-5.5%
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
Oregon
Pharmacists
- Median
- $165,960
- p25
- $144,020
- p75
- $182,040
- p10
- $126,040
- p90
- $193,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -71%
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.